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Laughter in My Heart By Meenu Ravi for the KidSpirit Exploring Humor Issue Laughter is the world’s most common language. I can’t imagine life without laughter. It’s like cake without the yummy frosting. I t…
A Prayer for Victims and Families after Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria On 6 February 2023, an earthquake hit southern and central Turkey, and northern and western Syria with a magnitude of at least 7.8. It was followed by more than 1,000 aftershocks, including an unusu…
A Virtual Living Room Conversation Generally, when I consider online conversations, I think of stark polarization and echo chambers — people harshly judging others across differences or just connecting with those who are similar to…
Our First Year of "Praying the News" and a Prayer for Humankind Here we are at the end of our first year of "Praying the News." As we look back at the 28 prayers, we would characterize 2011 as a turbulent year for weather and disasters, the rebellions around the…
Membership in a Family Muslim Wisdom “The goal of human life is to beautify the soul through goodness and virtue and to make it worthy of offering to God Who is the Beautiful. — Seyyed Hosssein Nasr in The Heart o…
A Prayer for those in the Path of Hurricane Irene August 27, 2011. Hurricane Irene made landfall this morning on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and continued making its way up the Eastern seaboard of the United States where hurricane warnings we…
The Sacred in One's Back Yard Literary Wisdom All for one and one for all. — Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers Prayer In times of joy or sorrow, blessed be my tears, the holy prayers of my heart. — Edward …
The Dolly Mama’s Guide to Democratic Meetings This post has been contributed by Donna Schaper, senior minister at Judson Memorial Church in New York City. She is the author of numerous books, including Sabbath Keeping. I sometimes call my …
John Berger, R.I.P. John Berger, a world-famous polymath — critic, artist, screenwriter, novelist, poet, dramatist, artist, commentator, and storyteller — died January 2, 2017, in the Paris suburb of Antony at the …
How to Avoid Polarization in Sports and Politics We don't attend many baseball games but we took some relatives to see a Yankees game. When someone in the crowd yelled in celebration of the opposing team, he was booed down and then pelted with a t…