Shows
A Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Fereshteh BethelI had interviewed Fereshteh href="http://bahaipodcast.com/assets/mp3/abp-232.mp3" target="_blank"before on this program and we reconnected. She proposed that we talk about the gun culture here in the US. We had been planning this interview for many months, so it is a coincidence that this interview comes out just weeks after, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, when a 15 year old comes to his school with his new Christmas present, a semiautomatic handgun, and kills four classmates, and wounds seven others including a teacher. Fereshteh has a PhD in psychology and was a licensed clinical psychologist...
2022-01-0156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Mikhail Sergeevhref="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCITKM95wJYBo8NJimK36yLg" target="_blank"Mikhail was born and raised in Moscow, where he received his bachelor#39;s degree in international journalism. In 1990 he moved to the United States to pursue his doctoral studies. Mikhail works as an adjunct professor of religion and philosophy at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he received The President#39;s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2010. He co-chairs and serves on the faculty of the Department of Religion, Philosophy, and Theology at the Wilmette Institute as well as on the faculty of Temple University in Philadelphia. He...
2021-04-0356 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Harold RosenHarold is a Community Interfaith Educator, a designer and teacher of community courses on world religions and world history. He was a Unitarian minister for twenty-five years, and has been a Baha'i interfaith educator since 2000. He has written extensively on religion and interfaith issues. We discuss his work, " href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Founders-of-Faith-eBook-mobi-P6857.aspx" target="_blank"Founders of Faith: The Parallel Lives of God#39;s Messengers" in the interview.
2021-03-2256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Linda Ahdieh GrantLinda's ancestors are from the city of Nayriz in Iran and accepted the teachings of href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1b" target="_blank"the Bab and later became Baha'is. The Bab was the prophet forerunner of Baha'u'llah and Baha'u'llah is the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith. She received her PhD from John Hopkins University School of Public Health and worked in the field of public health teaching at Johns Hopkins and Emory University. She is a children's book author and we discuss her two children's books in the interview: href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/I-Love-My-Name-P9889.aspx"...
2021-03-1156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Nauzanin KnightNauzanin is a filmmaker in Edmonton Canada who has directed and produced films such as href="https://vimeo.com/318591662" target="_blank"My Lyric I Never Knew, The Stoic, and Precarity which we discuss in the interview. Her production studio, href="https://www.1844studios.com/" target="_blank"1844studios, supports women of color in film. A Canadian woman of Caribbean and Middle Eastern descent, Nauzanin#39;s nuanced stories reflect the uniqueness of her heritage as well as her international life. You can find her work on href="https://www.facebook.com/1844studios" target="_blank"FaceBook.
2021-03-0156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Gary ReuscheGary is a social and economic development worker now living in Ukraine. Combining a PhD in agricultural science with an MBA in management, he managed projects in Central America, Africa, South Asia and the ex-Soviet Union. Since 1975, his work and profession has been in agricultural and rural development. During the past 20 years, Gary used Baha'i consultation in his work and teams. His passion is to correlate Bahaacute;#39;iacute; social principles with current realities in the world and to work for a sustainable future in a united world. He now lives on a small farm and runs a residential vacation school...
2021-02-2256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Andrea ChristiansenAndrea was born and raised in Qeqertarsuaq (Disco Island) Greenland and her heritage and culture is Inuit. She is a journalist and works with a radio program on the national radio station href="https://knr.gl/en" target="_blank"Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation (KNR). The program covers cultural and spiritual topics in the native Inuit language. She has been a Bahaacute;'iacute; for almost four years. She conveys most clearly in the interview that spirituality is very important for her. We talk about her journalistic work and her goals for the future in the interview.
2021-02-1956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Sahar SabatiSahar authors a short story collection called href="https://www.amazon.com/Chills-Short-Collection-Sahar-Sabati-ebook/dp/B00IBEFGSS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1amp;keywords=Sahar+Sabati+chillsamp;qid=1611615072amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"Chills which we talk about in the interview. We also talk about her illustrated books for href="http://www.saharsblog.com/my-books/" target="_blank"young children and her young adult series called href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=spirit+within+club" target="_blank"Spirit Within Club. She has a blog which you can find at href="http://www.saharsblog.com/" target="_blank"SaharsBlog.com, which she describes in...
2021-02-0356 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Grant Hindin MillerGrant is a former teacher, scriptwriter, novelist, poet, and singer-songwriter. He has produced six albums of music, and the scripts for three feature films. Two of them were wartime stories. He also wrote a Depression-era odd couple tale called href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmWHdWd3xA" target="_blank"Starlight Hotelnbsp;based on his own novel, href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22550753797amp;searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BDream%2BMongeramp;cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1" target="_blank"The Dream Monger. In this interview we are featuring Grant's music which you can find on href="https://9starmedia...
2021-01-2456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Vedad Theophilushref="https://vedadmusic.com/" target="_blank"Vedad is a professional singer who blends her native Persian singing and chanting with the Spanish Flamenco genre. After the revolution in Iran, she moved to Spain, where she earned a degree in Fine Art from The University of Madrid. She adopted Spain#39;s culture and learned to sing the Flamenco music of Spain. After she moved to America, she continued to study and perform. We feature her music in the interview with her guitarist Bob Clifton. Visit her href="https://www.facebook.com/VedadMusica" target="_blank"Facebook fan page.
2021-01-1556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Nasim Ma'anihref="http://www.nasimmaani.com" target="_blank"Nasim is a certified yoga therapist and holistic coach. She is also a singer-songwriter who has published a CD called href="https://9starmedia.com/nasim-maani-the-longing" target="_blank"The Longing, an EP called href="https://www.nasimmaani.com/music" target="_blank"Trust, and a single called href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/healing-single/953740019?uo=4amp;app=music" target="_blank"Healing. We play her musical compositions in the interview.
2021-01-0956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Mahvash Khajavi-HarveyMahvash is author of the memoir href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Daylight-Forever-A-Memoir-P9959.aspx" target="_blank"Daylight Forever. It is a story of a young Iranian Baha'i, herself, who escapes persecution and war to immigrate to the United States. It is a gripping, heart-wrenching story that she shares in the interview.
2020-12-3056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Michael KarlbergMichael is a professor of Communication Studies at Western Washington University. His scholarship examines the prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change ndash; and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice. We discuss his book " href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Constructing-Social-Reality-P10062.aspx" target="_blank"Constructing Social Reality: An Inquiry into the Normative Foundations of Social Change" in the interview.
2020-12-1956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Andrea HopeAndrea describes herself as a poet, mother and world citizen. Her published poetry works include href="https://www.amazon.com/Will-You-Break-Silence-Practical/dp/B089M43484/" target="_blank"Will You Break The Silence, Poetic Practical Steps Toward Race Unity and, href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086PLBTY4" target="_blank"To Mother. She also hosts a podcast called href="https://tomother.buzzsprout.com/" target="_blank"To Mother with Andrea Hope. We talk about all three in the interview. Her website is href="https://www.andreahope.org/" target="_blank"https://www.andreahope.org/.
2020-12-0756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Peter GyulayPeter is a writer, educator, poet and musician from Australia. He has a degree in philosophy and likes to delve into the deeper aspects of life and express his insights. He is the author of href="https://books2read.com/apathtoseek" target="_blank"A Path to Seek and href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=Gyulay" target="_blank"The Baha'i Approach to Spiritual Transformation: Walking the Mystical Path with Practical Feet. We feature both works in the interview. We also feature Peter reading one of his poems and we play one of his musical pieces. His website is href="...
2020-11-2456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Gail MadjzoubGail is a contemporary fiction writer, who has lived in three continents and is fluent in several languages while working in the fields of healthcare, education, coaching, training, and community development, including NGO work. Her background and experience in multicultural environments, including the intimate settings of Persian family and community, provides her with unique insights into the complex issues she writes about. She#39;s the author of the novel href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Crimson-Ink-P9888.aspx" target="_blank"Crimson Ink and is currently working on its sequel. This story exemplifies her experience in the intimate setting of Persian family and...
2020-11-0956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Abdu'l-Missagh GhadirianAbdu'l-Missagh is an author, researcher and Emeritus Professor at McGill University, Faculty of Medicine in Montreal as well as a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. One of his works is called href="https://www.amazon.com/Materialism-Social-Consequences-Abdul-Missagh-Ghadirian-ebook/dp/B07G7DQHLJ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1amp;keywords=Materialism%3A+Moral+and+Social+Consequencesamp;qid=1604265662amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"Materialism: Moral amp; Social Consequences. He has written another book entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Creative-Dimensions-of-Suffering-P6623.aspx" target="_blank"Creative Dimensions of Suffering which explores the role of creativity to treat suffering. It is this book that we...
2020-11-0556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Kim DouglasKim is a writer, educator, and href="https://www.kimdouglas.org/" target="_blank"small business owner. She speaks widely on topics related to personal transformation, family, race relations, health and nutrition and the individual's role in improving society. As a business owner, she provides education on the health benefits of whole food nutrition. She co-authored Kevin Locke's autobiography href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Arising-P9086.aspx" target="_blank"Arising, and wrote her own autobiography href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/High-Desert-P6622.aspx" target="_blank"High Desert: A Journey of Survival and Hope, which we feature in the interview.
2020-10-2556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Tahirih LemonTahirih has self-published a number of books for children and young people on various aspects of spirituality first via href="https://www.bookdepository.com/publishers/Adia-Publishing" target="_blank"Adia Publishing named after her daughter and now href="https://sacredsquarepublishing.com/" target="_blank"Sacred Square Publishing. She has a background in education and child protection. Her first book was href="https://sacredsquarepublishing.com/product/a-gift-from-god-2/" target="_blank"A Gift From God inspired by the birth of her daughter. One of her latest works is a series entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Independent-Investigator-P9968.aspx" target="_blank"The Independent Investigator. We discuss...
2020-10-1456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Jean ParkerJean conducts participatory research to build cohesive communities throughout the world. Her href="http://www.buildingresilience.global/research.htm" target="_blank"doctoral dissertation was on emergency preparedness learning through community radio in North Indian villages. She hosted a podcast series called " href="https://ebbf.org/ebbf-podcast-copy/" target="_blank"Discovering How" for the organization Ethical Business Building the Future or ebbf, which people can still listen to on the ebbf website. She talks about how her interest in radio began and her experience as program producer for href="http://www.rfpi.org/" target="_blank"Radio for Peace International in Costa Rica...
2020-10-1156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Janet KhanFrom 1976-1983 Janet directed the program in counseling psychology at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia. From 1983 to 2010 she served in the Research Department at the International Headquarters of the Bahaacute;'iacute; Faith in Haifa, Israel. Janet has published several books. Her latest collaborative effort is called A World Without War: ' href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/A-World-Without-War-P9986.aspx" target="_blank"Abdu'l-Bahaacute; and the Discourse for Global Peace.
2020-10-0556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Rhonda GossenRhonda has, for over 30 years, been in the field of international development, humanitarian and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, and peace operations programming, primarily at the Canadian International Development Agency, United Nations Development Program, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. She has also worked on issues related to human security and conflict. We talk about her 30 years of work and the ups and downs of international aid both for development and disaster relief. We discuss the concept of temporary basic income in times of distress, and Rhonda points to an article by the UN Development Program (UNDP) that describes this...
2020-09-2656 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Jacqueline Clairehref="https://www.jacquelineclaireart.com/" target="_blank"Jacqueline is an artist whose motivation is exploring how art can be elevating, transcending, and culture-evolving, while also being inclusive, welcoming and participatory. Her work spans a range from fine art on canvas to children's illustration. We talk about her art, her work in groups, her podcast, and her upcoming book release. At the end of the interview we play one of her podcasts.
2020-09-1456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: David NollDavid is a singer song-writer whose songs have been featured on on WDCB Public Radio in Chicago and WVPE in Indiana. His album Serenade to a Life was released in October 2016. We feature his song-writing in the interview. You can find his href="https://davidnollmusic.org/music" target="_blank"music here.
2020-09-1056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Harvey GarverHarvey is a retired engineer, and author of " href="https://whatcomesafternations.com/" target="_blank"What Comes After Nations" and a regulator contributor to BahaiTeachings.org, a platform that allows individuals to share their personal perspectives and insights as they strive to implement the Baha#39;i teachings in their everyday lives. In the interview Harvey provides a very good explanation on the Baha'i concept of Progressive Revelation, which is basis for his book.
2020-09-0756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Klare KuOlgaKlare is a singer-songwriter whose style draws from her traditional roots of Papua New Guinea combined with elements of Jazz, Ramp;B, World and soul music. She refers to her style as ACOUSTIC SOUL/JAZZ MUSICIAN. We feature her music including the audio from a video she helped produce. You can find her href="https://klarekuolga.com/" target="_blank"music here.
2020-09-0256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Walter HeathWalter is a singer-songwriter who uses principles based on the oneness of mankind for inspiration, with influences from his Christian upbringing for his songs. The ones we feature on the interview are songs inspired by the Baha'i writings. You can find his music on the website href="https://9starmedia.com/walter-heath-praise-his-name?zenid=8ag7qsekuiak7vmeqh15c13s04" target="_blank"9StarMedia.com.
2020-08-2356 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Rhea HarmsenRhea is a href="https://rheaharmsen.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR2VEOJCy3VJC_5Qt_Uq4rePbfECgklzyX0klEqYWYlEOHhj0Wtuzi98Z8w" target="_blank"poet, novelist and an agronomist. Her two works of poetry are Language of the Spirit and a spoken word CD entitled href="https://www.amazon.com/Isaiahs-Longing-Rhea-Harmsen-Robinson/dp/B00H05O59K" target="_blank"Isaiah's Longing. She reads a selection from Language of the Spirit and we play the title spoken word piece Isaiah's Longing. Rhea's three novels are, href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004RWI5C2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4" target="_blank"...
2020-08-1656 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Max WeigertMax is a singer-songwriter. His most recent endeavors have been in collaboration with Faye Dupras on a puppet series called href="https://www.cozycornerseries.com" target="_blank"Cozy Corner . In the interview we feature music in which he puts the Baha'i writings to music and other songs that he has composed. You can find his music at these links:
href="https://cozycorner.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank"Releases,nbsp;
href="https://maxweigert.bandcamp.com/album/let-your-vision-be-world-embracing" target="_blank"Let Your Vision Be World Embracing
href="https://maxweigert.bandcamp.com/album/so-much-to-see" target="_blank"So Much To See
2020-08-0456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Steven EllisSteve is a life-long student of spirituality and comparative religion. He was born in Oregon where he resides with his wife and practices his profession as a Chiropractic Physician. He is the author of forty-five study-guides and two booklets on the Bahaacute;'iacute; Faith. One collection of these study guides is called href="http://bahaiessentials.com/index.html" target="_blank"Baha'i Essentials. Steve has now published his first novel called href="http://www.stevenellis-author.com/" target="_blank"Road Trip Home: A Baha'i Vision of Hope. We talk about the inspiration behind writing a novel and this one in particular. He...
2020-07-2356 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Roya Yazdanmehr & Roshan GervaisRoya and Roshan have been collaborating for five years, putting the Baha'i writings to song. They have yet to publish an album, but they offered to perform live for the interview. They've selected six pieces to feature and so, sit back and enjoy the concert. You can find Roya's work href="http://royamusic.ca/" target="_blank"here.
2020-07-1756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Hussein AhdiehI have had the wonderful opportunity to interview Hussein Ahdieh a number of times whenever he produces a new work. And this is no exception. Hussein, in collaboration with Hilary Chapman, created the book href="http://nayriz.org/TahirihJYBook/ChosenPathAnnouncement.html" target="_blank"The Chosen Path: Tahirih of Persia and Her Search for God, targeted for young adults. We talk extensively about the history of Tahirih in Persia in the 19th century and her impact today. In the interview Hussein refers to a number of, what are referred to as, "orientalists". Some of them were scholarly historians in the 19th...
2020-07-1056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Elizabeth Acosta-KrugElizabeth is the author of 3 books: href="https://www.amazon.com/Answers-Heaven-Near-Death-Experiences-Pasarow/dp/1548297917/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1amp;keywords=Answers+from+Heavenamp;qid=1592957600amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"Answers from Heaven: The Near-Death Experiences of Reinee E. Pasarow, href="https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Wisdom-Interfaith-Spiritual-Journey/dp/146094934X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1amp;keywords=Ancient+Wisdom+Common+Ground%3A+An+Interfaith+View+of+the+Spiritual+Journey+We+Call+Lifeamp;qid=1592960341amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"Ancient Wisdom Common Ground: An Interfaith View of the Spiritual Journey We Call Life, and href="https://www.amazon.com/30-Days-Better-World-Starting/dp/1499730322/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1amp;keywords=30+Days+to+...
2020-07-0556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Tania NordliTania is a family physician and an assistant clinical professor in Family Medicine at the University of Alberta. For over twenty years she has been treating patients afflicted by chronic pain, using diet change as one way of ameliorating their condition. In her practice she treats addiction as well, and describes her unique ability to address it. She describes the intersection of pain and addiction in the interview.
2020-06-1456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Bijan MasumianBijan co-authored a book with his wife Farnaz and his son Adib called href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Secrets-of-True-Happiness-P9896.aspx" target="_blank"The Secrets of True Happiness. Bijan explains the scientific research behind the book and the fundamental prerequisites for true happiness. I have Bijan read an excerpt from the book in the interview.
2020-06-1056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Chitra GolestaniChitra started her graduate career by conducting research at the Columbian educational foundation known as href="https://www.fundaec.org/en/" target="_blank"FUNDAEC.nbsp; Later, while pursuing her graduate degree, she co-founded the UCLA branch of the href="https://www.freire.org/" target="_blank"Paulo Freire Institute. She is now a faculty member of the href="https://humaneeducation.org/" target="_blank"Institute for Humane Education, although she is taking a leave of absence to devote her time to an associate directorship at the href="https://wilmetteinstitute.org/" target="_blank"Wilmette Institute. She explains how all these phases in her...
2020-06-0156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: David HoffmanDavid was a successful entrepreneur who was able to retire at 50 and devote his time and resources in service to humanity. He began by initiating a video series called Angels of Iran to make aware the persecutions of the Baha'is in Iran. During this endeavor he conceived the href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfMvzasCcXU" target="_blank"Education Under Fire Campaign. This campaign inspired universities across the globe to accept accreditation of an underground higher education institution established by the Baha#39;is of Iran, who are denied the right to attend university by the government of the country. Soon...
2020-05-2156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Augusto Lopez-Claroshref="http://augustolopezclaros.com/" target="_blank"Augusto has been an international economist for over 30 years working with international organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He and Ms. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani have collaborated on a book entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Equality-for-Women-Prosperity-for-All-P9870.aspx" target="_blank"Equality for Women = Prosperity for All; a book about the direct relationship between a woman's rights and freedoms and the economic prosperity of her country. We talk extensively about this subject and Augusto reads a moving except from the book in the interview.
2020-05-1256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Robert CacchioniRob is the author of the book href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Eagles-in-the-Dust-P9843.aspx" target="_blank"Eagles in the Dust: Alcohol and Other Pastimes. Rob explains that most of us have grown up in a culture where alcohol is commonplace. Eagle and the Dust describes how many people believe it to be harmless, and only in severe substance abuse is it considered then harmful. He disputes that moderate drinking is responsible or even beneficial. He explains this is some detail in the interview. Rob also has a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrzN2uXZKpnl8CcB092I_FA" target="_blank"...
2020-04-2556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Jay TysonJay is the author of the historical novel, "The Wise Men of the West: A Search for the Promised One in the Latter Days". This is a two volume work. The story takes place during the millennial movement when William Miller was proclaiming that the return of Christ was to occur in 1844. The two main characters in the novel realize that the event was not to take place in the West but in the East and the story chronicles their realization and pursuit, what they finally discover, and what they must do once they make their discovery. Jay reads an...
2020-04-1656 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Ania TelferAnia is an artist and a musician. With her art she provides venues for collaborative painting and she performs live painting at live public events. In the interview Ania describes these for us. With her music she composes songs, the lyrics of which, are from the Baha'i writitings. For the interview she demonstrates some of the songs she has written especially for her children to help them learn these spiritual writings. She describes how it is important to tap into the creativity in us to reach and understand spiritual reality. You can find her work at href="https://www.aniatelfer...
2020-04-0856 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Earl RedmanEarl has written several books on the Baha'i Faith published through the UK publisher href="http://www.grbooks.com/content/search.php?words=Redmanamp;submit=Search" target="_blank"George Ronald. Two of his books are about Abdu'l-Baha. Abdu'l-Baha is one of the central figures of the Baha'i Faith and is the son of the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah. Earl explains why Abdu'l-Baha is an important figure to Baha'is and tells a number of stories about Abdul'l-Baha in the interview. Earl's wife, Sharon O'Toole is an active participant in the interview who tells her story about her spiritual search...
2020-03-0256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Richard AbercrombieRichard grew up and became a Baha'i in the 60's. He and href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anux1ub1M4U" target="_blank"Joann Boravicka together recorded his story in a book called href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Crossing-the-Line-P9841.aspx" target="_blank"Crossing the Line: A memoir of race, religion, and change . His story starts with him turning away from the church and becoming a delinquent. He tells the remarkable story of the influences that turned his life around.
2020-02-0956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Susan Engle - Dizzy GillespieSusan is a singer, song writer, and author who has now written two books for the Baha'i Change Maker Series. The Change Maker Series is a series of biographies targeted toward middle schoolers. Her first one is href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Robert-Sengstacke-Abbott-eBook-ePub-P9594.aspx" target="_blank"Robert Abbott who founded the Chicago Defender newspaper. Her most recent, to be published February 8th of this same year, is " href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/John-Birks-Dizzy-Gillespie-P9872.aspx" target="_blank"John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie: A Man, a Trumpet, and a Journey to Bebop". We talk about Dizzy Gillespie's life and I feature recordings of...
2020-01-3156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Emily SadeghiEmily is a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClmOj3tMSwaRIF4XYYAPWawamp;sa=Damp;usd=2amp;usg=AOvVaw2gLLrSsWoZ2YqdnlRuts-i" target="_blank"singer songwriter and speech pathologist who uses music to help kids with speech difficulties. We share a number of her compositions in the interview in which she puts the Baha'i writings to song. She also describes in the interview how she href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbLGpp8XjHmzv3YmRatEYygamp;sa=Damp;usd=2amp;usg=AOvVaw1msd6UtZNG7X0KKNXxsZOC" target="_blank"incorporates musicnbsp; into her...
2020-01-1256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Daniel StadnickiDaniel is an award-winning drummer, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar at the University of Alberta, and Ethnomusicologist. His PhD dissertation href="https://www.academia.edu/26968301/Hidden_Words_and_Sounds_An_Ethnography_of_the_Music_Program_at_the_Bahai_Institute_for_Higher_Education_in_Iran" target="_blank"Hidden Words and Sounds An Ethnography of the Music Program at the Bahai Institute for Higher Education in Iran is on the exploration of musical representations of the persecution of the Baha'i Community in Iran. We play musical pieces in the interview that present Daniel's performance capabilities as well as musical pieces related to his...
2019-12-2256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Faye DuprasFaye is a theater and visual artist who produces original touring puppet shows for adult and family audiences. Her most recent effort is a series of puppet productions called Cozy Corner, which features a puppet by the name of Rory, that faces new life challenges in each episode. We talk about Faye's background in puppetry and Cosy Corner in particular.
You can find Faye's work href="http://fayedupras.com/training/cozycorner/" target="_blank"here.
2019-12-0556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Jim CribbJim is an author, phtotographer and filmmaker whose latest film release is called href="https://deathbyjoy.com/" target="_blank"Death By Joy: An Escorted Journey, a documentary of one woman#39;s choice to find joy in dying and her unforgettable discoveries along the way. We discuss the film and its societal implications, and we share an audio clip from the film. Jim also produced the film href="https://thepromiseofallages.com/" target="_blank"The Promise of All Ages: Life of Baha'u'llah. You can find links to all of Jim's work on his href="https://jmcribb.com/" target="_blank"website.
2019-11-1356 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Hamed JavaheriHamed was born and raised in Zambia, and has lived there for most of his life, with the exception of a brief period in Montreal when he went to university. Hamed still lives in Zambia with his wife and and three children. Hamed has published his first novel, " href="https://www.amazon.com/Oars-Compass-Purposeful-Journey-Happiness/dp/1797713671/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Hamed+Javaheriamp;qid=1571956599amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"With Oars and Compass: A Purposeful Journey into Life, Love and Happiness". The story centers around the protagonist, Jane, a young and multicultural woman, living in a big city, who is determined to conquer...
2019-11-0456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Lisa Bradley Godwardhref="http://bahaipodcast.com/assets/mp3/abp-270.mp3"I interviewed Lisa previously six years ago in which we talked about her novel Abbey Wize - Away. She has since re-released the novel. She talks about the work she had done on the novel since its orginal release and she reads an excerpt from Abbey Wize - Away. You can learn more about Abby Wize by going to the website href="https://wize.media/ " target="_blank"https://wize.media/ or the Facebook page href="https://www.facebook.com/AbbyWizeMedia/" target="_blank"https://www.facebook.com/AbbyWizeMedia/.
2019-10-1656 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Bob BellowsBob is a pianist and singer who has performed for diplomats, ambassadors and diversified audiences in many countries including Africa, Russia, Europe, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau as well as the United States. Bob has earned his place as an internationally acclaimed performer, winning the hearts of his fans in concert halls, night clubs and music colleges - performing jazz, cabaret, Broadway show tunes and love songs that bring memories, tears, laughter and romance to his listeners. We feature songs of these genres in the interview. You can see his href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/3143007-Bob-Bellows" target="...
2019-10-0556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Carol HandyCarol is a published author and poet. She also served as writer and editor for the Baha'i International News Service from 1989-1990. Carol published the children's book, href="https://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Rizvania-Carol-Handy/dp/0853985669" target="_blank"Dragons of Risvania in the 1980's which I remember reading to my children 30 years ago. She has recently published an historical novel called href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=Journey+of+sorrow+journey+of+hope" target="_blank"Journey of Sorrow, Journey of Hope. She has recently recently released a collection of poetically-written narratives inspired by href="https://www.amazon.com/Prayers-Land-Living-Carol-Handy-ebook/dp...
2019-09-1456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Phyllis PetersonThis is a second interview for Phyllis for A Baha'i Perspecitve. In the href="http://bahaipodcast.com/assets/mp3/abp-300.mp3" target="_self"2014 interview we featured the numerous books that she authored in her life. This interview we are featuring her music. She has produced two CDs: href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvYvCEHFKKQ" target="_blank"Don't Be A Bully! Be a Buddy!, which is a children's CD that accompanies a children's book with the same title authored by Flora Cousins. The 2nd CD we feature is called href="https://www.amazon.com/LOVE-SONGS-PROPHET-Phyllis-Peterson/dp/B00TT5ZB2E"...
2019-08-2956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Tom LysaghtTom is an award-winning playwright and author. Raised Irish-Catholic in Brooklyn, Tom has written some 30 plays in both English and Spanish. In the interview, Tom tells his spiritual journey in which he dropped everything in his life and began traveling around the world searching for spiritual truth. It's an amazing journey that led him to the Baha'i Faith.
Tom's latest publish book is called " href="https://www.amazon.com/Persian-Passion-Gargoyles-Tom-Lysaght/dp/1099759919/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tom+Lysaghtamp;qid=1566061710amp;s=gatewayamp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"Persian Passion: Of Gods and Gargoyles". It's a history of the early years of the Baha'i...
2019-08-2056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Rosamond BrennerRosamond is an accomplished keyboard artist, composer, and teacher. She studied organ and harpsichord in Europe and earned a PhD in music history from Brandeis University. She taught piano to students of all ages for 35 years and worked as an organist and choir director. Still going strong at age 88, she has recently record her 5th CD of original piano compositions, inspired by the writings of the Baha'i Faith. In the interview, we feature compositions from her 5th CD, "Divine Revelation: Loving and Uplifting Steps to Unity and Bliss". For each piano composition, Rosamond describes her interpretion of specific writings of...
2019-08-1556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Yosi MesbahYosi is a singer song-writer who got her start writing songs and busking at age 12 on the streets of Corvallis, OR. We feature songs she has written for a program called href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzvRx_johoA8ITQgxBpeJTaDUhhIB7bfX" target="_blank"My Last Days, and for href="https://www.facebook.com/help/publisher/880459498798521" target="_blank"Facebook, as well as songs from her CD href="https://9starmedia.com/yosi-mesbah-cellar-and-sky" target="_blank"Cellar and Sky, and from her live album href="https://yosimesbah.bandcamp.com/album/troubadourial-walkabout-live-from-the-road" target="_blank"Troubadourial Walkabout Live From The Road. We also feature her...
2019-07-2256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Ali YoussefiAli is a musician that composes songs inspired by the teachings of the Baha#39;i Faith. Ali often creates videos for his compositions. Four examples that we play on the interview are: href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLnfWlGxw0c" target="_blank"Rise, href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfPzUZ_25yw" target="_blank"Unite, href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FR1jxoE94" target="_blank"Forgiveness, and href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZganAjgH0E" target="_blank"Love is Shining. Ali describes himself as ldquo;a Baha'i inspired musician whose melodies spring from the belief in...
2019-07-0756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Ramine YazhariRamine is a singer songwriter who puts the Baha#39;i scriptures to music. You can find his music on href="https://ryazhari.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"Band Camp and on his Facebook page, href="https://www.facebook.com/RamineYazhariMusic/" target="_blank"Ramine Yahzari Music. We feature seven songs in the interview.
2019-06-3056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Lisa BleckerLisa is an award-winning children's book writer and illustrator whose books include href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Good-in-Me-From-A-to-Z-by-Dottie-P9551.aspx" target="_blank"The Good in Me From A to Z by Dottie and href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1931492085/ref=cm_sw_r_em_tai_DpC9CbBF1MY0M" target="_blank"Blessed Is the Spot, which has an animation companion on href="https://youtu.be/fbM1LbQELGE" target="_blank"YouTube. She and her husband, Aaron Kreader, run a family-friendly media and games publishing company called Studio 9 Inc. Lisa is also a regular freelance writer, artist, and concept developer for Brilliant Star...
2019-06-0656 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Jack VefferJack is a writer and a child survivor of the holocaust. His first book was entitled " href="https://www.amazon.com/HOLOCAUST-SEEN-THROUGH-INNOCENCE-CHILD-ebook/dp/B07QMB5PQG" target="_blank"Through the Eyes of the Child: Survival of the Holocaust". He just released a new edition of the book and renamed it to "The Holocaust As Seen Through the Innocense of a Child" . We talk about the book and he reads a moving excerpt from it. In total, Jack has href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Jack+Vefferamp;i=digital-textamp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2" target="_blank"published five books. His other...
2019-05-1856 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Susan EngleSusan is a musician, poet and author. Her recent work is a biography entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Robert-Sengstacke-Abbott-eBook-ePub-P9594.aspx" target="_blank"Robert Sengstacke Abbott: A Man, a Paper, and a Parade. Every year in Chicago there is a Bud Biliken Parade {http://www.budbillikenparade.org/} for children. One of the purposes of this book was to let young adults know how this parade came into being as a result of Robert Sengstacke Abbott. Robert Sengstacke Abbott was an African-American lawyer, who, in 1905 founded of the newspaper The Chicago Defender {http://chicagodefender.com/}. Susan explains how she was inspired...
2019-05-1456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Robert AtkinsonBob is an internationally-recognized expert on life story interviewing and personal myth-making. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and previously taught at the University of Southern Maine, where he was the first diversity scholar in the School of Education and Human Development, and was a co-founding faculty member of the Russell Scholars Program and the religious studies minor. He is director of href="https://lifestorycommons.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"Story Commons, a research, educational, and service unit for people who want to create their life story. He is the author of nine books. Bob has just released...
2019-05-0756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Steve ZaatSteve is a singer songwriter and composes songs with Baha'i themes. His most recent collection of songs is called href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qULOgNhlHpIamp;list=PLc6aTXABxhqwq_VeqXEO2SKLfJhYl-a4S" target="_blank"Jump Start to Eternity. We feature a number of his compositions in the interview from the album and he gives us some insights on the inspiration for composing a song and what to look for when listening to a song.
2019-05-0156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Eileen MaddocksEileen is the author of href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/1844-Convergence-in-Prophecy-for-Judaism-Christianity-Islam-and-the-Bahai-Faith-P9187.aspx" target="_blank"1844: Convergence in Prophecy for Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i Faith. It is an interesting work that describes the millennial movement, and in particular the Millerite movement, in the 19th century; in which Christians had calculated the return of Christ around 1843 and 1844. When Christ did not return as they expected, the movement splintered and dissipated. Unbeknownst to these millenialists, a new messenger of God did appear at that time, but not in the Western Hemisphere, but in the Middle East. We talk about this fascinating phenomenon...
2019-04-2256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Brian O'TooleBrian is the director of School of the Nations and Nations University in Guyana. He recently published a book entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Educational-Leadership-P9214.aspx" target="_blank"Educational Leadership: A Guyanese Perspective, which is a reflection on 40 years of effort in Guyana on a wide variety of development projects focused on education and health. He wrote the book in hopes that local people will be empowered to take an active leadership in these endeavors. Brian talks about the book and reads an excerpt in the interview. We also talk about a traumatic personal event of Brian's that occurred...
2019-04-0556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Jaellayna PalmerJaellayna is the author of " href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Personal-Path-Practical-Feet-P8831.aspx" target="_blank"Personal Path, Practical Feet", which is a collection of essays that capture the Jaellayna's spiritual jorney via everyday experiences. She reads a number of essays in the interview. Her websites are: href="http://peacebypiece-publishing.com" target="_blank"http://peacebypiece-publishing.com/ and href="http://www.jaellayna.org/" target="_blank"http://www.jaellayna.org/
2019-03-1856 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: JoAnn BorovickaJoAnn is a freelance writer and educational consultant who has been actively engaged in interfaith dialogue and religious education for over twenty-five years. She is the author of " href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Light-of-the-Kingdom-P8443.aspx" target="_blank"Light of the Kingdom -- Biblical Topics in the Bahaacute;'iacute; Writings" and short works including the "Bahaacute;'iacute; Bible Study" series, ldquo;The Ten Plagues of Exodus in Light of the Bahaacute;'iacute; Writingsrdquo; and ldquo;Parallels in the Ministries of Taacute;hirih and Paul.rdquo; We discuss her book and her other writings in the interview. She is also active as...
2019-02-2556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Hussein AhdiehI had interviewed Hussein in 2015 for his book Awakening: A History of the Baacute;bi and Bahaacute;'iacute; Faiths in Nayriz. He has now produced a new work entitled " href="http://husseinahdieh.com/" target="_blank"Foreigner, From an Iranian Village to New York City". It is an autobiography that tells his story as an Iranian Baha#39;i immigrant coming to the United States. The book is a series of vignettes set against the backdrop of a changing Iran, the plight of Baha#39;is there, and the tumult and of the 60#39;s and 70#39;s in the U.S. Hussein reads excerpts...
2019-02-1056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Patricia VergePatricia is a writer and editor who lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. We discuss two books that she wrote. One is called Equals and Partners which records her decade-long friendship with the Stoney Nakoda Nation in Southern Alberta. The second she co-authored with Evelyn Loft Watts called Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, which tells the story of the Lofts leaving the comfort of their middle-class life to live on the Tyendinaga Reserve in Ontario. We discuss these works and Patricia reads excerpts from both books in the interview.
2019-01-1956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Kelly MonjazebKelly has been seeking solutions to problems related to human sexuality and issues of gender equality over the last three decades. As a Social Worker and trained Sexual Health Educator, Kelly offers a courageous but compassionate approach to challenging outdated cultural and social norms, with special attention to healing from the effects of pornography. Through conversation, story-telling, group and private coaching, Kelly supports people to heal sexual shame so they can give and receive love more fully. All her work is to nurture a vision of sexual wellbeing that honors the innate dignity of all people. You can find her...
2018-12-1956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Sovaida Ma'anipreviously interviewed Sovaida back in April 2010 about her book " href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dapsamp;field-keywords=Collective+Security+within+Reach" target="_blank"Collective Security Within Reach". Since then Sovaida has published two books. In 2015 she published " href="http://a.co/d/aDcchZG" target="_blank"Building a World Federation: The Key to Resolving our Global Crises". Her second book that was recently published is " href="http://a.co/d/7SfpsLb" target="_blank"Bridge to Global Governance: Tackling Climate Change, Energy Distribution, and Nuclear Proliferation". We talk about both books in the interview. She is...
2018-12-1256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Elaine McCrearyElaine serves as the Bahaacute;'iacute; member of the University of Victoria's Multifaith Services team of chaplains. Her spiritual journey began as a devoted Christian, expanded as a devotee of Raj Yoga, and found the Baha'i Faith 25 years ago. After serving at the Baha'i World Centre in Haifa, Israel she returned to Canada where she continues to write and teach advanced life skills for global citizens.
Elaine authored the book href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Our-Seven-Families-P9099.aspx" target="_blank"Our Seven Families: Expanding and Enriching our Sense of Belonging. The book explores the value of human social life ndash; why...
2018-12-1056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Chelsea Lee SmithChelsea is an author, certified parent educator, blogger, and musician. She has two Baha#39;i-inspired websites about parenting. One is called href="http://www.enablemetogrow.com/" target="_blank"EnableMeToGrow.com and the other is href="http://www.momentsaday.com" target="_blank"MomentsADay.com. She has authored two storybooks, " href="http://www.momentsaday.com/product/garden-virtues-hardcover-storybook/" target="_blank"Garden of Virtues" and href="http://www.momentsaday.com/product/masons-greatest-gems/" target="_blank""Mason's Greatest Gems" which we discuss in the interview. We also talk about her teaching at the Wilmette Institute. She and her husband have put many of the Baha'i scriptures...
2018-11-1856 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Sarah PercevalSarah is a classically trained actress and professional story teller. She has created a href="https://sarahperceval.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"number of CD's of her story telling and we sample two in the interview. She is also creator of href="http://www.sarahperceval.com/" target="_blank"State of the Heart Story Telling which provides a platform for her story telling initiatives. Her most recent endeavor is called href="http://www.mindfulcreativity.co.uk/" target="_blank"Stich-Story-Stillness which she explains in the interview.
2018-11-1156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Neal McBrideIn this interview, Neal, who has been a Baha'i for many years, presents his insights on the Baha'i perspective on the state of the world. In this perspective, you will be surprised that there is a positive aspect that gives hope to those who dispair at the current affairs, particularly in this country at this time.
2018-10-2156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: John SargentJohn hails from the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve in Ontario. Born of Mohawk and European descent, John discovered the Baha#39;i Faith at a young age and has devoted much of his life to the Canadian Baha#39;i community. He has been involved in outreach work in Africa, remote Indigenous communities, and throughout North America.
Retired from a career in architecture and first-nation administration he now lives in central British Columbia with his wife. John is the author of href="https://www.stumblinginthehalflight.ca/" target="_blank"Stumbling in the Half-Light which is his first book. It chronicles...
2018-10-0256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Lex MustaLex considers himself a Human Amity worker, and the projects he has been and is involved with testify to that moniker. In 2012 he co-authored "Some Reflections on Baha'i Approaches to Social Change" which we discuss in the interview. He has started a podcast called href="https://theothertradition.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"The Other Tradition, and he has a historical touring company called href="https://dctimetraveltours.com" target="_blank"DC Time Travel Tours provides tourists with an opportunity to experience DC history not normally told. We talk about his podcast and touring company in the interview.
2018-08-1056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Karim RushdyKarim is a rapper and songwriter. We feature a number of his songs in the interview. He is also founder of href="http://therapcamp.org/" target="_blank"Rap Camp. The way Karim sees it, Rap, as well as the use of technology in music making, are extremely quick paths to positive expression. Every voice deserves to be heard, but in our society, its the loudest voice that gets the stage. With The Rap Camp, Karim seeks to create spaces where every voice is able to sing out..or rap out! We talk about the Rap Camp in the interview. You...
2018-07-1956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Alan ManifoldAlan is a musician, choral composer and author of the mystery novel href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=Consulting+Detective" target="_blank"Consulting Detective. Alan explains that since college his intention was to become a writer, and he was an avid reader of science fiction and mystery novels. So it seemed natural that he would eventually put these two together to produce his first mystery novel. Alan explains the significance of the book title and shares an excerpt from the novel in the interview.
2018-07-0756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Jenina LepardJenina is a musician, clinical social worker and author of two books. The first is called href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=Diamonds+in+the+Rough" target="_blank"Diamonds in the Rough, which is a young person's novel about a group of friends who discover what it means to live out one's faith in action and service to the community and come to understand that they themselves can be important agents of change in the world. Her second book is entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=The+Fashioner" target="_blank"The Fashioner: Reflections on the...
2018-07-0156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: David DouglasDavid is an educator and author of the book href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=David+Douglas" target="_blank"Marriage Beyond Black and White: An Interracial Family Portrait. The book is about David's parents' interracial marriage. David explains how, after his father died, his mother began writing this book. After about six months of writing, she passed away, and so David took up the mantle to complete the book. He reads two excerpts from the book: one from the pen of his mother, and the second, his telling of an episode in their lives.
2018-06-2556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Richard ThomasRichard is Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. He is the author of several books on the subject of race unity. His latest work with Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis is entitled " href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=Lights+of+the+spirit" target="_blank"Lights of the Spirit: Historical Portraits of Black Baha'is in North America 1898-2000". This work uncovers the role played by black people in the emergence of the Baha'i faith in North America. Drawing on a wide range of sources including personal essays, letters, and journals, it offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of some extraordinary individuals...
2018-06-0856 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: John KolstoeJohn is an author of several books. His latest work is called href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Compassionate-Woman-P6743.aspx" target="_blank"Compassionate Woman: The Life and Legacy of Patricia Locke. He explains what inspired him to write about Patricia Locke and reads excerpts from his work in the interview.
2018-05-1456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Edward PriceEdward has started authoring a 6 volume set entitled The Divine Curriculum. He has published his first volume entitled href="https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Curriculum-Design-ebook/dp/B016QUC03M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1525209909amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Edward+Price+Divine+Design" target="_blank"Divine Design. Edward explains what inspired him to write this 6-volume set and what the reader should expect when reading the first volume and subsequent volumes. He reads two excerpts from Divine Design.
Edward is also co-writer and co-producer of the film href="https://thegatefilm.com/" target="_blank"The Gate: Dawn of the Baha'i Faith...
2018-05-0256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Elizabeth GatoranoElizabeth is the author of the book, href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=Elizabeth+Gatorano" target="_blank"Waiting for the Sunrise, an incredible story of how she and her Rwandan husband, Phanuel helped Phenuel's family escape the genocide and come to the US, and the fallout as a result. In the interview Elizabeth talks about the ordeal and reads an excerpt from her account. She also reads an excerpt of her book in which she honestly assesses her own inherent racism. You can also visit her web page at href="http://elizabethgatorano.com/" target="_blank"ElizabethGatorano.com.
2018-04-2756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Corinne Padilla McLoughlinCorinne recently produced a CD called href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Remember-My-Days-P8927.aspx" target="_blank"Remember My Days. This is her first foray into musical production. She describes the process and explains why she picked the songs for this project. She also explains why she endeavored to make a CD. During the interview we play some of the songs from the CD. You can also find her CD on href="https://www.facebook.com/RememberMyDays/" target="_blank"Facebook.
2018-04-0356 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Kelly SnookKelly is a scientist who worked for NASA for 19 years. She is also a musician, songwriter, and music producer. Her current project is putting all of these disciplines together in what she calls the href="http://concordia.world/about-kepler-concordia/" target="_blank"Concordia Project. We talk about this project that brings the work of Johannes Kepler into the 21st century. We also share in the interview her love for putting sacred writings to music and her recent endeavor to put Kepler's writings to song.
2018-03-0656 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Dalton GarisDalton is the author of the book href="https://www.amazon.com/Manna-Heaven-Dalton-Garis/dp/0853985154/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1518042585amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Dalton+Garis+Manna+from+Heavenamp;dpID=51Y3WMI2HBLamp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_amp;dpSrc=srch" target="_blank" Manna from Heaven: From Divine Speech to Economic Science. Correlating the Bahaacute;'iacute; and Muslim teachings with economics, Dalton uses the concept of 'prophetic dialogues' or 'divine speech' to indicate true religion (as opposed to ideology) and demonstrates how it harmonizes with science. His exposition of the elements of economics is reinforced by the liberal use of...
2018-02-1056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Matthew LevineMatthew is a singer songwriter that has produced a number of CDs including href="https://9starmedia.com/matthew_levine/a_house_divided" target="_blank"A House Divided, href="https://9starmedia.com/matthew-levine-a-sacrifice-to-thee" target="_blank"A Sacrifice to Thee, and href="https://9starmedia.com/matthew-levine-acquiescence" target="_blank"Acquiescence. We sample a number of his songs from these CDs in the interview along with some that have not been published yet. Visit Matthew's href="https://matthewlevinemusic.weebly.com/" target="_blank"website for information about him.
2018-01-1156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Joan HernandezJoan has spent most of her adult life in Guatemala and Bolivia . She has written several books, the most recent of which is href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Bahai-Response-to-the-Crisis-of-Our-Time-The-P8816.aspx" target="_blank"The Baha'i Response to the Crisis of our Time: What Each of Us Can Do to Create a Better World. We discuss the book in the interview as well has having Joan read an excerpt.
2017-12-3056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Roya AkhavanRoya serves as Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Mass Communications, St. Cloud State University. In addition to research and publication in the field of international mass communication, Dr. Akhavan has maintained a research interest in peace studies. She is a frequent speaker at national and international forums on gender issues, the root causes of war, and spirituality in the 21st century. Her most recent work is a book entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Peace-For-Our-Planet-P8829.aspx" target="_blank"Peace for Our Planet: A New Approach. We discuss the book and Roya reads an excerpt during...
2017-12-2056 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Michael DayMichael is the author of the book href="https://www.michaelvday.com/"Journey To A Mountain (The Story of the Shrine of the Bab). It is an incredible story of the efforts to hide the remains of the martyred messenger of God, the Bab, for over 50 years, so that it could be entombed in a gold-domed shrine in the bosom of Mt. Carmel in Haifa, Israel. The story of the Bab itself is an incredibly parallel one to the life and crusifiction of Jesus.
2017-12-0756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Kathleen BabbKathleen is the author of the book " href="https://www.amazon.com/Persian-Historical-Victorian-England-Persia-ebook/dp/B00JVE7OLO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1511913287amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Kathleen+Babb+The+Persian" target="_blank"The Persian". A novel that takes place during the 19th century about a European professor and his experience in Persia and his fascination with the prophetic missions of the Bab and Baha'u'llah. Kathleen reads an excerpt from her novel in the interview.
2017-12-0256 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Donald HawleyDon is the author of the book " href="http://onevoicepress.com/content/ginny" target="_blank"Ginny: How Virginia Rogers went from broke to blessed" which is an interesting biography about a women who was penniless and left having to support two children, became a business success. Don reads an excerpt from the book in the interview.
2017-11-2656 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Bill HarleyBill and his wife Jean have written two books published by Calumet Editions, " href="http://calumeteditions.com/authors/bill-jean-harley/" target="_blank"Now that I am here, What should I be Doing?" and " href="https://www.amazon.com/Transformed-Make-Decisions-That-Change/dp/1939548632" target="_blank"Transformed: How to Make the Decisions That Change Your Life". It is their 2nd book, "Transformed" that describes the concept of compassionate consultation, and how important this idea in this divisive culture we currently live in. We talk about the concept of compassionate consultation in the interview.
2017-10-0456 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: David HuntDavid is a singer songwriter with two published albums. His first album is called The Earth and the Eagle, and his second album is called Live at Erica's. We feature selections from both albums in the interview, plus one piece yet to be published. You can find his music at href="https://david-hunt-music.com/music" target="_blank"David-Hunt-Music.com.
2017-09-2756 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Kacie LeCompte RenfroKacie is the author of the book Hot Air which is a young adult novel about Annie who comes from a broken family and decides to leave her home, but hasn't figured out how - until one day at a fair, she sees a hot air balloon, and gets an idea. Her experience teaches her about the people she meets and also about herself. You can find Kacie's book at href="https://onevoicepress.com/content/hot-air" target="_blank"OneVoicePress.com.
2017-09-0156 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Robert AtkinsonBob is a recognized authority on life story interviewing, personal mythmaking, and soul-making, and is professor emeritus of cross-cultural human development and religious studies at the University of Southern Maine. His latest book is href="http://www.bahaibookstore.com/Story-of-Our-Time-The-P8780.aspx" target="_blank"The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. He is online at href="http://www.RobertAtkinson.net" target="_blank"www.RobertAtkinson.net.
2017-08-2556 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Robert Whitehref="http://wilmetteinstitute.org/robert-white/" target="_blank"Bob completed his undergraduate education in Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan in 1972 but the orientation to controlling nature for economic ends was dissonant with his own life experience of relating to the natural world. In response, he traveled around the world for two years searching to develop his own understanding of humanity#39;s relationship to nature. During his travels, he met Richard St Barbe Baker (who was known as the Man of the Trees) and Bob felt an inner calling to understand St Barbe Baker's grand vision of a cooperative relationship with...
2017-08-0956 minA Bahá'í PerspectiveA Bahá'í Perspective: Jaime ManfraJaime is founder of the href="https://www.facebook.com/SLSmicroschool/" target="_blank"Service Learning School, a micro school in Florida. She explains what a micro school is as well as the inspiration behind the Service Learning School.
2017-07-2656 min