“Foremost among the priceless treasures cast forth from the billowing ocean of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation ranks the Kitáb-i-Íqán,” wrote Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith. When I first read...
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A few days ago, I met a young man who told me he had decided not to join any specific religion because he was “raised in one of them and...
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The changing colors of leaves in the fall, the moon’s influence on waves, a spark turning to fire, the rainbow that comes after rain – everything in this world, us...
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Ayyam-i-Ha celebration on 2/24/24 is hosted by the Aurora LSA at Prisco Community Center in Aurora.Please RSVP by Feruary 15 at https://forms.gle/WwvqR4rriWsjQnHu8
Race Amity Day program at the Nichols Library Community Room in Downtown Naperville. The Baha`is believe racial prejudice is the most challenging moral issue facing our nation and is one of the greatest barriers to peace in our nation and the world. Please join us for discussion, fellowship and refreshments, and to learn about the origins of Race Amity Day - an annual celebration of the interracial partnerships that have been battling for racial justice and equity for generations.
Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 5:00 pm to 8:00 pmFirst Church of Lombard220 S. Main Street(Southwest Corner of Main and Ash)Lombard, IL For more information, email: ILCit4RAD@comcast.net
In my spare moments I voluntarily serve on the board of directors of my local homelessness charity. Last week a client died from an overdose in our shelter, and that...
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The depth of racial reckoning taking place today, which has stirred the conscience of citizens everywhere, has created a historic opportunity for meaningful change. However, the massive societal change required...
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How, since its founding almost two centuries ago, has the Baha’i Faith managed to retain its global unity? What has prevented it from splitting into various denominations like so many...
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Today, a hospice chaplain I didn’t know came to visit me for the first time, perhaps imagining that since I signed up for hospice services I might be at death’s...
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I have a friend who hands out little pictures of frogs to the people she knows, to remind them to be fully reliant on God – also known as “FROG.” ...
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Each society has one critical job: identifying and overcoming the systemic barriers to equity so children and youth can reach their full potential. This task deserves the best our minds...
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In all religions and in all the world, the Universal House of Justice is unique – no question about it. The only democratically-elected global leadership body of any Faith, it...
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My father, God bless his heart and rest his soul, had an enormous amount of violence in him. He inherited it from his father and from World War II, where...
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Today a memorial happened online for my cousin who recently passed away. She was the same age as me, and even had the same name – and I missed most...
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