Big Questions Boston (20s & 30s)

We’re a small group that gets together on Monday nights in a home in Cambridge to pray. We are Baha'is and leverage Baha'i prayers to connect with God. The group is half Baha'is, half people of all backgrounds.

It’s pretty simple. Someone reads a prayer, someone else says one in their own words, someone reads a short passage from the Bahá’í writings. In between there’s quiet. You don’t have to say anything. Lots of people just listen the first few times. Sometimes we sing songs.

After that we put the kettle on and hang out. The conversation usually wanders somewhere deeper. Last month it was what the soul actually is, and whether this life is preparing us for something. Sometimes we’ll pull out a passage and talk about what it means for how we live, or how we treat people.

Honestly, praying every day is hard to keep up on your own. It’s easier with friends, and a lot of us have become real friends through this.

We're in our 20s, so most people who come are around that age, but anyone’s welcome, whatever age and whatever you beleive.

Mondays, 7:30 PM, Cambridge. RSVP so we know how many people are coming, we assemble down below and come up. you the address. The address in the location is right next door.

If there’s one God, why are there so many religions?

It’s a question a lot of us have carried, especially if you grew up in one tradition and started wondering about the others.

The Bahá’í writings offer an interesting answer: the world’s religions aren’t competitors, they’re chapters in the same story. The idea is that God has sent teachers throughout history, including Abraham, Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad, each one giving people what they were ready for at the time. It’s a bit like school. Your first-grade teacher and your high school teacher don’t disagree. They just teach different things at different stages.

We’ll read a short text describing this concept & talk it over. Does that idea hold up for you? What do we make of everything that’s been done in religion’s name?

One line we’ll look at, from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, is pretty direct: “Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.”

Whatever your background, whether you’re religious, skeptical or somewhere in between, your take is welcome. See you soon!

We’re a small group that gets together on Monday nights in a home in Cambridge to pray. We are Baha'is and leverage Baha'i prayers to connect with God. The group is half Baha'is, half people of all backgrounds.

It’s pretty simple. Someone reads a prayer, someone else says one in their own words, someone reads a short passage from the Bahá’í writings. In between there’s quiet. You don’t have to say anything. Lots of people just listen the first few times. Sometimes we sing songs.

After that we put the kettle on and hang out. The conversation usually wanders somewhere deeper. Last month it was what the soul actually is, and whether this life is preparing us for something. Sometimes we’ll pull out a passage and talk about what it means for how we live, or how we treat people.

Honestly, praying every day is hard to keep up on your own. It’s easier with friends, and a lot of us have become real friends through this.

We're in our 20s, so most people who come are around that age, but anyone’s welcome, whatever age and whatever you beleive.

Mondays, 7:30 PM, Cambridge. RSVP so we know how many people are coming, we assemble down below and come up. you the address. The address in the location is right next door.

We’re a small group that gets together on Monday nights in a home in Cambridge to pray. We are Baha'is and leverage Baha'i prayers to connect with God. The group is half Baha'is, half people of all backgrounds.

It’s pretty simple. Someone reads a prayer, someone else says one in their own words, someone reads a short passage from the Bahá’í writings. In between there’s quiet. You don’t have to say anything. Lots of people just listen the first few times. Sometimes we sing songs.

After that we put the kettle on and hang out. The conversation usually wanders somewhere deeper. Last month it was what the soul actually is, and whether this life is preparing us for something. Sometimes we’ll pull out a passage and talk about what it means for how we live, or how we treat people.

Honestly, praying every day is hard to keep up on your own. It’s easier with friends, and a lot of us have become real friends through this.

We're in our 20s, so most people who come are around that age, but anyone’s welcome, whatever age and whatever you beleive.

Mondays, 7:30 PM, Cambridge. RSVP so we know how many people are coming, we assemble down below and come up. you the address. The address in the location is right next door.