We're Having a Girl!

I'm posting this a bit after the fact, as we found out on November 14th, 2008. I posted this video on facebook much earlier. Still, very exciting and we really can't wait to meet our daughter! :-)

We're Having A Baby!

Persepolis 2 - Baha'i Persecution in Iran

International Baha'i News of persecution in Iran

US Baha'i News of persecution in Iran

Mideast Youth.com - Safeguard the Innocent

NPR Story: Baha'i Children's Classes

National Public Radio religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty takes a look at Baha'i Sunday school programs that bring together children of many faiths to learn about humanity's shared spiritual heritage. Listen to her story on NPR's Morning Edition for Friday, March 7.

Weekly children's classes are hosted by hundreds of Baha'i communities across the country. In addition to developing virtues, participants learn about the history, principles and central figures of the Baha'i Faith; the lives and teachings of the founders of the major world religions; and the importance of prayer in daily living.

Baha'i Faith in UNM Daily Lobo

Bahai students discuss peace, faith
and mistreatment around the world

Baha'i Faith on NBC News

A video on the Baha'i House of Worship (Temple) in Willmette, IL:

Universal House of Justice addresses Iranian Baha'i students

Confidential Iran memo exposes policy to deny Baha'i students university education

The Baha'i International Community has received a copy of a confidential 2006 letter from Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology instructing Iranian universities to expel any student who is discovered to be a Baha'i.

The letter refutes recent statements by Iranian officials, who say Baha'i students in Iran face no discrimination - despite the fact that more than half of the Baha'i university students enrolled last autumn were gradually expelled over the course of the 2006-2007 academic year.

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Spiritual Hip-Hop

Be cool. Be religious. Yes, you can watch MTV and still have morals.

Some music professionals in Los Angeles - all of them Baha'is and all knee-deep or more in the entertainment industry - have come out with what one recording artist terms a "straight-up Baha'i album."

The group calls itself the Dawnbreaker Collective, the album is named "Arise," and the music is, well, cool.

Rap, rock, funk, R&B, spoken-word - all are represented.

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