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David Langness writes and edits for BahaiTeachings.org and is a journalist and literary critic for Paste Magazine. He and his wife Teresa live in the Sierra foothills in Northern California.

BY David Langness

We’ve Come to Expect Peace – but Instead, We Get War. Why?

We’ve Come to Expect Peace – but Instead, We Get War. Why?

David Langness | Apr 9, 2022

How the World Can Respond to Invasions

How the World Can Respond to Invasions

David Langness | Mar 3, 2022

Want to Fast Along with the Baha’is? Here’s How

Want to Fast Along with the Baha’is? Here’s How

David Langness | Mar 2, 2022

What Ed Asner Taught Me: A Eulogy

What Ed Asner Taught Me: A Eulogy

David Langness | Feb 19, 2022

Does America Still Have Sundown Towns?

Does America Still Have Sundown Towns?

David Langness | Feb 6, 2022

Dr. King and the Baha’i Teachings: The 3 Evils of Society

Dr. King and the Baha’i Teachings: The 3 Evils of Society

David Langness | Jan 17, 2022

Uniting the Nations in One Federal System

Uniting the Nations in One Federal System

David Langness | Jan 12, 2022

9 Inner New Year’s Resolutions

9 Inner New Year’s Resolutions

David Langness | Jan 1, 2022

Baha’is and Immigration: How to Build a World Without Borders

Baha’is and Immigration: How to Build a World Without Borders

David Langness | Dec 29, 2021

What Do Religions Have to Say about Refugees and Migration?

What Do Religions Have to Say about Refugees and Migration?

David Langness | Dec 20, 2021

Human Rights Day, and How to Win the Nobel Peace Prize

Human Rights Day, and How to Win the Nobel Peace Prize

David Langness | Dec 10, 2021

Who Was the First Baha’i?

Who Was the First Baha’i?

David Langness | Dec 7, 2021

Why I Try to Follow Abdu’l-Baha

Why I Try to Follow Abdu’l-Baha

David Langness | Dec 3, 2021

The True Example of How to Live a Spiritual Life

The True Example of How to Live a Spiritual Life

David Langness | Nov 29, 2021

The Astounding Life of Abdu’l-Baha

The Astounding Life of Abdu’l-Baha

David Langness | Nov 27, 2021

Abdu’l-Baha: Gone from Our Midst for a Hundred Years

Abdu’l-Baha: Gone from Our Midst for a Hundred Years

David Langness | Nov 26, 2021

What Should Rich Nations Do about Refugees and Migrants?

What Should Rich Nations Do about Refugees and Migrants?

David Langness | Nov 17, 2021

The Xenophobic Roots of the “Great Replacement” Theory

The Xenophobic Roots of the “Great Replacement” Theory

David Langness | Nov 14, 2021

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Explore how the Baha’i principle of “work as w

Explore how the Baha’i principle of “work as worship” and other revolutionary teachings illuminate the spirit of this new age, as highlighted in Abdu’l-Baha’s 1912 North American tour. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #BahaiFaith #BahaiPrinciples

Be thou severed from this world, and reborn throug

Be thou severed from this world, and reborn through the sweet scents of holiness that blow from the realm of the All-Highest. Be thou a summoner to love, and be thou kind to all the human race. Love thou the children of men and share in their sorrows. Be thou of those who foster peace. Offer thy friendship, be worthy of trust. Be thou a balm to every sore, be thou a medicine for every ill. Bind thou the souls together. – #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Peace #Friendship
(Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá)

Instead of just hunkering down, we can use winter

Instead of just hunkering down, we can use winter to transform our minds and prepare our hearts to receive God’s blessings. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Winter #SpiritualGrowth

Dissipate not the wealth of your precious lives in

Dissipate not the wealth of your precious lives in the pursuit of evil and corrupt affection, nor let your endeavours be spent in promoting your personal interest. Be generous in your days of plenty, and be patient in the hour of loss. Adversity is followed by success and rejoicings follow woe. - Baha'u'llah⠀
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#Bahai #Spirituality #Generosity #Patience #SpiritualGrowth⠀
(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas)

Discover how embracing the Baha’i Faith has deep

Discover how embracing the Baha’i Faith has deepened my love for Christ. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Christianism #Unity

Let each morn be better than its eve and each morr

Let each morn be better than its eve and each morrow richer than its yesterday. Man’s merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches... Dissipate not the wealth of your precious lives in the pursuit of evil and corrupt affection, nor let your endeavors be spent in promoting your personal interest - #Bahaullah #Bahai #Spirituality #Unity #SpiritualGrowth
(Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh)

Can the spirit of humanity transform urban living

Can the spirit of humanity transform urban living into true havens of equity and care? Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Civilization #Humanity

Force is losing its dominance, and mental alertnes

Force is losing its dominance, and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy. Hence the new age will be an age less masculine and more permeated with the feminine ideals, or, to speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced. - #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Women #EmancipationofWomen

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