2012
Paris Talks Revisited: The Equality of Sex
…in the two lower kingdoms of nature we have seen that there is no question of the superiority of one sex over the other. In the world of humanity we find a great difference; the female sex is treated as […]
2012
Paris Talks Revisited: The Non-Interference of Religion with Politics
2012 is set to be a year filled with political fervor as citizens in several countries including France, the United States, Germany, and Egypt will vote in presidential elections. Individuals from all walks of life will engage in an important […]
2012
Biography: Edward & Carrie Kinney
‘Abdu’l-Bahá gave the early New York Bahá’ís Edward (1863-1950) and Carrie Kinney (1878-1959) names that reflected specific virtues: Edward was named “Saffa” (rock, serenity) and Carrie became “Vaffa” (certitude, fidelity). Later on they also received the title “pillars of the […]
2012
Biography: Helen & Ella Goodall
It was during the summer of 1898 that Mrs. Helen Goodall and her daughter Ella learned of the Bahá’í Faith from a friend who was attending Lua Getsinger’s classes on the Faith at the home of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. Before Mrs. […]
2012
Food for Thought
I will unabashedly admit that I think about food a lot in the days before the Fast. Recently I have been thinking about food and the Master. One of my favorite stories is of Lua Getsinger purposely trampling through poison ivy […]
Paris Talks Revisited: Universal Peace
In His talk on Universal Peace, the eight principle of the Bahá’í Teachings, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá elaborates on His Father’s assurance that unity and universal peace will be established in the future. He explains two very ‘practical’ measures needed in order to […]
Biography: Thornton Chase
Thornton Chase was designated by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as “the First American believer”. He was the first to embrace the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh in the West after following a friend’s recommendation to meet Ibrahim Kheiralla, a Lebanese immigrant who claimed that God […]
2012
Paris Talks Revisited: Equality of Men
We live in a time where there is a great call for equality amongst human beings, but what does this principle of equality actually look like when translated into reality? During His Paris talk on the seventh principle of Bahá’u’lláh’s […]
2012
Paris Talks Revisited: The Four Kinds of Love
What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers. Throughout several of His discourses ‘Abdu’l-Bahá talks about love, explaining to us that all the Manifestations of God have brought us the message of […]
Biography: May Maxwell
When May Maxwell was 11 years old she had two dreams. She dreamt of sunlight so brilliant that she was physically blinded the following day. Later she dreamt that angels carried her through space until she saw a light that […]