Moments of Meaning

In this Moments of Meaning podcast, Rainn Wilson talks about the brief Baha'i prayer that got him through some of his life’s toughest times. Resources: Moments of Meaning is presented by Sean Hinton, mixed by Jamey Heath, and produced by the team at BahaiTeachings.org. Music: Cello by Elika Mahony from the song The Hallowed Beauty.Yang Qin by Jin R from the album Meditations Of The Spirit.

In this episode of the Moments of Meaning podcast, we speak with author and Baha'i administrator Kenneth Bowers about his early Baha'i experiences growing up in the segregated American South. Join us as we explore the implications of what it really means to regard every member of the human race as a member of your family. Resources: Moments of Meaning is presented by Sean Hinton, mixed by Jamey Heath, and produced by the team at BahaiTeachings.org. Music: Cello by Elika Mahony from the song...

Music, the Baha'i teachings assert, is “the food of the soul and the spirit.” In this episode, we explore that spiritual concept with Atieno Mboya, the African Baha'i attorney and legal scholar. Atieno grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, has lived all over the world, and is an academic in the field of international and environmental law. As a Baha'i and a mother, she practices a rigorous professional discipline and raises her children conscientiously – and one of the things she loves, music, helps her...

Have you ever looked up at the sky, and wondered how the universe evolved? That sense of wonder, says our Moments of Meaning guest Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, defines our need for transcendence. In this episode of the Moments of Meaning podcast, Professor Varga-Khadem, a cognitive neuroscientist and a Baha'i, reveals how the Baha'i teachings led her on a journey of inner discovery that culminated in her fascinating, insightful profession – and her lifelong interest in discovering and studyin...

In this episode of “Moments of Meaning,” Sean Hinton speaks to Peter Murphy, a poet, writer and teacher. Born in Wales, he grew up in New York City and now lives in Atlantic City, in the United States. Peter shares how a simple phrase changed the focus of his life — leading him out of alcoholism and into a life of service to his community. Resources: Moments of Meaning is presented by Sean Hinton, mixed and edited by Jamey Heath, and produced by the team at BahaiTeachings.org. Music: Cello b...

In the final episode of our first season, Sean speaks to Kate Glastonbury, who was born and raised in Wagga Wagga, Australia, and now works in international development in Sydney. As a young woman in the mid-90s, Kate briefly lived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — a place that had just come out of Soviet rule and that was, Kate says, “similarly new to the world as I was.” Kate became friends with Sean around this time, and he frequently shared with her passages from the writings of the Baha’i Faith...

In this episode, Sean speaks to Rocky Moncho, a technology and healthcare entrepreneur and lives in Oklahoma City, USA. Rocky’s spiritual journey began with the many evenings he spent with his grandparents growing up in Botswana. Resources: Prayer from Abdu'l-BahaMoments of Meaning is presented by Sean Hinton, mixed and edited by Jamey Heath, and produced by the team at BahaiTeachings.org. Music: Cello by Elika Mahony from the song The Hallowed Beauty.Yang Qin by Jin R from the album Meditati...

Sean speaks to Daryn Dodson, an investor born in Washington, DC, but currently based in Oakland. From his mother, who co-founded a real estate insurance business with his father; to his aunt, an independent business owner and the first woman and first Black woman on multiple renowned boards; to his grandmother, who actively worked for racial justice, Daryn was surrounded by a family that placed great value in gender equality and justice. Resources: Talk given by Abdu'l-Baha in Sacramento, CA ...

In this episode Sean Hinton speaks to Arya Badiyan, an artist born in Chicago and raised in Grenada. She's lived all over the world, but now lives in Portland, Oregon. Arya shares the story of one of the most turbulent times of her life, and the prayer that carried her through it. Moments of Meaning is presented by Sean Hinton, mixed and edited by Jamey Heath, and produced by the team at BahaiTeachings.org. Resources: Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llahMusic: Cello by Elika Mahony from th...

In this episode of Moments of Meaning, Sean Hinton speaks to Aku Ntumy, a science teacher in a high school in Swindon, England. Having received the Baha’i Faith’s “Most Holy Book” as a gift from a new friend at the age of 21, Aku first read the words of Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, one afternoon in the bunk bed she shared with her sister in their family home in Botswana, Southern Africa. Now, ten years later, she shares what she learned in that moment — and in all...