The latest commentary on the Baha'i Faith from bloggers and columnists.

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Shaping a Baha'i identity — for oneself and one’s children — requires “swimming against the tide,” says Befriended Stranger, “and countering the “materialistic osmosis with spiritual action.”

Baha'i Views features “A Poem for Peace” that reminds us of our role in achieving a better world.

Having witnessed the Baha'i democratic process in action, Jeremy Lambshead now has a different notion from four years ago of what might be possible in our democracy. He explores the topic on the NewsweekWashington Post  "On Faith" blog site.

True to their belief in unity in diversity, Baha'is come to the Faith from a striking variety of backgrounds.

When it comes to worth, it’s our acts of kindness that sparkle the brightest.

“We can’t compare faith flatly to reason and declare it intellectually inferior,” says Krista Tippett, host of “Speaking of Faith,” a weekly radio program on American Public Media. “Its territory is the drama of human life, where art is more precise than science....”

“Having lived literally all over the world, it was pretty surprising to me to find what I think is perhaps the ultimate in global religion right here, down the street, in Wilmette Illinois” at the Baha'i Temple . . . its core principles are why I say it may be the ultimate global religion,” writes businesswoman and author Perry Yeatman on The Huffington Post.

Experiencing “the dark night of the soul,” says Correlating, can help us emerge into the light.

Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight Shrute on “The Office” and stars in the film “The Rocker,” which opens in mid-August, talks about being a Baha'i on NPR’s “Fresh Air.”   Tune in at 28.06 minutes to hear him discuss the Faith and growing up in a Baha'i family.