The latest commentary on the Baha'i Faith from Baha'i bloggers and columnists. The content of these blogs and columns does not necessarily represent the views of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. (Also listen to Baha'i audio feature stories and commentaries.)
Baha'i Perspectives provides links to posts and forum discussions discussing how the election of Barack Obama aligns with what the Faith says about race.
There’s side A and there’s side B, and a whole lot in between. Why assign opinions to one “side” or the other? Why even have sides? Philippe Copeland argues for a more unified approach.
In the University of Washington's The Daily, Wade Caves, a Baha'i, explains why Baha'is vote in general elections, but keep their noses out of politics.
At the Washington Post’s On Faith, Remz Pokorny, a senior at Brandeis University, chronicles his decision to stick with the religion he was reared in by two very different parents.
Philippe Copeland at Baha'i Thought wonders at the senseless decimation of trees in a Baha'i cemetery in Iran.
Mideast Youth has a suggestion for Iranian authorities wishing to inform Baha'is that they’re not welcome in that country’s universities.
Blogging on Baha'i Thought, Philippe Copeland says, “It is the powers of the soul, released and directed in response to the Word of God, that will allow gender diversity to yield its sweetest fruit, a peaceful and just global society.
Hint: You won’t find it in a new car, a new job or even a new love. Iman provides a clue where to look and what you’ll discover on “Baha’i Perspectives.”
Shaping a Baha'i identity — for oneself and one’s children — requires “swimming against the tide,” says Befriended Stranger, “and countering the “materialistic osmosis with spiritual action.”
Baha'i Views features “A Poem for Peace” that reminds us of our role in achieving a better world.
True to their belief in unity in diversity, Baha'is come to the Faith from a striking variety of backgrounds.
When it comes to worth, it’s our acts of kindness that sparkle the brightest.
“We can’t compare faith flatly to reason and declare it intellectually inferior,” says Krista Tippett, host of “Speaking of Faith,” a weekly radio program on American Public Media. “Its territory is the drama of human life, where art is more precise than science....”