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Bam Hoener: Finding blessings behind burdens

February 19, 2013 - 6:35pm
I was born and raised in a small town in the northern part of Australia called Darwin–an incredibly multicultural place to live. The city is closer to the capitals of five other countries than to the capital of Australia, so close to South East Asia that it holds the nickname “Gateway to Asia.” It was [...]

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution 134 Condemning the Persecution of Baha’is in Iran

February 15, 2013 - 7:39pm
A New Year’s Day congressional session brought some much welcomed relief to American taxpayers worried about taking care of themselves and their families in the new year. Perhaps barely noticed in the midst of the tremendous attention focused on the “fiscal cliff,” the House of Representatives also provided some much needed emotional relief to some [...]

Choir gives teachings a Caribbean lilt

February 15, 2013 - 7:39pm
It was on a tour about eight years ago with the Voices of Baha choir that Jeanette Contant-Galitello saw a relatively untapped vein of receptivity by Caribbean peoples to the Baha’i teachings. The tour’s final stop, in Coral Springs, Florida, really brought home to her and her husband, Christopher, the potential for sharing the teachings [...]