Author Archives: Harold

Loving the light, honoring the lamp

One of the key benefits of the revelation of Baha’u’lláh is expressed in a talk that His son, His appointed successor `Abdu’l-Bahá gave to the Japanese YMCA at an “independent Japanese church” in San Francisco in 1912. “The foundation of … Continue reading

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Seeing past the autumn

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the son of the founder of the Bahá’i faith, is considered to be a very special soul. He spent most of his life in captivity, but towards the end of his time on earth, he was released from political … Continue reading

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Could it be …Satan?

As a member of Generation X, I was culturally raised by Saturday Night Live. The Dana Carvey skits where he played the Church Lady were entertaining and funny, often calling out very public corruption. Why would this be the topic … Continue reading

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The medium is the message

As to the fundamentals of teaching the Faith: know thou that delivering the Message can be accomplished only through goodly deeds and spiritual attributes, an utterance that is crystal clear and the happiness reflected from the face of that one … Continue reading

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Be a blessing to your land

Bahá’i’s are called to love the planet. I recall the power of this quote deeply. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is … Continue reading

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The sea of affirmation

This video I encountered at the end of a Children’s Health Defense show. It is a reading of a poem by Jonathan Reed, which was the winning entry of a 2007 AARP contest. It went viral back then, and there … Continue reading

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Hide The Word in Your Heart

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalm 119:11 This psalm was given to me by my father when I was an agnostic in college in the eighties. He had been a … Continue reading

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Trust the Science

Please forgive my reference to a statement, “Trust the Science”, that I mostly find unhelpful. Yet trust and science are profoundly relevant and practical aspects of life, whether you are a Bahá’i or not, in this period of great stress … Continue reading

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