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The Crescent and I
By Abdullah Sayed for KidSpirit's Education issue.
Though I live in the middle of the multicultural metropolis of the world, Queens, I find it hard to imagine that any of my non-Muslim friends ar…
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…
Sailing Through a Storm
By Ameena Naqvi for KidSpirit’s The Myth and Magic issue.
The waves crashed softly against the boat, pushing it towards the shore. My grandfather stepped off the boat and tied the rope to the …
No-Man's Land
By Heer Cheema for KidSpirit's Unity and Division issue
They are restless, moving backward and forward, surrounded by a miasma of uncertainty and despair. Sleeping in airports, caught in trans…
Paying Attention, Prayer Flags, and Relaxing Yourself
As the summer sun bears down upon us, I turn to the ever edifying and adventuresome harvest of quotations from the books I read and recommend.
The first two are from Barbara Brown Taylor, an Angl…
Nearly Two People
By Olivia Baliey
Someday, everyone you love will die.
You probably stared at that sentence for a minute, didn’t you? What a way to begin an article. So morbid. So terrible and cruel.
Honoring Everyone and Every Thing
Catholic Wisdom
Spiritual sensitivity heightens when we know how to see, touch, and taste the physical world with exquisite reverence and contemplative discipline.
—Tessa Bielecki in Holy Dar…
Basket on the River
By Zainab Umarfor KidSpirit's Storytelling and Narrative issue.
Almost as if it were part of the story itself, I can recall the day my mother told us the tale of Hazrat Musa like it happened jus…
A Prayer of Gratitude for Bayan Claremont
Bestower of Authenticity, thank you for people courageous enough to stand on principle even when it means risking the loss of needed funds. Our team at Spirituality & Practice is grateful and honore…
A Prayer for the Women and Girls of Afghanistan
August 15, 2021, Afghanistan. The Taliban, having defeated the Afghan security forces in other areas of the country, entered the capital of Kabul, thus solidifying their total takeover of the countr…
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