A Baha'i Perspective

Although Rhett grew up in a Baha'i family, he didn't claim the Baha'i Faith as his own until going to college. He first became a nurse and worked on a Native-American reservation. Then he went back to school and got a degree in school psychology and then went back to the reservation to work in the school system for another three years, at which time he left to get his doctorate. He is the author of the book Psyche in Eros: Baha'i Studies in Spiritual Psychology.

At age 13 Bill read the Bible and started asking questions. At age 15 he read the Quran and recognized that same Voice from the Bible. At age 18, Bill knew that these and the other major world religions were linked together somehow, but didn't know what that link was. Bill describes his journey to discovering that linkage. He is a published author and has contributed to the Encyclopedia of Millennialism.

A Baha'i who basically made the Peace Corps her career after becoming a Baha'i. Before the interview I play a piece from the radio program The State We're In produced by Radio Netherlands. This piece updates the plight of Baha'is and other religious minorities in Egypt.

A Bahá'í from India now living in the US teaching pre-school.

Part 2 - Reggie is the grandson of Howard Colby Ives; shares his life lessons. He and his family have a long history of service to the Baha'i Faith. Links---http://bahai-library.org/books/portals/, http://bahai-library.org/ives/, http://howard-colby-ives.

A Baha'i whose great grandfather, Howard Colby Ives, was a Unitarian minister who became a Baha'i in 1912.

Part 1 - Reggie is the grandson of Howard Colby Ives; shares his life lessons. He and his family have a long history of service to the Baha'i Faith. Links---http://bahai-library.org/books/portals/, http://bahai-library.org/ives/, http://howard-colby-ives.

A Baha'i who lives both in NYC and in Florida. She is an actor, musician and composer, a makeup artist, a chef and a playwright. At the end of the program I play cuts from Dora's new CD, Pathway To Paradise.

A Baha'i and former television news anchor at the NBC-affiliate WIF in Columbia, SC.

A Baha'i who grew up in Iran and came to the United States when he was 18 to go to university just prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It was during this time that Kamran investigated the Baha'i Faith for himself even though he was raised as a Baha'i. In the interview Kamran refers to three Baha'i books and provides a concise summation of each. These books are Some Answered Questions, The Book of Certitude, and The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.

A Bahá'í from Western MA who was the former Multi-cultural Specialist for the Springfield Public Schools and Global Educator of the Year in 2000.

A Baha'i from Long Island, NY who discovered his calling in social work when in college. He discovered the Baha'i Faith from an ad in the newspaper. He has written an introductory book on the Baha'i Faith called Divine Journey: Exploring the Baha'i Faith.

A Bahá'í who escaped Iran with her small children soon after the Islamic Republic was formed.

A Baha'i who discovered the Baha'i Faith when he was steeped in the hippie culture with all its attendant activities both positive and negative.

A Baha'i of Armenian descent. His parents grew up in Iran and moved to Brazil to help the Baha'i Faith there. Jacob was born in Brazil and lived there until he decided to get his post graduate degree, so he moved to western Massachusetts with his young family in the early 1990s.