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There is only one religion, and that is the religion of God. Each and every Prophet of God has always made it clear that His own personal identity and His personality should be regarded as secondary to the will, the identity, and... — Updated 6/6/2018

About our Lord Jesus Christ, His persecution and His blessed resurrection, from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh: “And when the days of Moses were ended, and the light of Jesus, shining forth from the Dayspring of the... — Updated 3/28/2018

Jesus came to us with purest heart to advocate loving the Lord and loving one another. He won victories but was soon executed. Moses too was given a horrible hard time, as was Muhammad and Abraham's travails are legendary. All... — Updated 1/17/2018

Major bummer: I am 19 and enduring a rite of passage called Navy boot camp. An occasional blink would interrupt my vacant stare, my catatonic trance broken only by the 5:15 a.m. wake-up ritual, which was, first, klieg lights in... — Updated 8/9/2017

We simply need to convene The Big Meeting as preordained – the conference where we lock the doors and affirm: “Nobody goes home until peace.” Right now, this meeting is only a motion away. The change is in effect. Change for... — Updated 5/31/2017

When my alarm goes off, I find that I’m in that morning fog again. It is familiar to me, and my mind begins its morning scan: “What is going on? What is important today? What are this day’s priorities? What is first?” It... — Updated 1/11/2017

Without ceasing, our good Lord is always waving His arms at us dramatically, trying to get our attention. What must He do to have us finally be enchanted by Him? In the past, tribes and communities without access to or benefit of H... — Updated 1/6/2016

Read parts 1-4 of "When will the Trust of God, latent in the reality of man, emerge?" at www.mukilteobeacon.com. -Ed. For my life-candle to be in effect, its inherent perfection must be augmented by the actual kindling of... — Updated 10/28/2015

Read Parts 1, 2 and 3 of "When will the Trust of God, latent in the reality of man, emerge?" at www.mukilteobeacon.com. -Ed. We are here to know God and to worship God, which is to 1) Seek and discover what it is that God... — Updated 8/12/2015

Read parts 1 and 2 of “When will the Trust of God, latent in the reality of man, emerge? at www.mukilteobeacon.com. -Ed. About our Creator, from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh: "Having created the world and all that... — Updated 5/26/2015

Read Part 1 of “When will the trust of God, latent in man, emerge?” at www.mukilteobeacon.com. -Ed. Part 1 of this column consisted of scriptural passages that are, to me, literally awesome, simply boggling. Too much informatio... — Updated 10/22/2014

Space is limited, so first, here is grist for the mill. In the next column, I'll feebly attempt to parse it. – Gordy A few words about our Creator and about His Messengers, from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh: "Having... — Updated 8/6/2014

The loathsomeness of racism has belched its way into the headlines again, so I (full disclosure) have copped much of this copy from a Beacon column that I submitted in 1993. Like Stevie Wonder says, "We've got so far to... — Updated 5/21/2014

In my 20s as a brand new Christian, I was pleasantly startled that God wanted a personal relationship with me, and I was amazed by the flood of positive results I was enjoying subsequent to my initial halting experiments in the... — Updated 3/5/2014

“The present day order is lamentably defective.” (Bahá’u’lláh) My newspaper today was dominated by the current economic shutdown. Buried on the lower right corner of page 5 was a tiny blurb reporting the massacre of many... — Updated 10/16/2013