To Mother with Andrea Hope

Baha'i mom and poet Andrea Hope celebrates Mother's Day by reading from the Baha'i Writings and her poetry book To Mother.

Please see the resources below.

Quote from 'Abdu'l-Baha:
https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/selections-writings-abdul-baha/6#702372553

TO MOTHER book links:
https://www.andreahope.org/to-mother.html

Devotional video by Colby Jeffers:
https://www.facebook.com/colby.jeffers/videos/10112460440110031/

Mother's Day book launch:
https://www.facebook.com/events/621913345176203/

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.andreahope.org 

Baha'i mom and poet Andrea Hope shares a tip for celebrating the 12th Day of Ridvan by sleeping in a tent and staying up ‘til midnight (yes, midnight haha). Have a listen!

Please see the resources below.

Quote from Nabil (In God Passes By): https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god-passes-by/11#501107051

Midnight Prayer: http://www.bahaiprayers.org/evening3.htm

Ridvan Story for Children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uKgA-ZPJKs

Examples of family tents:

Ridvan Is Everywhere! Day 3 The Tent & the Tabernacle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5mr2nVvVc&t=600s

Instagram @bahaivirtuesclass https://www.instagram.com/p/B_N_UCrlzSH/

Delighted Hearts: https://delighted-hearts.com/2018/04/24/ridvan-175-b-e-home-decorations-tutorial/

Nineteen Months: https://www.nineteenmonths.com/easy-ridvan-ideas-kids/

All Done Monkey: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/562316703444197419/


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Website: www.andreahope.org

Baha'i mom and poet Andrea Hope shares 12 resources for families with children celebrating the Festival of Ridvan.

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Website: www.andreahope.org

Resources:

1.    Stories - Brilliant Star Magazine – Luminous Library (search Ridvan) https://brilliantstarmagazine.org/luminous-library

2.    Story - Maggie and Freddy Investigate Ridvan - Patti Tomarelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23jiA_uDluo&t=784s

3.    Craft - How to make a rose for Ridvan – Bahá’í Blog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R94LQfswIuQ

4.    Story - A Story of Ridvan – Bre Vader and family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfV-Jiy7wvI

5.    Video - Happy Ridvan from Baha’is Around the World - Belize Bahá’í Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V60EBvFwFbM&t=56s

6.    Song - Ridvan by Diana Howlett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsVFmJWSBrA

7.    Full program - Ridvan is Everywhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6j022cYmfU&t=3624s

8.    Book - Garden of Ridvan: The Story of the Festival of Ridvan for Young Children - Alhan Rahimi https://www.amazon.com/Garden-Ri%E1%B8%8Dv%C3%A1n-Story-Festival-Children-ebook/dp/B0875P7Z3J/

9.    Song - In the Garden of Ridvan – Ruhi.org and Maha Iskandar https://songs.ruhi.org/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCJOdLoYyG8

10.  Article - 7 Ways to Celebrate the Festival of Ridvan at Home – Bahá’í Blog https://www.bahaiblog.net/2017/04/draft-6-ways-celebrate-ridvan-festival/

11. Coloring pages 

https://delighted-hearts.com/2017/04/19/twelve-roses-to-celebrate-ridvan-the-king-of-festivals/

https://delighted-hearts.com/2020/04/01/gift-coloring-page-to-celebrate-ridvan/

https://www.facebook.com/cora.thiele.3/posts/10157836348170528

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lWSJ... 

12. Song - Let’s Sing a Song About Ridvan by Hailey Fudu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8KTkjUoHYM

Baha'i mom and poet Andrea Hope shares about the Baha’i Festival of RIdvan. This episode includes a reading of the poem “Baha’u’llah in the Garden of Ridvan" by Robert Hayden. 

 Note 107 of the Kitab-i-Aqdas: https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/kitab-i-aqdas/14#170824240

Ridvan is Everywhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6j022cYmfU

YouTube video The Festival of Ridvan for children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uKgA-ZPJKs&t=6s 

Ridvan banners on Etsy: 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AGladsomeHeart
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DelightedHeartsShop
https://www.etsy.com/shop/PAPALOTESHOP

Baha'u'llah in the Ridvan Garden by Robert Hayden

Agonies confirm His hour,
and swords like compass-needles turn
toward His heart,

The midnight air is forested
with presences that shelter Him
and sheltering praise

The auroral darkness which is God
and sing the word made flesh again
in Him.

Eternal exile whose return
epiphanies repeatedly
foretell

He watches in a borrowed garden,
prays. And sleepers toss upon
their armored beds,

Half-roused by golden knocking at
the doors of consciousness. Energies
like angels dance

Glorias of recognition.
Within the rock the undiscovered suns
release their light.

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Website: www.andreahope.org