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"D" Is for Devotion
"There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again."
— Rumi
A Quiet Word
Devotion is a quiet word, and quiet words often get lost in o…
Perpetual Wonder: A Spiritual Virtue
"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."
— Alice Walker
In the spiritual alphabet offered by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat…
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…
A Prayer to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage
Update June 26, 2015: This prayer was written in 2013 when the Supreme Court of the United States made a turning point ruling that the core provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a fe…
A Prayer Giving Thanks for the Pioneers of Multifaith Practice
We are reading more and more articles about people creating their own religions by taking what they find of value from different wisdom traditions. It has been reported that almost half of all Ameri…
My Frame of Perception
By Ryeaan Chaudry for KidSpirit's Reality and Perception Issue.
When human beings are born, they are essentially blank templates. By the time they reach the age of maturity, how they view the wor…
I Will Sing to You
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See yourself as a source of happiness for others. You can't "make" them happy but you can certainly affect their quality of life through your own good humor and goodwill.
— Stephani…
Finding Comfort in Numbers
By Celie Johnson for KidSpirit's Numbers and Symbols issue.
My spirituality revolves around the use of numbers and symbols, a cloud of reasoning and a bit of mysticism.
I believe in numbe…
Celebration of Eid al-Fitr
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by Saim Alam for KidSpirit's Rituals & Traditions issue.
Eid al-Fitr means the celebration of the end of Ramadan and giving donations to those in need in …
Celebrating Diwali
By Prerna Chaterjee for KidSpirit’s Rituals and Traditions issue.
The autumn sun warmed up my bare arms and legs. Looking up, I saw the turquoise sky and the ragged clouds. I walked to the othe…
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