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Personal Reflections on the Baha’i Faith from Around the World: Collection 6

February 10, 2018, in Images > Personal Reflections, by

“Personal Reflections on the Baha’i Faith from Around the World” is a Baha’i Blog initiative in honor of the Bicentenary anniversary of the Birth of Baha’u’llah, Prophet-founder of the Baha’i Faith. 

In this initiative, we share portraits of Baha’is and their friends from different countries and territories all over the world, and accompanying their photographs are a few of their words about what the Baha’i Faith means to them or how it has touched their lives. 

We will be publishing one “personal reflection” per day, so be sure to stay updated by following the “Personal Reflections” social media pages Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. You can also visit the website dedicated to this project: personalreflections.bahaiblog.net

As this year celebrates 200 years since the Birth of Baha’u’llah, we’ve decided to capture at least 200 of these portraits and reflections. Our hope is that by sharing these pictures and excerpts, we will answer the call from the Universal House of Justice to communicate “a sense of what it means for humanity that these two Luminaries [the Bab and Baha’u’llah] rose successively above the horizon of the world.” (from a letter dated 18 May 2016 to all National Spiritual Assemblies)

Here is the sixth collection of images, and we hope you find this project as inspirational as we do!

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Sonjel Vreeland

In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
Sonjel Vreeland

Discussion 2 Comments

Thank you Sojel…beautifully worded as always. A most fitting remembrance of the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of His Holiness Baha’u’llah. Warmest love from me on the Isle of Wight UK.

Sarah jones-bishop

Sarah jones-bishop (February 2, 2018 at 6:02 PM)

Hi Sarah,

I’m so glad you are enjoying our Personal Reflections project! If you haven’t already, please feel free to follow this initiative on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/personalreflectionsbahai/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/personalreflectionsbahai/), or Twitter (https://twitter.com/reflectbahai). Thank you for your kind comment!

Sonjel Vreeland

Sonjel Vreeland (February 2, 2018 at 1:02 AM)

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