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Makeena
Rivers

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Makeena Rivers is a recent graduate from Columbia School of Social Work where she focused on race, incarceration, education, and class. Before New York, she studied psychology and sociology at Emory University. She is passionate about seeking justice and healing through building creatively.

BY Makeena Rivers

Tapping into a Reservoir of Blessings

Tapping into a Reservoir of Blessings

Makeena Rivers | Nov 22, 2018

Leading a Prayerful Life

Leading a Prayerful Life

Makeena Rivers | Nov 18, 2018

Does Tact Imply the Silence of Women?

Does Tact Imply the Silence of Women?

Makeena Rivers | Nov 13, 2018

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I wanted, by declaring my belief in Baha’u’lla

I wanted, by declaring my belief in Baha’u’llah, to become a global citizen, a person who defines himself as one who accepts, values, and loves all human identities. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #SpiritualGrowth #Soul

… search out your own imperfections and not thin

… search out your own imperfections and not think of the imperfections of anybody else. Strive with all your power to be free from imperfections. Heedless souls are always seeking faults in others. What can the hypocrite know of others’ faults when he is blind to his own? … As long as a man does not find his own faults, he can never become perfect. Nothing is more fruitful for man than the knowledge of his own shortcomings. – #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Humanity #SpiritualJourney
(The Promulgation of Universal Peace)

Embark on a journey of rediscovery as one woman sh

Embark on a journey of rediscovery as one woman shares her path back to faith after a decade of atheism. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #BecomingaBahai

Strive ye with all your heart to deliver mankind o

Strive ye with all your heart to deliver mankind out of this darkness and these prejudices that belong to the human condition and the world of nature, so that humanity may find its way into the light of the world of God. - #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #SpiritualJourney
(Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá)

On the holy days, Baha’is don’t just celebrate

On the holy days, Baha’is don’t just celebrate — we also dedicate them to serving humanity. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Generosity #Charity #Service

Yield not to grief and sorrow: they cause the grea

Yield not to grief and sorrow: they cause the greatest misery. Jealousy consumeth the body and anger doth burn the liver: avoid these two as you would a lion. - #Bahaullah #Bahai #Spirituality #SpiritualJourney #SpiritualGrowth

In this series of essays, I’ll attempt to share

In this series of essays, I’ll attempt to share my personal spiritual odyssey, which spans continents and cultural landscapes, from the Worldwide Church of God to the Baha'i Faith.
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Remember at all times and in all places that God i

Remember at all times and in all places that God is faithful and do not doubt this. Be patient even though calamities may come upon thee. Yet fear not! Be firm ... as a mountain unmoved, unchanging in thy steadfastness. - Baha'u'llah #Bahai #Spirituality #Tests
(Star of the West, Vol. 8, Issue 7)

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