Baha’i writings on the path toward racial unity can look simple. “Be as one spirit, one soul, leaves of one tree, flowers of one garden, waves of one ocean,” ‘Abdu’l-Baha urged Baha’is and others on his visit to the United States in 1912. Still, an honest look at American society shows glimpses of how complex […]
The pattern of community life has to be developed in places where receptivity wells up, those small centres of population where intense activity can be sustained. It is here, when carrying out the work of community building within such a narrow compass, that the interlocking dimensions of community life are most coherently expressed, here that […]
If you ever find yourself with artist Mojdeh Stoakley, you won’t wait long before hearing her utter, “and all the things,” a phrase that seems to be a cousin of “et cetera.” But “all the things” is a metaphor for Stoakley’s character and the philosophy behind her practice as a member of the Baha’i Faith. […]