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Ladder for the Soul Fundraiser on Track!

The Ladder for the Soul Celebration and Fundraiser is gathering steam and is on track to be a terrific evening! Wonderful entertainment, mouth-watering desserts and a silent auction will fill the Portland Baha’i Center on Saturday, February 27th, starting at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now for $15. Ticket requests can be sent to [...]

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Celebration of the Arts

BahaCelebrate the spiritually uplifting nature of the arts. In the Baha’i Faith, the arts, especially music, are described as a ladder for the soul, and this festival will celebrate the spiritually uplifting nature of the arts. The Baha’i Community in the Beaverton area invite you to attend a Celebration of the Arts. There  will be [...]

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Choir Promotes Spiritual Unity Through Music

Ladder for the Soul Choir performing in Seaside, OregonBy Victoria Morgan Every Tuesday evening for nearly four years, a group of people has gathered together to sing God’s praises and lend their voices to the healing message of Baha’u’llah, founder of the Baha’i Faith. The group, called Ladder for the Soul, especially enjoys promoting the teachings of Baha’u’llah through music, while performing for [...]

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Jazz singer Tierney Sutton takes a spiritual look at ‘Desire’

"Material things that we want or desire are not usually a path to happiness," says Tierney Sutton in the liner notes to her latest album, "Desire." Tierney Sutton, whose previous two albums each won Grammy nominations, says she has wanted for years to do a record challenging the modern tendency to exalt material wealth and self-gratification over humanity’s higher, spiritual nature.LOS ANGELES — Tierney Sutton is hardly alone among jazz vocalists in trying to bring a spiritual dimension to her music. But lining up jazz standards with the sacred writings of the Baha’i Faith takes the idea a step further, says Britain’s Daily Express in a review of her new album. The disc, called “Desire,” [...]

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Remembering Dan Seals

Dan Seals, a Baha’i pop and country music star, passed away on March 25, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee after several years’ battle with lymphoma.

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Being a Baha’i: Daily Prayers and Meditation

Maggie WilkinAn important part of the spiritual practice of members of the Baha’i Faith is daily prayer and meditation. Maggie Wilkins, a Baha’i in Highland Park, Illinois, knew that saying prayers was key in her spiritual development, but found the Baha’i prayers “next-to impossible” to learn because …

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Music video features Baha’i prayer

Devon Gundry – “Armed” from Justin Baldoni on Vimeo. Baha’i musician, Devon Gundry, teamed up with a number of Baha’i artists to produce a devotional music video, “Armed.” The words to the song come from a prayer by Baha’u'llah, founder of the Baha’i Faith: “Armed with the power of Thy name nothing can ever hurt [...]

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