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A Prayer for the End of Violence in Palestine and Israel
As we wake again to news that war has broken out in Israel and Palestine, our hearts are heavy. We offer this prayer originally posted on July 21, 2014.
Radical Amazement: Nature and the Spiritual Life of Children
In an essay written on his blog, Richard Louv writes about his desire to share with his children the glory of witnessing a sunrise on a mountain. He feels that this experience can be "a window to so…
Praying for Americans Living on Less Than $2 a Day
Compassionate One, we are concerned about global poverty. We have become too accustomed to facts about the plight of the poor in Africa — such as, in Sierra Leone, surveys have discovered that 82.…
A Prayer for Children Being Used as Suicide Bombers
O Keeper of Justice in the Universe, we are troubled by the use of children as
suicide bombers by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Fact: Recently a 10-year-old sister of a Taliban commander was given…
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 Food-Insecure Households
Mother of Mercy, 15.8 million American children do not have enough food to eat, and millions more children around the world are in similar situations. Give them strength as they strive to grow …
A Prayer for Malala Yousafzai and Pakistani Girls
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Pakistan, was shot in the head by Taliban militants in the Swat Valley, who claimed she had become a "symbol of Western cul…
The Missing “E” in Human
By Adya Sarin for KidSpirit's Education Issue.
It’s important to be humane and not simply a human. The only difference (literally) is the “e,” and that missing “e” is empathy.
Empath…
Dear God! When Will It Stop?
Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund, is saddened and appalled by the worst mass shooting in a public school in American history. It took place on Friday, December 14, in …
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