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A Prayer in Support of Immigration Reform Voice of Freedom, many immigrants living in the United States have expressed the desire to become citizens. We understand and applaud their aspirations. Survey: 63% of Americans say they su…
Imagination is Never a Sin By Po-Ting (Duke) Lin My great-grandmother used to tell me, “Imagination is the true eyes of one’s mindset.” She often claimed, in a matter-of-fact tone, that this was the sole rule she fo…
A Prayer for Desperate Children Fleeing Gang Violence God Who Breaks Chains, guide, direct, and sustain the poor, frightened, and desperate children of Central America who have seen their peers murdered in their communities because they have not wanted…
A Prayer for Those Deported in 2012 O Dweller in the Heart, we pray for the 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the United States who live in constant fear of being deported. Fact: A record number of 419,384 deportations took p…
A Prayer in Awe of Mamoudou Gassama's Spontaneous Courage What we do in emergency situations speaks volumes about who we are, as 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama's courage and quick reflexes show. Upon seeing a child dangling from a fifth-storey Paris apartmen…
Ten Years with Pope Francis The Religion News Service (RNS) is an independent, nonprofit, and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. …
Creation in the Face of Adversity By Ameena Naqvi for KidSpirit's Creation and Destruction issue. The universe is comprised of the two fundamental ideas of creation and destruction. They are the essence of all societies, and whil…
Unleashing America's Shadow "With media complicity, Trump has unleashed the beast that has long resided not far from the American hearth, from those who started a Civil War to preserve the right to enslave a fellow human to th…
A Prayer for Global Refugees Balm to the Weary, we are shocked and saddened by the news that there are more refugees in the world today than have been recorded since the United Nations began collecting numbers in the early 1950…
After Paris - Thoughts from Rabbi Lerner Rabbi Michael Lerner, the editor of Tikkun and chair of the interfaith and secular Network of Spiritual Progressives, shares his thoughts on applying love, caring, nonviolence, and generosity to the…