Have you ever gone, without warning, from perfect calm to absolute terror? Within seconds, your heart starts racing, your blood pressure rises, and you feel sick to your stomach. When...
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When I began an online correspondence with a Jehovah’s Witness who signed himself “Epignosis” (toward knowledge), he did not so much ask questions as issue challenges he wanted me to...
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We all have physical ancestors—but do you think we have spiritual ancestors? Meet Pocahontas Pope, the first African American Baha’i of Washington, D.C., and a woman I think of as...
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For four days this week, Baha’is around the world will celebrate with festivities, gifts, parties, service projects and charitable humanitarian work. Why? Well, we’re celebrating the Baha’i holidays called Ayyam-i-Ha....
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This week, Baha’is around the world will celebrate four days of festivities, gifts, parties, service projects and charitable humanitarian work during the Baha’i holidays called Ayyam-i-Ha. That Persian phrase designates...
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The Baha’i teachings caution us against fabricating false imaginations of our Creator — and also warn us about visualizing false imaginations of death. In the Baha’i view, a spiritual existence...
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Born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a famous writer and civil rights activist. He made history as the co-founder of...
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Most, if not all of us, believe that good health is the greatest of life’s gifts — and for good reason. Without it, we can’t physically function the way we...
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Today in Starbucks here in Pittsburgh, I heard conversations across the three tables next to me in Persian, French, and Mandarin, in that order. We live in a multilingual world...
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On Friday, July 7th, 2023, our world reached a major milestone when the United States finally destroyed its remaining chemical weapons stockpile — the last of the planet’s eight countries...
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As a retired emergency medicine physician, I hold two key Baha’i principles close to my heart and my head: First, science and religion agree; and second, healing can be both...
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The human spirit possesses a profound inner power: the imagination. What impact do our imaginations have on our spiritual lives? Imagination can be construed as the guiding force and ability...
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I have terminal cancer, and although I feel stable in my level of discomfort, I am not questioning anything – because in some significant ways my health or lack of...
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Dr. George Washington Carver was one of the most famous African Americans of his time. Although he was born into slavery, he later made history as an extraordinary inventor, agricultural...
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I’m at an age where a lot of my friends are passing away, and their friends and family are asking questions like “Where do we go when we die?” and...
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Over the years, I’ve seen how the love between a couple can strengthen their spirituality and commitment to community service, and even heard stories from family friends about how their...
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