Duane Herrmann

Month of Sovereignty

On the 19th of January, as calculated by the Gregorian calendar in use in the western world, members of the Baha'i Faith in Topeka and elsewhere marked the beginning of the month of Sovereignty or Sultan. It...

Celebrating A Birth in October

Members of the Baha'I Faith in Topeka and Shawnee County will celebrate the birth of the Bab (pronounced - bob), a central figure in their religion, on Tuesday, October 19 with a special program and devotions at 603 SW...

Martyrdom of the Bab

Today, July 9, is the anniversary of an execution that occurred in Persia in 1850. On that day, in front of a crowd that filled the rooftops around the barracks square, 750 riflemen shot at two young men suspended...

10:45 p.m. Observance

10:45 in the evening might seem an unusual time for people to gather to commemorate an event, but members of the Bahá’í Faith do so on a annual basis. Every year on the evening of...

Happy New Year - March 21!

Sunday, March 21, members of the Baha'i Faith in Topeka and elsewhere will celebrate the beginning of a new year. The Baha'i calendar begins on March 21, usually the first day of Spring. Many...

Special Prayers, Sunday Feburary 7, 2010

On Sunday, February 7, Topeka members of the Baha'i Faith will join with Baha'is around the country and the world in offering special prayers on behalf of the Baha'is in Iran whose trail will...

17 January 2010 Baha'i Devotional Service

In Topeka today the subject of the Baha'i devotional service will be, 'The Human Soul and the Holy Spirit." The human soul is eternal and needs instruction from the Holy Spirit to grow and develop. ...

The Book of Certitude

The Book of Certitude This is the premier book setting forth Bahá’í doctrine. Otherwise titled, Kitab-i Iqan, it was revealed about 1871 by Baha’u’llah. Since “kitab” means...

The Bahá'í Book of Laws

An earlier post described the corpus of the Bahá’í sacred texts. From time to time I hope to examine specific texts in that collection. This article will briefly examine one that is often called the...

The Baha'i Bible

There appears to be some confusion in the minds of many observers regarding the Bahá’í Bible. I use the term 'Bible" as a point of reference, but not an entirely inaccurate one. The...

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