If someone harms you, what should you do? The old way — hurt them back — can cause an escalating series of injuries. So, should you take revenge, seek justice...
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Postponing my education wasn’t an easy decision, but the friendships I formed during my year of service at the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa, Israel became some of the most...
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During his travels to North America, Europe, and North Africa in the early part of the 20th century, Abdu’l-Baha was often revered as a Christ-like figure, as the East’s wisest...
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As I took my walk around the nursing home today, I began thinking about my past. I came from a truly poor background. The country of my birth and perhaps...
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I’ve been thinking a lot about judgment these days because there seems to be a trend against passing judgment or offering advice to anyone, with the risk of being “canceled”...
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A quote often attributed to James Baldwin expresses a profound truth, “To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.” African Americans endure...
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The Middle Way — a term in a number of spiritual and philosophical traditions in both the East and West — means, as Aristotle suggested, finding the middle ground between...
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During Abdu’l-Baha’s European journeys in 1912 and 1913, he strongly warned national leaders about the onset of a world war — a war more devastating and destructive than any ever...
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Let’s say you have a visitor from another country who wants to see some American culture. What do you do? Do you take them to a baseball game, to the...
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Growing up, I always knew I wanted to serve my Faith by dedicating a year of my life to helping humanity in some way. But when I graduated from high...
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As I keep reminding myself, inner peace is like a fragile child that needs to be protected and nurtured. Obviously, despite my reminders, I forget to do it myself. Oh,...
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Two statements by the global governing body of the Baha’i Faith, the Universal House of Justice, make clear the challenge facing the world today: It is not merely material well-being...
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In the vibrant legacy of Mexico’s cultural history, a new path was forged in the early 20th century — the emergence of the first Baha’i community in Latin America. RELATED:...
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