Prayer and Devotions

Prayer with benefits

shane — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:33:02 -0500

Since he was diagnosed with a grade IV cancerous brain tumor last summer, Craig Farnsworth has been in “deep prayer mode.”

Both hosts and guests find comfort and joy in Baha'i prayer gatherings

shane — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:01:53 -0500

One Sunday a month, Tamara Hendershot hosts an informal prayer gathering, or devotional, in her Highland Park home north of Chicago. Each gathering brings a different combination of participants.

Prayer: the pinnacle of faith, Baha'i style

shane — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:54:40 -0500

Some swear by the power of prayer; others reject it as magical thinking. For Baha'is, prayer is the glue that cements their loving communion with God.

How the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette came to be

shane — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:31:02 -0500

Not long after the first World’s Parliament of Religions introduced Americans to the Baha'i Faith at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the Faith took hold and gradually gained momentum in the United States.

‘Phony Houstonian’ finds the real thing at Baha'i Center

shane — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:31:16 -0500

While student-teaching in Houston, Nebraskan Kerri Molczyk is keeping folks at home up to date on her experiences through “The Phony Houstonian,” a column she writes for the Spalding Enterprise in Spalding, Neb.

Weekly 'spiritual party' celebrates soul connection

shane — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:42:06 -0600

Two Baha'i friends and neighbors in Columbia, S.C., have been throwing a weekly "spiritual party" whose success surprises even them.

Conquering difficulties through the power of prayer

admin — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:31:38 -0500

Pamela Brode discovered that praying regularly helped her cope with raising two children with disabilities and other challenges in her life, such as losing her eyesight and undergoing a number of surgeries to regain her vision. Inspired by her experiences, she began collecting stories from others who had been transformed by prayer. Their stories are a large part of The Power of Prayer: Make a Joyful Noise.