Storybox Playlist: Stories as a Prayer for Peace

As individuals, we may not be able to bring peace to the war-locked areas of the planet, but we ARE able to bring peace into our own homes, families, and communities, as well as within ourselves.

This playlist is the Sparkle prayer for peace! Listen to all the ways in which peace and reconciliation is made in each story and see if it doesn’t inspire a little more peacemaking in your own life.

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Helping and Healing Handy Toolbelt of Stories

Tadodaho and the Great White Pine: A Story About True Leadership

This is the story of how the Iroquois Nation came to be and how peace, compassion, and unity is stronger than fear, violence,…

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13 MINUTES
8+
Dry Gables

Marta Bauer: Baker and Peacemaker

Marta Bauer’s bakery is a natural peacemaker and the people of Dry Gables know that if they visit with her at her bakery,…

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24 MINUTES
5+
By Thistle By Thimble

The Pigeon King and the True Source

When a group of children – all descended from the three distinct lineages – find each other, they discover an ancient spring of…

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23 MINUTES
5+
Junkyard Tales

The Birds That Didn’t Listen

A pair of dive-bombing birds moves into the Junkyard. Can Ben Thompson let them know that the Junkyard animals mean only peace?

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25 MINUTES
Spring
4+
So Many Fairies

The Fairy Man and the Grumpy Granite Gnome

The granite gnome’s longtime grumpiness is about to change when the new family in the house brings in a “fairy man” to set…

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25 MINUTES
Fall
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Being with Anger Stories

The Angry Elephant

A willow tree adventure to India helps Piper understand her own temper by meeting an elephant with a similar personality.

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22 MINUTES

For more helpful stories during troubled times, see our Stories for Dealing with Uncertainty Playlist.