Comments on: Baha’is, the 1960s, and a Spiritual Revolution https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67906 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:55:51 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67906 In reply to Michael Cavitt.

I told my spiritual mother that I wanted to be a Bahá’í, and she said, “You can’t join the Faith now! You have to read books!” So I said, “Fine! Get me some books!” She did, and I stayed up all night reading. She finally recognized I was serious. LOL

]]> By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67905 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:48:11 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67905 In reply to Kristine Leonard Asuncion Young.

No problem. There were lots of us! I hope they remove my ditto posts. Gotta love technology, don’t you? LOL

By the way, I joined the Faith right after the World Congress in London. I can’t tell you how many slide shows I saw of that event! I pledged to myself that if we ever had another one, I would be there by hook or by crook. Not only did we go, but my husband and I played in the World Congress Orchestra and my daughter sang in the choir! Who knew when I first joined that I would ever have such an AMAZING experience?!

]]> By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67899 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:33:18 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67899 In reply to Deborah Vance.

No problem. There were lots of us! I hope they remove my ditto posts. Gotta love technology, don’t you? LOL

By the way, I joined the Faith right after the World Congress in London. I can’t tell you how many slide shows I saw of that event! I pledged to myself that if we ever had another one, I would be there by hook or by crook. Not only did we go, but my husband and I played in the World Congress Orchestra and my daughter sang in the choir! Who knew when I first joined that I would ever have such an AMAZING experience?!

]]> By: Deborah Vance https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67887 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:24:06 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67887 In reply to Wendy Scott.

Dear Wendy — Sorry I missed you while looking for folks to interview. Yes, there was a lot of spirit back then. We need to bring it back! By the way, George Ronald published my book “Second Century Believers” which is the source for this essay.

]]> By: Deborah Vance https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67886 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:22:55 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67886 Dear Wendy — Sorry I missed you while looking for folks to interview. Yes, there was a lot of spirit back then. We need to bring it back! By the way, George Ronald published my book “Second Century Believers” which is the source for this essay.

]]> By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67878 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:46:35 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67878 I became a Bahá’í in early 1964. Having gone to the Advent Christian Church as a child (started by the Millerites), I knew all about the prophecies but couldn’t accept their views on them. But I was well prepared to accept Bahá’u’lláh, Who I could see had fulfilled those prophecies in amazing yet reasonable ways, not to mention the prophecies He made that were fulfilled also.

There’s not enough space here for me to tell most of my story. But my over 6 decades in the Faith have been meaningful and full of interesting events. I wish we could have a renaissance of those times now. Seems to me, the world certainly needs such a thing. Thank you so much for recounting our times. Your article brought back some great memories!

]]> By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67877 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:45:19 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67877 I became a Bahá’í in early 1964. Having gone to the Advent Christian Church as a child (started by the Millerites), I knew all about the prophecies but couldn’t accept their views on them. But I was well prepared to accept Bahá’u’lláh, Who I could see had fulfilled those prophecies in amazing yet reasonable ways, not to mention the prophecies He made that were fulfilled also.

There’s not enough space here for me to tell most of my story. But my over 6 decades in the Faith have been meaningful and full of interesting events. I wish we could have a renaissance of those times now. Seems to me, the world certainly needs such a thing. Thank you so much for recounting our times. Your article brought back some great memories!

]]> By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67876 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:43:24 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67876 I became a Bahá’í in early 1964. Having gone to the Advent Christian Church as a child (started by the Millerites), I knew all about the prophecies but couldn’t accept their views on them. But I was well prepared to accept Bahá’u’lláh, Who I could see had fulfilled those prophecies in amazing yet reasonable ways, not to mention the prophecies He made that were fulfilled also.

The Comments here won’t allow me to tell most of my story. But my over 6 decades in the Faith have been meaningful and full of interesting events. I wish we could have a renaissance of those times now. Seems to me, the world certainly needs such a thing. Thank you so much for telling us about our times. Your article brought back some great memories!

]]> By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67875 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:43:07 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67875 I became a Bahá’í in early 1964. Having gone to the Advent Christian Church as a child (started by the Millerites), I knew all about the prophecies but couldn’t accept their views on them. But I was well prepared to accept Bahá’u’lláh, Who I could see had fulfilled those prophecies in amazing yet reasonable ways, not to mention the prophecies He made that were fulfilled also.

The Comments here won’t allow me to tell most of my story. But my over 6 decades in the Faith have been meaningful and full of interesting events. I wish we could have a renaissance of those times now. Seems to me, the world certainly needs such a thing. Thank you so much for telling us about our times. Your article brought back some great memories!

]]> By: Kristine Leonard Asuncion Young https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comment-67870 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:45:48 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043#comment-67870 Thanks so much, Deborah, for sharing some of your amazing research done a few years ago. I have been so curious to learn of your what you discovered and look forward to reading your new book on the subject!

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