Baha’i Faith

Brown Like Me

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Phillipe Copeland

Salon.com has an interesting piece by Clara Germani about growing up Mexican American. Her story features a tragicomic moment of self-mutilation: When I was 10, I showed up at the breakfast table one ... Read More

The Ocean of My Words

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Phillipe Copeland

In Man’s Search for Meaning, Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote: “There is nothing in the world…that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditio... Read More

Education Under Fire

Posted on November 15, 2011November 15, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Article first published as Education Under Fire on Blogcritics. Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to education…Technical and professio... Read More

Thinking Towards a New World Order

Posted on June 17, 2011June 17, 2011 by Ben Schewel

It is impossible to separate any aspect of our lives from out habits of thought. For, as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá explains, “all these highly varied phenomena, these concepts, this knowledge, these technic... Read More

A Voice of Protest: “I am a realist…”

Posted on May 21, 2011July 10, 2011 by Ben Schewel

“Because of such an attitude…Bahá'ís are often accused of holding aloof from the ‘real problems’ of their fellowmen. But when we hear this accusation let us not forget that those who make it... Read More