Community Building - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/community-building/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 How Do We Benefit Spiritually From Service? https://bahaiteachings.org/how-do-we-benefit-spiritually-from-service/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-do-we-benefit-spiritually-from-service/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=71362 We can seek guidance from prayer and meditation, but even when we get inspiration, we can’t be guided if we don’t take action.  Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-do-we-benefit-spiritually-from-service/feed/ 0 How the Arts Help Build Vibrant, Peaceful Communities https://bahaiteachings.org/how-the-arts-help-build-vibrant-peaceful-communities/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-the-arts-help-build-vibrant-peaceful-communities/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76956 The arts, according to the Universal House of Justice, the democratically-elected leadership body of the Baha’i Faith, are an “integral … part of the development of a community.” What does...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/accompaniment-activating-potential-others/feed/ 5 How Do Baha’is Plan to Change the World? https://bahaiteachings.org/how-do-bahais-plan-to-change-the-world/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-do-bahais-plan-to-change-the-world/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75832 If you’ve ever wondered about why we’re here, the Baha’i teachings clearly proclaim that we human beings have a profound, two-fold purpose in this life: The purpose for which mortal...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-i-know-about-god/feed/ 2 Neighborliness: A Step Toward Unity and Strength https://bahaiteachings.org/neighborliness-a-step-toward-unity-and-strength/ https://bahaiteachings.org/neighborliness-a-step-toward-unity-and-strength/#respond Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75121 In the summer of 2020, our neighbor did something incredible for our family. My husband Tim and I were driving home from Kansas, where we’d gone to see my mother,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/neighborliness-a-step-toward-unity-and-strength/feed/ 0 Surviving Disaster by Building Self-Reliant Communities https://bahaiteachings.org/surviving-disaster-by-building-self-reliant-communities/ https://bahaiteachings.org/surviving-disaster-by-building-self-reliant-communities/#comments Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74745 Surviving Disaster by Building Self-Reliant CommunitiesAs the calendar approached that Y2K day when the year 1999 would flip to 2000, denizens of the computerized world feared that entire virtual systems would shut down.  Because of...

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