Abdu’l-Baha
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“Fortress” by MJ Cyr
Last weekend my old friend MJ Cyr came to the Bay Area to perform the amazing songs she has been making based on the writings of the Baha’i Faith. I shot the above video at her last house concert in the area. It’s called “Fortress” and it uses words of a following prayer by ‘Abdu’l-Baha:…
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The Brothers Farr sing for ‘Abdu’l-Baha in Montreal
Yesterday members of the Baha’i community were invited to join the congregation of St. James United Church in downtown Montreal for special Sunday service. It was nearly 100 years ago to the day that a 68 year old Persian spiritual leader spoke in the same church on the evolution of religion. From 239 Days in…
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This year’s World Religion Day celebration in Ottawa is going to dig deeper
Over the past few weeks I have been working with a committee of the Baha’i Community of Ottawa to organize Ottawa’s World Religion Day celebration. World Religion Day is in Ottawa is normally themed around one of today’s major global challenges such as peace, the rights of the child and education. In the past the event…
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Go see Avatar
I finally saw James Cameron’s epic new film Avatar with my father and uncle this afternoon and we found it both visually and thematically striking. Yes it was just the Pocahontas story only with aliens and explosions, but on the other hand – it was the Pocahontas story with ALIENS and EXPLOSIONS! Besides, as one…
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The Low Carbon Diet Calculator, ‘Abdu’l-Baha and Meat
The great thing about studying ecology is that in every class and lecture everything we look at is relevant and important to our daily lives. I know the anthropologists, sociologists and maybe even the engineers will say the same thing, but I have the bias that ecologists and geographers are the ones that are looking…
Samuel Benoit 