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An Unexpected Path to Heroism
By Sharon Lin for KidSpirit’s issue on The Heroic Spirit.
Interfaith Connections is a column for teens to dialogue about how their faith or wisdom tradition influences their view of life’s bi…
A Prayer for Those Helping Elders to Age at Home
The First and the Last, we pray that you might help us deal with one of the most widespread and authentic fears of seniors and their families –the fear of aging alone with no one close to help the…
Chilly Mornings, Warm Souls: Stories from the Prahran Winter Breakfast
Artwork by: Nikita Zinoviev, age 16
Written by: Vincent Chang
The dawn had barely broken.
A Prayer for the Mudslide Victims in Brazil
The Boston Globe reports on the devastation in Brazil in mid-January 2011: "Last week, a series of flash floods and mudslides struck the Serrana mountain region near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, destroyi…
A Prayer of Gratitude for Those Looking After Rivers
Creator God, we give you hearty thanks for the work of Living Lands & Waters (livinglandsandwaters.org), the only industrial-scale river cleanup organization in the world.
Fact: The crew of LL&W…
Elders with Time to Experiment
There comes a time when Baby Boomers realize that they are no longer the youngest clients at a favorite resort, restaurant, or health club. In an article in The New York Times, Michele Willens write…
Chilly Mornings, Warm Souls: Stories from the Prahran Winter Breakfast
Artwork by: Nikita Zinoviev
Written by: Vincent Chang
The dawn had barely broken.
Warm Cheeks
By Husnaa Hashim in the KidSpirit Human Dignity issue.
I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine.
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