Scholarship and spirituality blend seamlessly at Baha'i conference
Michael Penn, a Baha'i and an associate professor of psychology at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, was headed for the 31st Annual Conference of the ABS "Association for Baha'i Studies-North America" in Ontario, Canada, and found himself seated next to another scholar on the plane.

Putting a spiritual spin on solutions to global warming
When artist Michelle "Misha" Maynerick was asked to contribute to Chicago's "CoolGlobes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet," she knew immediately how she would go about it...

Why Baha'i?
Amy Lugsch, Persia, Iowa
Baha'i since 1994
I was raised Catholic and thought I was comfortable with my faith. But it always bothered me that I was taught everyone else was going to go to hell.

Explore Baha'u'llah's early mystic writings
The mystical writings of Baha'u'llah, Founder of the Baha'i Faith, is the subject of a three-month online course offered by the Wilmette Institute starting Sept. 15.

Baha'i prayer
O compassionate God! Thanks be to Thee for Thou hast awakened and made me conscious. Thou hast given me a seeing eye and favored me with a hearing ear, hast led me to Thy kingdom and guided me to Thy path...

Can you join the Baha'i Faith and continue your membership in another religion at the same time?

One may not be a Baha'i and also a member of another religious organization. This is simply a matter of straightforwardness and honesty. For example, a Baha'i couldn't belong to a Christian group that invariably exalts Jesus over all God's other Messengers, or which denounces one or more of Them, since that would be tantamount to denying the Oneness of God's Divine Messengers - a fundamental spiritual principle taught by Bah'u'llah.

Baha'is believe that all Divine Teachers come from one God and that every major religion has played an important part in God's plan for the progressive guidance of humanity. Thus, when you become a Baha'i, you do not give up your love for any one of God's past Manifestations. Indeed, Baha'is accord equal reverence to all of God's previous Messengers, including Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, Christ, Muhammad and the Bab, as well as the Founder of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah.