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A Prayer for Those in Their Prime Working Years Who Are Unemployed Sustainer of the Universe, we are concerned about the millions of people in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world who cannot find employment. We pray that you will help them keep their spirits up,…
Gratitude for Trips Down Memory Lane We are grateful that we can derive such pleasure from nostalgic trips down memory lane. Research: Feeling nostalgic is often seen as a sign of depression, but a growing body of research suggests …
To Be Me By Satya Shaw for Kidspirit's Fear and Anxiety Issue. I’m an 11-year-old boy growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and although my mom and dad have given me many ways to handle fear and anxiety, I…
On Reading These past weeks we have been shelving in our library the books we reviewed in 2016 and organizing the ones that have come in for review in 2017. So the subject of how reading helps us find meaning …
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…
Loving Friends with Alzheimer’s As a process theologian I believe in the primacy of moments. Yes, we live our lives year to year, week to week, day to day. But most deeply, I believe, we live from moment to moment. I learned th…
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.
The Nature in Me By Nargis Kachrumathur for KidSpirit's Nature issue. My relationship with nature has always been an odd one; sometimes I appreciate its beauty and benefits, while sometimes I despise things ab…
Why Elders Smile When researchers asked people to rank their own well-being, those who rated themselves most highly were individuals from 82 to 85. This startling statistic comes from a column written by David Brook…
Me and My Throat I loved to sing as a young boy and at age 12 was already a member of the senior choir at our Lutheran church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. All of the religions of the world bless song as a marvelous gift…