A Bahá'í Perspective

In the first segment Ash described his experiences as one of the first peace corps volunteers, and his adventures in Ethiopia for that assignment. Ash concluded that segment by describing his experience as an educator in the Washington DC school system and the start of the Upward Bound organization. In this segment Ash continues his journey by describing how he ended up in Amherst, MA and ultimately to Uganda and Botswana.

Ash is an educator and a Bah#225;'#237; who has spent 25 years in Africa and is now residing in Amherst, MA on the faculty of the Center for International Education at the University of Mass. The stories that Ash has to tell are too many to capture in a one hour segment, so this is the first in a series.

A Bah#225;'#237; from Chapel Hill, NC who is a commercial designer by trade, but his first love is discovering spiritual truths from the Bible and the Bah#225;'#237; writings. This interview is the first in a series. In this interview, Ray describes his upbringing and his spiritual journey leading him to the discovery of the Bah#225;'#237; Faith. To him "Life is an adventure".

This is the 2nd in a series of interviews with Ray Estes, a Bah#225;'#237; for many years who comes from a background of a born-again Christian, who has studied the Bible for many years and has developed new understandings of some of the Bible stories now that he is a Bah#225;'#237;. In this interview Ray talks about the Bible story of Adam and Eve. I start out the interview asking Ray what the Bah#225;'#237; perspective is regarding the story of Adam and Eve; a story that can be found in the religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

This is the 3rd in a series of interviews with Ray Estes, a Bahaacute;'iacute; for many years who comes from a background of a born-again Christian. The Bible story that Ray talks about in this interview is the story about Noah's Ark.

This is the 4th in a series of interviews in which Ray discusses how one can reconcile what seemingly appears to be a contradiction between science and religion.

This is the 5th in a series of interviews in which Ray discusses the prophesies in the Bible regarding the 2nd coming of Christ and how he interprets these passages.

A Bah#225;'#237; youth currently an undergraduate student at UMASS who did a year of service in India between high school and university.

A Bah#225;'#237; from India who is currently living in Amherst, MA.

A Bah#225;'#237; youth currently living in South Hadley, MA and is a student at Springfield Technical Community College. A very interesting and moving interview

A member of the Amherst, MA Bah#225;'#237; Community who was the former Assistant Director of Admissions at the University of Massachusetts

Bah#225;'#237;s from Nepal currently living in Amherst, MA

A member of the Amherst, MA Bah#225;'#237; community who emigrated to the US from Ghana many years ago.

A Bah#225;'#237; from Lunenburg, MA, who is a psychiatrist who assisted in trauma facilitation in Bosnia and is founder of the Unity Project.

A UMASS student who chose to take a year off from her studies to do a Bah#225;'#237; year of service in Africa.

A Bah#225;'#237; from India now living in the US teaching pre-school.

Pasha tells her humorous story about how she found the Bah#225;'#237; Faith.

A Bah#225;'#237; from Western MA who was the former Multi-cultural Specialist for the Springfield Public Schools and Global Educator of the Year in 2000.

A Bah#225;'#237; who escaped Iran with her small children soon after the Islamic Republic was formed.

Author of the Uncle Wiggly Series and other books. Former Bah#225;'#237; NGO Representative to the United Nations.