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Baha'i elections take it to the top
On April 29, approximately 1,200 delegates from 170 nations will elect individuals to the nine-member Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Baha'i Faith. The election is held every five years at the Baha'i World Center in Haifa, Israel.
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Decisions, decisions: Process makes perfect -- or close to it
Try to imagine, if you can in this age of contention, a style of group decision-making in which participants arrive at a decision that everyone accepts with grace, with frank and loving conversation. No “owning” your ideas. No hurt feelings. No battling, blame or sour grapes.
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A wondrous journey of reverence takes wing on a prayer
Lisa Blecker's Blessed Is the Spot: A First Prayer Book with animated DVD transforms a much-loved prayer by Baha'u'llah into a multimedia experience that sends souls and hearts soaring no matter what your beliefs.
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Sweet success in Savannah: As young souls blossom, their families follow suit
Ten years ago, Michael O'Neal started a program to help dispel racial tension in the Savannah public schools. Called Parent University, the Baha'i-inspired program has attracted more than 4,000 participants and earned numerous awards. Recently the city of Savannah hired Mr. O'Neal and his staff to help 100 at-risk families.
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How the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette came to be
Not long after the first World's Parliament of Religions introduced Americans to the Baha'i Faith at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the Faith took hold and gradually gained momentum in the United States.
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