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A Prayer for Those Returning Home from Prison
Morning Star, we ask you to relieve the plight of men and women just released from prison who are having trouble finding places to live, work, and receive health care.
Facts: In an article on ww…
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…
Prayer for the Victims at Charlie Hebdo
O Loving One, Ya Wadud, we grieve with the parents, family, and friends of the 12 people who were killed at the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on January 7, 2015, by two Fre…
A Prayer for the People of Egypt
February 1, 2011. After a week of street demonstrations against the regime of Hosni Mubarak regime, the people of Egypt are calling for a change of government and an end to the inequalities which ha…
A Prayer for the Protesters in Wisconsin
In response to efforts by Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, to cut the bargaining rights and benefits of public workers, protesters have gathered in Madison to challenge this blatant attempt …
A Prayer for Victims of Religious Hostility
God of All Nations, we pray that you will send your healing balm to those who have been the victims of religion-related violence, mob prejudice, harassment over attire, or other religion-related abu…
Prayer for All Victims of Violence and Oppression in 2014
We ask for your mercy, Lover of Humanity, for our complicity in making 2014 a year of "historic failure" of human rights. All too often we have been so wrapped up and consumed by our work and family…
Mental Illness Crisis
Early in 2014, Nicolas Kristof declared in his New York Times column that mental health was one of the most systematically neglected issues in the United States, given the fact the National Institut…
Reflections on Dignity
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…
Human Rights for a River
In March of 2017, New Zealand passed a bill making the Whanganui River the first one in the world to hold the same legal rights, responsibilities, and liabilities as a human being. For the Maori peo…
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