In 1949, the first Canadian Native American Baha'is, Melba and Jim Loft, abandoned a comfortable middle-class existence in Marysville, Michigan, to teach their Faith in the land of Jim's forefathers, the Tyendinaga Mohawk Indian Reserve in Ontario, Canada. Despite hardship and tragedy, the Lofts persevered, fulfilling Jim's cherished dream of bringing Baha'u'llah's word to First Nations people. This, their daughter Evelyn's memoir, is the record of that challenging and exhilarating time.

Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Baha'i Pioneers

Religion & Spirituality

Evelyn Loft Watts & Patricia Vverge

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

One Voice Press

Babysitter Blues

Leona Hosack

<div>Pause & Reflect is a new series that presents meditative passages from the Baha'i sacred texts arranged around particular themes. While the Bahá'í Faith places a great deal of importance on meditation and the cultivation of spirituality, it is also a religion that calls for action and societal transformation. Meditation is not exclusively a means for personal growth, but a tool that should equip us with insights and awareness that can be translated into action in our lives and in the communities in which we live. For so many artists, creators, and change makers, meditation and mindful living are practices interwoven with the creative process. There is a deep well of spiritual insight from which we can all draw in moments of quiet reflection, and the first book in the Pause & Reflect series, Meditations for Creativity, has been compiled with such moments in mind.</div>

Pause and Reflect: Meditations for Creativity

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

On a December day in 1973, Anisa Abdul-Razzaq Abbas heard a knock at the door of the Baghdad home she was visiting. She opened the door to greet two men from the Iraqi Al-Amn security force, who immediately placed her under arrest. Her crime: being a member of the Bahá'í Faith, a religious minority in her native Iraq.Over the next six years, Anisa would spend three years in Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison and a further three years in Al-Rashaad prison before her release in 1979. During her years of incarceration, Anisa would rely on her faith to meet the myriad challenges of prison life. Day after day, she and her fellow-prisoners experienced levels of cruelty and injustice that most would find unthinkable. Separated from her husband, who was being held in the men's prison, and from her children who were without both parents, Anisa was sustained through her darkest days by the love of her family, and by the strength and solidarity offered by her fellow Bahá'í prisoners.Anisa's story is one of patience, courage, and steadfastness in the face of religious prejudice and state-sponsored oppression, and it is a reminder to us all of the resilient strength of the human spirit.

Without Hesitation: An Account of an Iraqi Prisoner of Conscience

Biographies & Memoirs

Abdul-Razzaq Abbas BA, Anisa

Memoirs

One Voice Press presents the fourth title in the Pause & Reflect series, a compilation from the Bahá ' í writings on the topic of community. Our relationships and collaborations with others are vital aspects of our existence and our ability to thrive. A community with a shared sense of purpose is a powerful thing, and when that shared sense of purpose is rooted in the desire to contribute to the betterment of society, then a community has the potential for transformative change. It is hoped these passages will offer inspiration, for both reflection and action in our lives and communities.

Pause and Reflect: Meditations for Community

Effendi, Shoghi

Baháʼuʼlláh

ʻAbduʾl-Bahá

Pause and Reflect: Meditations for Change

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