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Featured book:
The Heroic Female Spirit: A Collection of Tales
Author Phyllis Peterson says she was inspired to write -The Heroic Female Spirit- after hearing her 2 1/2-year-old grandson say, "Daddy is strong. Grandpa is strong. I'm strong. But Mommy isn't strong." "I knew he was already having the culture influence his upbringing," says Peterson, who is a Baha'i, story-teller and author of -Healing the Wounded Soul.- "So I decided to write about women and girls as heroes." |
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Patricia Locke: an American Indian hero
Patricia Locke, who died in 2001 at age 73, was a ground-breaking worker for the education of American Indians and one of 10 women inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2005. |
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Musical shows women more than just a little bit of respect
If you want to see how far women have come in the last half-century, you need look no further than "Respect: A Musical Journey of Women." The lively revue chronicles the progress of women in popular songs from 1900 through 2000 and has been performed throughout the United States and most continents... |
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Baha'i quilt spreads message about the 'Power of Unity'
"Power of Unity," a quilt created and made by four Boston-area Baha'is under the auspices of the Boston-based Faith Quilts Project, will be on exhibit in April at the Boston Center for the Arts. |
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Baha'is mark New Year with charity, period of fasting
For Cathy Yavrom, bad breath is sometimes a byproduct of fasting during the 19-day month leading up to the New Year in the Bahai Faith. The Bahai New Year's Day is March 21, but New Year's celebrations begin the evening before because the Bahai day begins at sunset. |
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The annual Nineteen-Day Fast: a time of spiritual purification
From March 2-20, Baha'is worldwide observe the annual 19-day Fast by refraining from eating or drinking from sunrise to sunset. As in many world religions, the Fast is a time for reflecting on one's spiritual progress and making an effort to detach from material desires. |
