http://www.befriendedstranger.com/bahai-music/2010/07/29/arlington-music-prayer-station-invitation-house-concert-with-hillary-chapman/ Journaling my spiritual journey Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:30:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.befriendedstranger.com/bahai-music/2010/07/29/arlington-music-prayer-station-invitation-house-concert-with-hillary-chapman/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Befriended Stranger » Light up the darkness Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:21:19 +0000 http://www.befriendedstranger.com/?p=1504#comment-1160 [...] On Saturday, Hillary Chapman came to my apartment for the now monthly Prayer Station and mesmerized 27 of us with stories of Nashville song writing, sang some classic country songs and lead all of us into improvised sing-alongs based on the music of Leonor Dely with multiple language improvisations sprinkled for flavor. It was truly an uplifting evening. What particularly delighted me was that a group of the guests who were not Baha’is stayed up late and conversed in genuine fellowship. The next day at the DC Baha’i Center, one of these new friends answered the call of Baha’u'llah and declared his believe in Him joining the Baha’i community! Light up the darkness! For a single purpose were the Prophets, each and all, sent down to earth; for this was Christ made manifest, for this did Bahá’u'lláh raise up the call of the Lord: that the world of man should become the world of God, this nether realm the Kingdom, this darkness light, this satanic wickedness all the virtues of heaven — and unity, fellowship and love be won for the whole human race, that the organic unity should reappear and the bases of discord be destroyed and life everlasting and grace everlasting become the harvest of mankind. (Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 30) [...] [...] On Saturday, Hillary Chapman came to my apartment for the now monthly Prayer Station and mesmerized 27 of us with stories of Nashville song writing, sang some classic country songs and lead all of us into improvised sing-alongs based on the music of Leonor Dely with multiple language improvisations sprinkled for flavor. It was truly an uplifting evening. What particularly delighted me was that a group of the guests who were not Baha’is stayed up late and conversed in genuine fellowship. The next day at the DC Baha’i Center, one of these new friends answered the call of Baha’u'llah and declared his believe in Him joining the Baha’i community! Light up the darkness! For a single purpose were the Prophets, each and all, sent down to earth; for this was Christ made manifest, for this did Bahá’u'lláh raise up the call of the Lord: that the world of man should become the world of God, this nether realm the Kingdom, this darkness light, this satanic wickedness all the virtues of heaven — and unity, fellowship and love be won for the whole human race, that the organic unity should reappear and the bases of discord be destroyed and life everlasting and grace everlasting become the harvest of mankind. (Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 30) [...]

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