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Allahoma
Allahoma, Ya Subbuhon, Ya Quddus, Ya Rahmanon, Ya Mannan (Repeat) Farrej Lana Bel Fazle Vah Ehsan Ennaka Rahmanon Mannan Ennaka Rahmanon Mannan… more →
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Pasadena celebrates the Declaration of the Bab this Friday, May 23rd
pasadenabahais wrote 7 months ago: On May 23, the Bahá’ís of Pasadena will join Bahá’ís throughout the world in observing the anniversa … more →
"We, verily, have made music as a ladder for your souls..." --Abdu'l-Baha
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pasadenabahais wrote 7 months ago: I love this video (Song: “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay, performers: PS22 Chorus in NYC)! It … more →
Why not indeed?
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tenthousandplaces wrote 7 months ago: Abba Lot came to Abba Joseph and said: Father, according as I am able, I keep my little rule, and my … more →
There is no divided self
tenthousandplaces wrote 7 months ago: “As psychoanalyst Erik Erikson once noted, there are only two choices: Integration and accepta … more →
The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive
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tenthousandplaces wrote 7 months ago: In looking for the context of this statement of Ireneus’s I discovered that it is actually use … more →
What does it mean to be a Christian?
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tenthousandplaces wrote 9 months ago: S. D. found the irony in this; I think it’s incredibly profound. Why do we expect God to give … more →
Give up yer aul sins
tenthousandplaces wrote 10 months ago: Based upon the 1960s Dublin recordings of young children telling Bible stories in a classroom to the … more →
In Memorium
tenthousandplaces wrote 11 months ago: Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, 1936 – 2009 “As children of a culture radically, even religiou … more →
"We live the given life, and not the planned." Wendell Berry
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tenthousandplaces wrote 12 months ago: This did not go at all as planned, if I ever had a plan. It had something to do with impressing eve … more →
I am here to kneel.
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tenthousandplaces wrote 1 year ago: If you came this way, Taking the route you would be likely to take From the place you would be likel … more →
Sin, be not proud.
tenthousandplaces wrote 1 year ago: “But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God … more →
I have been reading more Nouwen.
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tenthousandplaces wrote 1 year ago: I can’t stop. I got the book, Beloved, at the book tables at my conference last week, and it c … more →
Allahoma
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nightad wrote 2 years ago: Allahoma, Ya Subbuhon, Ya Quddus, Ya Rahmanon, Ya Mannan (Repeat) Farrej Lana Bel Fazle Vah Ehsan En … more →
God is sufficient unto me
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nightad wrote 2 years ago: Ghol allah-o yakfee, an kol lay shayen. Ghol allah-o yakfee, an kol lay shayen. Va a la law hey fal, … more →
Short Obligatory Prayer
nightad wrote 2 years ago: I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at … more →
Thou art my lamp
nightad wrote 2 years ago: Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee. Get thou from it thy radiance and seek none other than Me. … more →
Intone
nightad wrote 2 years ago: Intone, O My servant, the verses of God that have been received by thee, as intoned by them who have … more →
The candle of thine heart
nightad wrote 2 years ago: The candle of thine heart is lighted by the hand of My power, quench it not with the contrary winds … more →
Free Thyself
nightad wrote 2 years ago: Free thyself from the fetters of this world, loose thy soul from the prison of self. Seize thy chanc … more →
