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A Moral Compass By Lila Hazan KidSpirit's Human Dignity issue. The concept of human dignity has never been in the forefront of my mind. I have been raised in a primarily atheist family within a primarily…
Is Anxiety a Way of Life for Our Generation? By Uday Schultz for KidSpirit's Fear and Anxiety Issue. We are the generation of stress. Generation Z, the Post-Millenials, Gen Tech, the young people of today — we are, more than seemingly eve…
Finding Comfort in Numbers By Celie Johnson for KidSpirit's Numbers and Symbols issue. My spirituality revolves around the use of numbers and symbols, a cloud of reasoning and a bit of mysticism. I believe in numbe…
A Prayer for Family and Friends of Those Who Have Committed Suicide More Americans now die of suicide than in car accidents and from 1999 to 2010 the suicide rate among those ages 35 to 64 rose by nearly 30 percent. The most pronounced increases were seen among men …
Discontented Baby Boomers In an article in The New York Times, Marilyn Suzanne Miller (an original writer for Saturday Night Live and author of How to Be a Middle-Age Babe) outlines the ennui and discontentment of the Baby B…
The Joy of Questioning By Kavya Shah for KidSpirit's Interfaith Connections issue. The ability to question is a power that we all have. Sometimes I find answers to my questions, but sometimes I don’t. When I …
Catholicism and Child's Play by Megan Kelleher My first memory of my Catholic faith was not an out-of-body experience, an ethereal dream of God, or a sacred conversation with the Lord. My first memory of faith was Easter Su…
Caught in the Middle By Maya Mesh for KidSpirit's Heritage issue. Some people say that being Hispanic can mean a lot of things. It can mean that you are an honor student, a writer, a CEO, even a Supreme Court justice…
The Death of Novelist E. L. Doctorow E. L. Doctorow, who died on July 21, 2015, at age 84, was a thinking person's novelist who always excelled in showing us the unpredictable ways in which history, character, and morality intertwine. …
Patience Within God’s Time By Aliana Kernisan How do I approach the idea of time as a Christian living in a traditional city in Haiti?