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A Prayer of Thanks for Online Information for Those with Chronic Diseases
Miracle Worker, we pray that you will continue to help those with chronic diseases to find the supplemental resources they need for coping with their illnesses.
Fact: 45% of U.S. adults report t…
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 …
The Pandemic as Portal
I often return in moments of questioning to a quote from Arundhati Roy: "Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." Roy is an Indian novelist, …
Weaving the Shadow: A Lenten Reflection
Dark Shadows
When I was thirteen, my friend Debra and I would walk to her house after school, plop down on the floor in front of the TV and glue our eyes on the spooky soap opera Dark Shadows.
Panentheism and Peace
God … is not far from each of us. In God we live and move and have our being.
— Acts 17:27-28
There are many different ways to think about God: as a force, a feeling, and a cosmic p…
Fear: Not My Favorite Spiritual Companion
Fear. If you're feeling it, you're normal. You're paying attention. The coronavirus is an invader that has come upon us with great speed and virulence. Like a bull in a china closet, this new invade…
Carrying Others' Burdens
Catholic Wisdom
If we all carry a little of the burden, it will be lightened. If we share in the suffering of the world, then some will not have to endure so heavy an
affliction.
— Dorothy Da…
Making Peace
African-American Wisdom
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
-- Maya Angelou, African-American poet, writer, a…
Death of Novelist Robert Stone
In his brilliant and troubling 1981 novel A Flag For Sunrise, Robert Stone wrote: "It's the worst thing in the world when people turn you around because you're something else than them." We can reme…
Peace
By Samantha Singh for KidSpirit's Society and the Individual Issue.
Peace. It’s an unusual word in this bizzare time. Some say it means that war is not present, but this word has more depth tha…