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Love's Final Form By Grace Snarr in the KidSpirit Power issue. Power is not given; it is within us and cannot be taken away. This is a great responsibility and privilege, one that we humans sometimes abuse. Da…
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…
You've Got a Rented Friend In Practice Random Acts of Kindness, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner observed: "Being in a totally dark room can be frightening until we discover how little light we need to banish a roomful of darkness.…
Don't Miss the Party Slogan How do you spell relief? — Rolaids advertisement Taoist Wisdom Those who are open-eyed are open-minded; those who are open-minded are open-hearted. — Lao Tzu in the Tao Te Chi…
The Divine in Our Deeds Little Spirituality It is in the tiniest acts, the ones that no one sees, that we express who we are. — Virginia E. Lang in How to Bury a Goldfish Psychological Wisdom To be impatient is…
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…
According Animals Dignity In his column on The NYTimes.com, Frank Bruni points out that we are in a new era where respect for animals is growing. The phrase "animal welfare" no longer does justice to what is going on. The ne…
The Grip of Jealous Love By Keesha Joseph I grew up in a pretty average household with a more or less functional family. My mother showered me with a touch of her love every day, while my father — although a ghostly f…
The Art of Being Wise Literary Wisdom What is the meaning of life? The great revelation . . . never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark. — Virg…
No Man's Land By Heer Cheema for KidSpirit's Unity and Division issue. They are restless, moving backward and forward, surrounded by a miasma of uncertainty and despair. Sleeping in airports, caught in transit…