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The Open-Ended House Open-ended: That's how I describe the home where my husband and I now live. Since we purchased our well-worn (shabby-sans-chic) historic house 3 years ago, we have been renovating and restoring. For…
A Data Driven Life Benjamin Franklin was very interested in monitoring his daily movements and activities. His goal was to progress in the development of 13 virtues including frugality, silence, and moderation. In an …
You to You: Process Theology and Prayer There are so many kinds of prayer and so many ways to pray. We can pray with words and without words. We can pray by reaching out into a vast mystery, the Deep Listening, saying "help" or "thanks" o…
Tikkun Olam 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 …
The Loudness of God by Maria Christian in KidSpirit's The God Issue. Interfaith Connections is a column for teens to dialogue about how their faith or wisdom tradition influences their view of life’s big questions…
Seventy-Two Hour Silence By Emily Fan Silence, as a noun, means the complete absence of sound. Thinking back, I have rarely been put into silence.
Renewable Hope Literary Wisdom Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning. -- Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist Teacher Wisdom Trust …
My Courageous Christian Spirit By Andrew Unthank for KidSpirit's The Adventurous Spirit issue. The Bible and its message have been in my life as long as I can remember. I have had the privilege of growing up in a Christian …
How a Password Changed One Man's Life for the Better In an article on GoodNewsNetwork, Maurico Estrella writes about being in a funk over his divorce. Then, to make matters worse, he arrived at the office to find the monthly directive to change the pa…
A Ukrainian Sense of Belonging By Nikita Zinoviev There are so many countries all over the world and each of them has something unique. We all differ in language, culture, nationality, outlook, climate, territory, and so on. …