By george wesley dannells on Mar 31, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
The Spiritual Conquest of the PlanetOur Response to Plans
Part of the Word of God series. Designed to draw the student into a study of the profound concepts found in the Bahá’í Revelation.
Melanie Smith and Paul Lample+7.25″ x 10″++
By george wesley dannells on Mar 31, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
By george wesley dannells on Mar 31, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
Please join us for an evening co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Human Rights and the Bahá’ís of NYC in commemoration of the second year anniversary of the imprisonment of the seven Baha’i leaders.
Featuring a special presentation by Oscar-nominated Shohreh Aghdashloo and actor, playwright Houshang Touzie, Anthony Azizi (Actor, Lost, 24, Flash Forward), Manoochehr Vahman (Classical Persian Violinist) and an ensemble cast directed by Shidan Majidi (Director, Miss Saigon).
Featured Guest Speakers:
Rudi Bakhtiar: Former CNN & Fox News Anchor, Current Communications Director for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
Bani Dugal: Principal Representative of the Bahá’í International Community to the United Nations.
Roxana Saberi: Iranian-American Journalist who was recently released from Evin prison where she was prison mates with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two of the seven Baha’i leaders.
Sarah Leah Whitson: Director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa division.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL
By george wesley dannells on Mar 30, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
I also noticed that weeds had grown tall. Besides Kit himself, sitting on the wheelchair, who could only reach out to the wild plants right in front of him, nobody else had helped him in weeding. So I picked up again my old job as an assistant gardener. My appointment at CCH had been postponed to 7pm. So I took my time to pull out unwanted grass with its roots. People of the Baha'i faith dressed in their new clothes began to come into the centre for the preparations of the event. I suddenly felt compassion for Kit who was staying alone in his messy room which was just next to the beautifully decorated hall where the Baha'is gathered for functions. Some people were curious to see me squatting among the plants. Kit told them my identity as Saratha's former colleague and as a Christian. When they complimented me on my act, I simply smiled in return. And I prayed in my heart that one day they would know the truth of the salvation through Jesus.
By george wesley dannells on Mar 30, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
By george wesley dannells on Mar 30, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
By george wesley dannells on Mar 30, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
I just discovered that if I search for "Abraham" on flickr, there is more than one. -gwIsis:
And there are four Abrahamic faiths, not three.sorry to be stupid but what is the fourth?
Eh, I was being somewhat facetious, referring to Baha'i. Of course, I think I remember reading that, depending on your perspective, there are as many as seven Abrahamic religions
By george wesley dannells on Mar 30, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
Bahji: After a Spring Rain
Uploaded by paul.vreeland on 30 Mar 10, 9.18AM PDT on flickr
O My friend, listen with heart and soul to the songs of the spirit, and treasure them as thine own eyes. For the heavenly wisdoms, like the clouds of spring, will not rain down on the earth of men’s hearts forever; and though the grace of the All-Bounteous One is never stilled and never ceasing, yet to each time and era a 38 portion is allotted and a bounty set apart, this in a given measure. “And no one thing is there, but with Us are its storehouses; and We send it not down but in settled measure.” 5 The cloud of the Loved One’s mercy raineth only on the garden of the spirit, and bestoweth this bounty only in the season of spring. The other seasons have no share in this greatest grace, and barren lands no portion of this favor.
Bahá'u'lláh The Seven Valleys And the Four ValleysBy george wesley dannells on Mar 30, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
Haifa
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By george wesley dannells on Mar 29, 2010 in All categories | Comments Off
Hey Friends –There is a new life-sized portrait bust and bronze plaque honoring Tacoma Baha’i Nettie Asberry at South 5th Street and ML King Way. Check it out.
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Most 79 year-olds are fairly well set in their ways. Their mental and physical powers are diminished. They no longer have the curiosity or ambition or vitality that they once enjoyed. Whatever course they have taken in life is the course that they are on and will remain on, content or not, as they glide toward life’s nearing horizon. One’s values and practices have long since been solidified, especially for fundamentals such as religion and worship. At 79 years of age, Nettie Asberry did a remarkable thing: she changed her religion and resigned from her church. She found Bahá’u’lláh and became one of His followers. This happened in 1944 or ’45 through the friendship of two new Bahá’ís in town, Harry and Marjorie Taylor, who were members of the first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Tacoma, which was founded in November 1943.’
In 1909, residing in Tacoma, she was described as a music teacher of rare ability who always had a large number of pupils, and was regarded as one of Tacoma’s expert pianists and a woman of great accomplishment, speaking French and German fluently. She taught piano to students of all races for more than 50 years. Very socially active and progressive, she helped found the Tacoma Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said to be the first chapter west of Kansas City.
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