Life Can Be a Wild Ride : More Prayers by Young Teens

Life Can Be a Wild Ride is the second collection of prayers by young teens published by Saint Mary's Press. The 234 prayers and reflections in this book were selected from over two thousand submitted by young people, ages eleven to fourteen, from schools and parishes across North America.Like its predecessor, Looking Past the Sky, this collection expresses thoughts that run the gamut of human emotion and experience. Voiced within its pages are young teens' concerns about timely topics such as school violence, abortion, divorce, depression, and wartime atrocities. The book also includes timeless reflections on painful losses, joyful celebrations, the struggles and gifts of relationships, questions about the future, the limitations of human understanding, and the day-to-day journey with God through the wild ride we call life!Kielbasa, Marilyn is the author of 'Life Can Be a Wild Ride : More Prayers by Young Teens', published 2001 under ISBN 9780613861175 and ISBN 0613861175.