Deborah Leigh Wood
The Baha'i Road

Deborah Leigh Wood is a writer at www.bahai.us -- the official website of the Baha'is of the United States. She writes about the activities and concerns of Baha'is throughout the United States as they strive to realize their faith's vision of a just, loving and unified global society.



Sweet success in Savannah: As young souls blossom, their families follow suit
Column: The Baha'i Road
May 12 2008 04:13PM
Parent University laid the foundation for a more exalted goal: getting at-risk youth and their families involved in activities that nurture the spirit.
A true champion: Zachoriah Williams
Column: The Baha'i Road
May 8 2008 06:21PM
Guest column by Druzelle Cederquist for The Baha'i Road:
Like a familiar super-hero, a true champion can emerge in the guise of the neighbor who lives next door; like Zach.
Baha'i elections take it to the top
Column: The Baha'i Road
May 7 2008 04:03PM
On April 29, approximately 1,200 delegates from 170 nations will elect individuals to the nine-member Universal House of Justice, the international governing body of the Baha'i Faith. The election is held every five years at the Baha'i World Center in Hai
In a garden of Paradise, the Baha'i Faith takes root
Column: The Baha'i Road
May 7 2008 03:59PM
What makes the Festival of Ridvan, celebrated April 21 to May 2, the holiest of days for Baha'is? It commemorates the anniversary of Baha’u’llah’s declaration in 1863 that He was the Promised One of all earlier religions.
Why Baha'i --Ed LaBonte, Baha'i since November 2007
Column: The Baha'i Road
May 7 2008 03:57PM
After being an atheist my whole life, I decided, as part of a midlife crisis, that there had to be something out there that was better than nothing. Secular humanists say you have to make your own meaning, but when you’re faced with a gigantic universe th