Profiles

Embarking on a musical search of the soul

shane — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:42:16 -0500

Marty and Wendy Quinn fell in love and married in 1982. The Baha'i couple then fell in love with a work by Baha’u’llah -- The Seven Valleys -- and the idea of turning it into a musical.

‘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.

Robert Hayden: Baha'i and first black Poet Laureate

shane — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:59:59 -0600

Robert Hayden surmounted an impoverished childhood to become the first African-American to be appointed Poet Laureate.

H. Elsie Austin: a woman of many ‘firsts’

shane — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:36:18 -0600

Helen Elsie Austin, a Baha'i who devoted her life to justice and truth, was a woman of many “firsts.” She was one of the first African-American women lawyers in the United States, the first African-American woman to receive a law degree from the University of Cincinnati and the first African-American woman to serve as an assistant to a state attorney general.

Louis Gregory: a dedicated promoter of racial harmony

shane — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:28:10 -0600

Louis Gregory reached more people than any other advocate of racial harmony in the first half of the 20th century, says Gayle Morrison, a Baha'i who has researched the life and contributions of Mr. Gregory, an early U.S. Baha'i.

‘I Have a Dream’ march and its ideals inspired him to become a Baha'i

shane — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:24:29 -0600

Van Gilmer vividly remembers participating in the March on Washington (for Jobs and Freedom) on Aug. 28, 1963, while a student at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro.

Keeping unity in the loop

shane — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:37:36 -0600

Kevin Locke doesn’t just talk about unity. The internationally acclaimed performer literally jumps through hoops to make audiences aware of the critical need for harmony in the world.

Spiritual Healing

shane — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:01:21 -0600

Hit with a major illness, Craig Farnsworth has found great comfort in the prayers and writings of the Baha'i Faith.

As soon as he learned he had a brain tumor, which after removal was diagnosed as an aggressive form of cancer, Craig Farnsworth did the opposite of what most people would do: He bypassed the usual stages of response -- grief, denial, anger, bargaining, and depression – and started on a spiritual path of healing.

Separated by time and space, united by spirit

shane — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:32:49 -0500

Sahba Rohani, 30, a kindergarten teacher in Brooklyn, recently went to Istanbul, Turkey, to be with more than 30 relatives, who, like her, belong to the Baha'i Faith.

Dizzy Gillespie, bebop Baha'i, continues to inspire

shane — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:47:01 -0500

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, who became a Baha'i in 1968, would have been 90 this Oct. 21. He was at the forefront not only of the bebop jazz phenomenon, the most vital music of its age, but of a jazz generation that included Thelonious Monk, Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald.