Religious Institutions for the Era of Human Maturity
Bahá’u’lláh established a new faith. What would its institutions be like? In accordance with the wide ranging reforms across Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings – the religious institutions …
Baha’u’llah
Newspapers – Mirror of the World
Newspapers and their more recent digital descendants are the lens through which we see the world. Recently the role of the media has been a …
Louis Gregory – Service to the Oneness of Humanity
Slavery was not a tale read from dusty history books for Louis Gregory. It was a close family memory. Louis Gregory was born in 1874. Both Louis’ parents had …
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
When Shoghi Effendi was a young man at Oxford University, he didn’t imagine that he would become the leader of the faith which his great …
Taking Things Too Literally vs. Interpreting Texts for the Oneness of Humanity
Taking things too literally – particularly religious texts – can be a problem – as we tragically see in our world. In some cases it …
Consultation
It’s wonderful to speak about the unity of humankind. Who doesn’t want a peaceful world in which conflict is no more and all human beings …
We can Change the Whole Atmosphere And That’s Not Good
Among Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic warnings – one of the most striking is the capacity of human beings to change the whole atmosphere. The prediction, among other things, …
Courage
Mona Mahmudnizhad’s short life was crowned with courage. It’s not the kind of courage that most us of imagine having. We saw the courage of George Townshend …
George Townshend – from Cathedral to Coherence
This article needs to begin with some of George Townshend’s words – as he was above all a writer. The “Hidden Words” is a love-song. It …