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The Universal Reach of Character Development By Frederic Brussat Blog Post KIP charter schools are offering teachers, children, and parents pragmatic and adventuresome ways to talk about and develop character. Their approach is based on the research of Dr. Martin Seligman …
The Sufi Practice of Adab By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In these adversarial times when most people are too busy or rushed to practice manners or respect for others, Sufis are the finest ambassadors of civility that we have come across. Those on this mys…
Tikkun Olam By KidSpirit Online Blog Post By Sofia Mesh for KidSpirit's Society and the Individual Issue. My first day of Hebrew school was very eventful, to say the least. I begged my father not to take me because I had heard horror …
Connections to Life By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Native American Wisdom On receiving a letter, I often pause before opening it and ask that I will be open to the one sending it and to any message God might be addressing to me. — Jose Hobday …
Submission for Salvation By KidSpirit Online Blog Post By Fizza Raza for KidSpirit's Fulfillment Issue In the heart, there is a sense of loneliness, there is fear and anxiety, there is regret, there is a sense of longing, all of which can only be…
Living Poorer By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Wendell Berry has been writing and living a life of limits, simplicity, and letting go for many years. For Ragan Sutterfield, Berry is a model of Christian renunciation. He quotes him in his America…
The Sky's the Limit By Patricia Campbell Carlson Blog Post The word "democracy" can be traced back to the Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos "the people" + -kratia "power, rule." The people rule — but what kind of people? If most people who make up a democrac…
Reflections on Dignity By KidSpirit Online Blog Post By Ryeaan Chaudry in KidSpirit's Human Dignity issue. Today, society seems more socially and technologically evolved than ever before. With smartphones and social media, we are able to get tim…
Where Growth Comes From By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Literary Wisdom Variety is the pledge that matter makes to living things. — Diane Ackerman in Deep Play
Origins and Questions of Character Education By KidSpirit Online Blog Post by Khalid Husain in KidSpirit's A Lens on Learning issue “Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise up a generation of …

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