Seventh Annual Baha’i Choral Music Festival
This Thursday I am flying to Chicago, IL, to participate at the Seventh Annual Baha’i Choral Music Festival to be held at the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, IL, where on Sunday together with the festival choir I will sing at two free concerts, open to the public, which will be the festival’s concluding events. [...]
Arlington Ruhi 6 Study Circle “Teaching the Faith”
“Teach ye the Cause of God, O people of Bahá, for God hath prescribed unto every one the duty of proclaiming His Message, and regardeth it as the most meritorious of all deeds.” (Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 278) Studying The Faith Tonight, our Ruhi 6 study circle “Teaching The Faith” concluded [...]
Five years too many
Five years is a long time to grow It is lunch break on Wednesday, the day when I telecommute and I am taking full advantage of the flexibility it offers. Earlier today while managing web and data projects for a non-profit company in DC, I had managed to also bake a homemade banitsa — Bulgarian [...]
Arlington Interfaith Prayer Station “Holy Spirit” – May 19, 2013
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.” ~ Judaism / Christianity, Holy Bible, Psalm 51 “Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the Revelation from thy Lord in Truth, in order to strengthen [...]
Making Way for DC Ducklings
Just in time for Mother’s Day A real life drama, reminiscent of the beloved children’s book, “Make Way for Ducklings“, unfolded a couple of days before Mother’s day, half a block away from the notorious K Street in Washington, DC. A mother duck, having successfully hatched 7 cute little ducklings (an unhatched egg and a lame duckling were left [...]
Interfaith Prayer Station “Five Years Too Many” for the wrongly imprisoned Baha’is in Iran – May 12, 2013
“Beware lest you injure him whose only defender is God.” ~ Islam, from the sayings of Imam Ali “O Lord! These souls have tasted bitter agony in this earthly life and have, as a sign of their love for the shining beauty of Thy countenance and in their eagerness to attain Thy celestial kingdom, tolerated [...]
Piano and Composition Student Recital at NOVA Alexandria
Had somebody told me a couple of years ago that I will be standing infront of audience to perform a classical piece like Minuet in C Major by W. A. Mozart, I would have politely laughed with a mix of incredulity and hidden desire. The incredulity would have come from the realization that music is [...]
Interfaith Prayer Station “Resurrection” – May 5, 2013
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.” (Holy Bible, John, 11:25 – 26) “Say: Whose is all that is in the Heavens and the Earth? Say: God’s.He had [...]
Night in Istanbul – 2nd International Day of Jazz
What a Musical Feast!? On April 30th, 2013, Istanbul played host to the International Jazz Day Global Concert, featuring Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, Joss Stone, Marcus Miller, John McLaughlin, Terence Blanchard, Ruben Blades, Ramsey Lewis, Hugh Masekela, Eddie Palmieri, Al Jarreau, Dianne Reeves, George Duke, Lee Ritenourr, Jean-Luc Ponty, Milton [...]
Interfaith Poetic Prayer Station in Arlington, April 28, 2013
“One of the names of God is the Fashioner. He loveth craftsmanship.” — Bahá’u’lláh Dear friends! What nurtures your soul? What makes your heart tender? Prayer, music, fellowship, tea poured in peace, homemade banana bread baked with love and shared with a smile? Whatever the answer might be, sharing art and prayers with friends gets us all [...]