Archive for 'Perspectives'
Continuing the spirit of the winter holidays
With the Baha’i Faith being the newest of the world’s independent religions (it began in 1844), many Baha’is come from family backgrounds where other spiritual traditions were embraced and celebrated. So, when winter holidays, such as Christmas and Hanukkah, come each year, many Baha’is are asked, “Do you still celebrate these holidays even though you’re [...]
History of the Baha’i Faith in Portland
November 25 marks the 105th anniversary of an organized Baha’i community in Portland. Read on to learn more about the early history of the Baha’i Faith in Portland… The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Portland, Oregon incorporated on April 5, 1939 as a “non-profit” for religious activity. This was done in response to a [...]
Meditation while Taking out the Trash
By Venustiano Olguin – 10/19/2011 As I took out the trash during an early October night, The Oregon clouds mysteriously cleared, skies turning bright. I looked up, my eyes captured by the unceasing twinkling above When suddenly, in a rush of heartbeats, I could feel the Creator’s love Engulfing my consciousness, the core of my [...]
Journey of discovery leads Oregon medical scientist to the Baha’i Faith
Long before he became a doctor, William House learned some things about truth. “In my church, they were preaching that every word of the Bible was literally true,” he recalls. “They told us about Adam and Eve, and that the earth had been created in a week, sometime around 4004 BC. “I wasn’t entirely sure [...]
Iranian Baha’i refugee recounts journey to freedom in new novel
October 25, 2010 Even as a child, Roya Movafegh knew her story had to be told—a family’s perilous journey through the Pakistani desert, fleeing religious persecution in Iran. As Bahá’ís, there was no question what their fate would be if they were discovered and returned to Iran, where more than 200 Bahá’ís were killed …
Virtues in today’s society
by Anita Cleven Children live in a society where their moral character is constantly tested with worldly desires, selfish thoughts, and vain imaginings. According to the US Surgeon General, almost one out of every three (sixteen to seventeen year olds) in the United States reports that he or she has participated in …
Bonnie the Pioneer
By Venustiano Olguín For the last three months, it has been an inspiration and an honor to get to know Bonnie Hakert Konamauri as she visits family and friends in Oregon and Montana during a short rest from her life’s work as a Baha’i pioneer in the Solomon Islands . At the beginning …
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