We are spiritual beings created and designed in the most splendid Image, for a profound purpose—to grow and advance spiritually by remaining i… Read more

Wednesday was the “Day of Ashes.” It follows “Fat Tuesday” (Mardi Gras) a day of debauchery and wild celebration before Lent. On this day the … Read more

Super Bowl 55 is over and the winning team is named, but this year’s game leaves us some thought provoking questions, given the current, anti-… Read more

Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. Hosea 6:3 NKJ Read more

The combined awareness of the Lord’s grace and His majesty, Read more

An Indian said to ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá: Read more

Can one be too patriotic? Read more

The day is fine, the air is pure, the sun shines, no mist nor cloud obscures its radiance. Read more

“Identity” Read more

The importance of Jesus as the fulfillment of what Moses and Elijah stood for comes out even more clearly in what happens in Matthew 17 on the… Read more

In the Bible there are prophecies of the coming of Christ. Read more

WASHINGTON — Catholics across the country are invited to take part in the “9 Days for Life” novena Jan. 21-29 for the protection of human life. Read more

“Law and Grace” Read more

The Creator of all is One God. Read more

Many important things happen on mountains in the Bible, which means we are not wrong when we recall these events and speak of mountain-top exp… Read more

“If one could conceive of a single elixir to improve the physical and mental health of millions of Americans — at no personal cost — what valu… Read more

“Persevering” Read more

The history of the Jews after the reign of King Solomon essentially tells a story of loss of influence, disintegration of the Jewish Empire an… Read more

“Carry” Read more

Have you learned anything about what love is by considering Hosea’s love for Gomer and God’s love for His people? Considering Hosea’s conclusi… Read more

“These that have turned the world upside down have come here also.” Acts 17:6b Read more

Sin challenges love. Repentance offers the way of recovery. Read more

God gave us the gift of reason to find the truth and the energizing force of feelings to fall in love with the truth. Read more

Jupiter and Saturn will have their closest encounter in almost 400 years this Christmas. Some are calling this “the Bethlehem Star,” and as fa… Read more

Ask yourself this: If your present circumstances change, while God remains the same, would you continue to worship Him? Or is it simply the al… Read more

Christ, solitary and alone, without a helper or protector, without armies and legions, and under the greatest oppression, uplifted the standar… Read more

I put up our Christmas lights, after debating with myself on whether to do so or not. What convinced me was a text from my daughter, Angie, wh… Read more

“Love is blind, and marriage is an eye-opener.” So goes the old saying. But what is love? To many, the word itself is exciting. Love is pure p… Read more

Religion is like a seed. It has life only when it is whole. If crushed, it cannot bring forth its destined fruits. Bahá’u’lláh proclaims: Read more

Most of us know Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel’s famous story, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Of course, the Grinch failed because “Christmas m… Read more

Not to give you something else to worry about, but do you realize that there are enough nuclear submarines in our oceans, armed with ballistic… Read more

Thankfulness is of various kinds. There is a verbal thanksgiving which is confined to a mere utterance of gratitude. This is of no importance … Read more

When we began these studies of Matthew 16, we said that, although this is one of the richest and most important chapters in the Gospel, it is … Read more

The Great Reset is a new “social contract” that ties every person to an electronic ID to your bank account, health records, and a social credi… Read more

Prejudice lies at the root of all evils. Eliminating it is one of Bahá’u’lláh’s prime principles. Perhaps the lowest and worst of all prejudic… Read more

A majority of U.S. Catholics may have voted for Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the recent election, but U.S. bishops expressed some concern about how … Read more

“I can only imagine ...” is the best selling Christian single song of all time. Read more

In a long-awaited act of transparency, fulfilling a commitment from Pope Francis, the Vatican published a report based on a two-year internal … Read more

In 1741, George Frederic Handel composed the “Messiah.” It’s one of the best known and treasured musical creations, and for 25 years the White… Read more

Those who say if Bahá’u’lláh is indeed a divine messenger, why have the masses of humanity rejected him, why have the religious leaders ignore… Read more

How many important lessons can a person learn at one time? Not many, probably. But on this occasion Jesus seized the moment and immediately we… Read more

Most people conform to what others expect of them, and at the same time try to control others to conform to their expectations. Read more

In a sense, in chapter 16 Matthew is introducing us to Jesus Christ. He has been telling us about Jesus all along, of course, but here he gets… Read more

It’s that scary time of year again, and this year is scarier than usual. The TV is running all the old-time “fright” movies, and Walmart is ch… Read more

Jesus said, “ … I will build my church (ekklesia – “called out assembly”) and the gates of hell (Hades) shall not prevail against it” (Matthew… Read more

During the Christmas season, naturally I think about Christ, even though I’m a Baha’i- after all, Baha’is love and revere Jesus Christ: Read more

What did Jesus mean when he said to Peter, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church”? There are three main … Read more

During the Christmas season, naturally I think about Christ, even though I’m a Baha’i- after all, Baha’is love and revere Jesus Christ: Read more