We are one

By Lawrence E. Dotson It is not often that the words “celebration” and “cemetery” are linked together, but it was indeed a celebration that brought 400 people to the Inglewood Cemetery on a bright September Sunday afternoon.  People gathered at the recently beautified gravesite of Thornton Chase, in Inglewood, California, on September 24 to commemorate […]

By Nadia Mehretab What does it look like to commit to the spiritual and material advancement of a population? In San Gabriel, California, a group of four friends embarked on an extraordinary journey, bound together by faith and their shared dedication to nurturing young hearts. Their experiences convey the power of service, camaraderie and the […]

Enthusiasm glowed at the 47th conference of the Association for Baha’i Studies—North America (ABS), Aug. 4–6, 2023, in Atlanta. It was the association’s first in-person conference in four years, since before the COVID-19 pandemic, and people all around were renewing connections and making new friends throughout the weekend.  The weekend conference attracted about 1,900 people […]