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From Capitol Hill to Chicago, a message from American Bahá’ís invites conversations on spiritual renewal, social trust, and the nation’s future.

Throughout our lives, we go through seasons of crisis and victory, of progress and failure, and of happiness and heartache.  We also mark the passage of time by the changes...

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Although written in the 19th century, these famous lines might just as well be contemporary, because they capture our global civilization at its present stage of development: It was the...

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We’re all human, so from time to time, we despair, losing our optimism and hope. Even the messengers of God felt despair, as Shoghi Effendi reminded us in this letter...

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Ever had a day where it just felt like everything got on your nerves? Sometimes, it stems from deeper conflict, and other times from a build-up of small stressors.  Here...

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I remember hanging out with a friend in Oregon that I had recently met who was about 10 years older than me. We’d hung out several times at community events...

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Unexpectedly seeing a friend at a local coffee shop today, I invited her to sit with me for awhile. I am so happy I did, because it gave her a...

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In the radiant tapestry of Hillcrest Orchard Camp’s Fall Program, an extraordinary initiative unfolds, intertwining the principles of the Baha’i Faith with the transformative power of experiential learning.  This innovative...

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Ever feel so enraged you just want to boil over? Hit something? Lash out at the world? Well, it turns out, so do millions of other people right now. Our...

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In many ways, a falcon’s physical senses and abilities are much more impressive than ours. This two-pound bird can reach speeds higher than most small airplanes and is the fastest...

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People of diverse backgrounds gathered on the illuminated terraces leading to the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel for a fourth occasion of the “Terraces by Night.”

Years ago, at a fireside chat at my home, a man joked, “The funny thing about humility is that once you know you have it, you’ve lost it again!” I...

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The Lord, peerless is He, hath made woman and man to abide with each other in the closest companionship, and to be even as a single soul. They are two...

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The importance of marriage in the Baha’i Faith is clearly stated in the Baha’i writings. Marriage is considered not only a physical union, but also as a spiritual union between...

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I pray for you that you may be informed by the life of the Divine Spirit, so that you may be the means of educating others. The life and morals...

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Have you ever fallen in love—and then, a while later, fallen right out again? If so, you may have started to question your initial feelings, or even the idea of...

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God came to us in the long-distant past, and gave us our great Faiths. Today, though, has God forgotten about us?   When God visited us, it was recorded in...

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Crane removed from south plaza while some of the most intricate stages of building the Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá are now simultaneously under way.

We see and live based on our physical eyes. But what do we mean by seeing with “spiritual eyes”? What do our spiritual eyes see, and how can we improve...

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As our global culture becomes more focused on the material aspects of life, we can easily forget our spirituality, and our relationships with each other suffer as a result. After...

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