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A Prayer for Women Raped in War Zones A Libyan woman, who gave her name as Eman al-Obeidy, burst into a restaurant in Tripoli where Western journalists were eating on March 26 to tell them that she had been taken from her hometown, conf…
The Blessing of the Masks We recently heard from Nell Wulff in St. Louis, Missouri, and Moe Nieman in Cincinnati, Ohio, who together wrote a blessing for face masks. They agreed to share it and invited us to do so. You may w…
What Life Is About Christian Wisdom "Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray -- with your head bowed in silence, crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but …
I Am a Body of Water We first experience water in the undulating sea of our mother's womb as we are floating in the dark and warm current of amniotic fluid. No wonder we closely identify with the many creations myths th…
Entertaining Yourself with God Proverb If one possesses contentment, less or more wealth makes no difference. -- Tibetan Proverb
Taking the Pulse of Religion in America A new survey of more than 35,000 U.S. adults by the Pew Research Center finds that the percentages of those who say they believe in God, pray daily, and regularly go to church or another religious s…
Making Connections Blessing Blessed be the people we carry in our blood. Blessed be the places we carry in our bones. May our living make a way for those who come after a path of blessing, a path of beauty. —…
God is Love by Ateya Stepanovich for Kidspirit's Society and the Individual Issue. It is a story as old as the world, or maybe even older. A battle from times we don’t even remember, a battle between gods …
Each Day Is an Opportunity Teacher A life is made of days. Each day is an opportunity to say something honestly, to make something more beautiful, to create something precious, to give a gift only we can provide for the fa…
A Prayer for a Sober View of Disaster "No one ever understood disaster until it came," wrote Josephine Herbst in Nothing Is Sacred. Sadly, people who are now facing hurricane inundations, wildfires, and earthquakes know that feeling of …