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Stands Must Be Taken Teacher Wisdom "Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise I have not gathered together what I …
Happy Anniversary to the Thurmans Having just celebrated 48 years of marriage with Mary Ann, I was delighted to see Penelope Green's article in The New York Times about the fifty-year marriage of Buddhist scholar and activist Robert…
Prayers For Gaddafi and Protesters in Libya Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killing his own people. There are estimates that as many as 2000 protesters on the streets have lost their lives. Mercenaries with machine guns are shooting down peo…
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…
Powerful Patience By Marwa Alalawi in the KidSpirit Power issue. Flickering streetlights streamed into my aunt’s bedroom as she hushed my cries with gentle strokes, tucking me into a sea of white linen. It w…
Strength and Influence in Christianity By Sebastian Hersey A large part of a person’s worldview is made up of their religion (or lack thereof), or the religion of their family or community. I am a Christian, and I have grown up in a…
My Hair - The Long & Short of It "Hair is powerful to the Algonquin," according to Evan T. Pritchard who has written extensively about the traditions of these Native American people. "It collects the vibrations of the energies arou…
In Life and Business: Learning to Be Ethical In the NYTimes.com, Alina Tugend writes about a new website www.EthicalSystems.org which will bring together research and resources on business ethics, a subject that is receiving more attention the…
A Prayer for Peace and Justice Hope for the World, we pray that you might break the chains of hatred, prejudice, and fear that keep people enslaved to the violence that almost destroyed the United States during the Civil War and …
A Prayer for Those Challenging the Tools of War This is the Age of Weaponized Drones. They are widely used in the war against terrorists and other enemies of the state. Hard facts on the frequency and targets of drone attacks are difficult to com…