Allah-u-Abha and good morning! While catching up over the phone last night, my old friend asked me concerning Project Conversion, “Dude, how’s it going–I mean–how are you holding up?” I thought for a moment, trying to clear my head of the prayer I had just memorized and say, “Jumping between the faiths is like making…

You’ve all been very patient, and as a reward…an IOU for something awesome should we ever meet. Anyway, today I want to go over some history and particulars of the Baha’i faith. Because the followers of Baha’ are such a recent addition to our world’s colorful and vibrant spiritual and religious spectrum, many might have…

   I know, I know…I promised that the next post would be about the history and tenets of the Baha’i faith, but I’m reading an essay (many Baha’is might consider it scripture) called The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys written by Baha’u’llah, the central figure of the religion, and I think it’s worth taking a moment to…

Allah-u-Abha and welcome to my review of Day 1 with the Baha’i Faith! The greeting “Allah-u-Abha” means “God the Most Glorious” and the founder of the faith, Baha’u’llah, bears a name which means “The Glory of God.” There’s a lot of glory involved in the Baha’i faith–as virtually every poetic verse speaks of God’s light and…

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