Episodes
Wednesday Dec 26, 2018
Fellowship, Fellowship! Love, Love! Unity, Unity!
Wednesday Dec 26, 2018
Wednesday Dec 26, 2018
Today I read from Baha’i World Faith, Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, pages 424-426. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 59th and 60th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Bahá’u’lláh from the Baha’i Prayer Book pages 46-47.
Monday Dec 24, 2018
The Relationship Between the Baha'i Faith and Christianity
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Today I read a passage from Baha'i Library Online titled "Abdu'l-Baha on Christ and Christianity: An interview with Pasteur Monnier on the relationship between the Baha'i Faith and Christianity" in Paris on February 17, 1917. I also read from the Bible, King James Version, John 13:34-35. I continue our trek through The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 57th and 58th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Baha'u'llah for unity from BahaiPrayers.org. To all of my Christian friends, I wish you a peace-filled Christmas...
Saturday Dec 22, 2018
The Story of Adam
Saturday Dec 22, 2018
Saturday Dec 22, 2018
Today I read a passage from Some Answered Questions by Abdu'l-Baha, Chapter 30 titled Adam and Eve. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 55th and 56th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah pages 240-242.
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Truthfulness and Honesty
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Today I read four passages. The first passage is from Baha'u'llah and the New Era by J.E. Esslemont pages 85-86. The second passage is from Baha'i Administration by Shoghi Effendi page 10. The third passage is from Advent of Divine Justice by Shoghi Effendi, pocket sized edition pages 23-26, and I want to clarify that the Beloved Guardian was quoting Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha throughout this passage. The fourth passage is from Baha'u'llah by the Baha'i International Committee on page 8. Again this passage also contains quotes by Baha'u'llah. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 53rd and 54th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by The Bab from the Baha'i Prayer Book on pages 170-171.
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Mankind has denied the Manifestations of God throughout history...Pt 2
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Today I continue reading from the Kitab-I-Iqan by Baha'u'llah pages 15-22. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 51st and 52nd Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with two prayers by Abdu'l-Baha for children from the Baha'i Prayer Book page 33 and page 31-32.
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Mankind has denied the Manifestations of God throughout history...Pt 1
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Today I read a passage from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi dated June 9, 1932 to an individual believer. Then I begin reading the first half of a long passage from the Kitab-I-Iqan by Baha'u'llah pages 3-15. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 49th and 50th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu'l-Baha on pages 212-213.
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Baha'i Marriage
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Today I read some passages on Baha'i marriage beginning with The Marriage Tablet which is not scripture as it is unauthenticated. It was taken from a talk ascribed to the Master circa December 1918 and written down by Ahmad Sohrab. I also read some short passages from Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha page 117 and 118, Lights of Guidance by Abdu'l-Baha page 226, and a passage from Prescription for Living by Ruhiyyih Khanum pages 87-88. I continue our reading of The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 47th and 48th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu'l-Baha in the Baha'i Prayer Book on pages 23-24.
Friday Dec 07, 2018
Hast thou Love?
Friday Dec 07, 2018
Friday Dec 07, 2018
Today I read three passages from Baha'i World Faith, pages 66-67 and page 175 from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, and page 366 from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha. I also read a passage from Star of the West Volume VII page 171 titled "Hast thou Love?" from the diary of Mirza Ahmad Sokrab, June 9, 1914. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 45th and 46th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah pages 56-57.
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
The Promise of World Peace
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Today's reading is from The Promise of World Peace by The Universal House of Justice pages 10-13. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 43rd and 44th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah page 121-122, LXXIV.
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Collective Centers of Mankind
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Today I read a passage from The Promulgation of Universal Peace by Abdu'l-Baha from a talk at the Church of the Ascension in New York on 2 June 1912, pages 163-166. I continue our trek through The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with the 41st and 42nd Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a teaching prayer by Abdu'l-Baha which was revealed to the Baha'i's of the United States and Canada from The Baha'i Prayer Book on pages 206-208.