Letter from the Editor
I have been mulling over this concept, the reality of the importance of spiritual empowerment and how it connects to America’s destiny. In the midst of my meditations the following words of the Beloved Guardian kept coming to mind, “Putting on the armor of His love, firmly buckling on the shield of...
Message of Condolence Concerning the Passing of Pat Locke
The National Spiritual Assembly was stricken with grief and a sense of profound loss in the passing of our noble hearted dearly loved sister, Patricia Locke.
Pat's life was a testament to the power of faith and transcendence, rising above all obstacles to found colleges for Indian peoples...
A Tribute to Patricia Locke
I am deeply humbled by the task of attempting to pay tribute to such a soul as Patricia Locke. When a soul like Patricia Locke is brought into the world it is like a piece of heaven is among us, a soul who carries the light, and the divine music. Now more than ever...
Living Purposefully in a Time of Violence
I want to look ahead from grief, and sorrow, and shock, and talk about action. We can look to the history of any war to see that aggression harms the way people think, and limits their possibilities, for a long time after the war, for generations...
The Changing Face of the Indispensable Nation
As the most powerful nation reels from probably the greatest blow it has ever received, poets write about the “amputation” of the New York skyline, and everywhere we hear on the radio or see on the television those who were touched directly by September 11th, and we can’t help but weep. Hearing the news, we...
Out With the Old, In With the...Old? Racism's Second Birth
I didn’t think about how terrorism would affect me—not right away, anyway—until a friend signed his e-mail: “I hope you aren’t catching flak for your ethnic persuasion, pal,” and another called to ask me to be careful that I began to wonder how people might punish me for being Middle Eastern...
Financial Planning 101
I am delighted to be asked to provide a series of articles on the subject of financial planning for Fertile Field. I so enjoy being able to share principles and concepts on this vitally important topic with youth and young adults. You are at a time in your life when you are...
Finding Faith
As water shuns then
embraces the shore;
as moons spurn planets only
later to spin in preordained orbits;
as resolution hovers in the moment...
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