Personal Deepening? Community Deepening? Firesides? Preparing Elevated Conversations? History? Deep Reflection on the Creative Word? The Wilmette Institute’s Web Talks on its YouTube site has you covered. Here are some categories that will help you make choices:
Refashioning the society around you (The Universal House of Justice, December 29, 2015, par. 24)
History “Study and deep reflection upon the Creative Words” / personal “transformation” / learning “to express” “profound concepts and to explore spirituality in conversations of significance” (The Universal House of Justice, December 29, 2015, letter, par. 14)
Of course, categories are fluid. Web Talks on history and on preparing yourself to participate in elevated conversations are grounded in the Bahá’í writings. Each Web Talk has links to: (1) a short description of the talk and biographical information about the speaker; (2) the Web Talk itself; and (3) a longer review article about the talk. For lists of Web Talks given in 2015, 2016, and 2017 Web Talks,
click here. A typical Web Talk lasts about 45 minutes, with 30 minutes of questions and answers afterward.
2017 January 22, 2017
Annette Reynolds
“Trudy White and the Bahá’í Spiritual Path in South Carolina” 2016 December 4, 2016
Louis Venters
“No Jim Crow Church: The History of the South Carolina Bahá’í Community” November 27, 2016
Shahrokh Monjazeb
“A Divine Proclamation Like No Other! Bahá’u’lláh’s Súratu’l-Mulúk (The Epistle of King)—Part 1: Historical Contextualization & Essential Features of the Tablet” October 16, 2016
Roshan Danesh
“Imagining Baha’i Law” September 25, 2016
Todd Lawson
“
Baha’u’llah, The Return of Joseph” August 28, 2016
Julio Savi
“The Dawning of the Bahá’í Faith on the European Continent” June 6, 2016
Trip Barthel
“Creativity in Consultation” May 8, 2016
Stephen Phelps
“‘I Am the Mystic Fane’: The Nature of the Manifestation in the Baha’i Writings” March 26, 2016
Vasu Mohan
“Six Revolutionary Teachings about Gender Equality in the Bahá’í Faith” February 14, 2016
Brian Aull
“Consultation: A Revolutionary Model of Democratic Governance” January 17, 2016
Shahrokh Monjazeb
“Veiled and Concealed in the Hidden Habitation of His Inner Being: Revelation in the Síyah Chal” 2015 November 15, 2015
Steve Friberg
“Science and Religion: Reconciliation, Cooperation, and Harmonious Development” October 25, 2015
Sovaida Maani Ewing
“Building a World Federation: The Key to Solving Our Global Crises” September 27, 2015
Baharieh Rouhani Maani
“The Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees” September 6, 2015
Arthur Lyon Dahl
“Navigating the Storm: The Transition to Sustainability” August 30, 2015
Susanne Alexander
“Healthy, Unified Marriages as Service to Humanity” June 7, 2015
Sandra Lynn Hutchison
“Windows on Divine Wisdom: Accessing the Meaning of the Bahá’í Revelation” May 9, 2015
Moojan Momen
“The Re‑Creation and Utilization of a Community’s Memories: Shoghi Effendi and Baha’i History” May 3, 2015
Christopher Buck
“God and Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America” March 1, 2015
Anne Perry
“Where Spirit Intersects Art” February 1, 2015
Ian Kluge
“The Baha’i Proofs for God” January 18, 2015
John Hatcher
“The Face of God Among Us”