Giving Gifts Intentionally
Two weeks ago, two very dear Bahai friends from Maryland visited our family and we spent the day picnicking and swimming in the Yellow Breeches here in Cumberland County, PA. We met this Bahai couple when attending University about 20 years ago. After heartfelt greetings in the driveway (it had been several years since we had seen them in person) they presented us with a gift bag. Inside was an original pen and ink drawing by Dr. David S. Ruhe purchased at auction at the Bahai Center in Haifa during his time of service there with the supreme governing council of the Bahai Faith, the Universal House of Justice. The drawing depicts a spot in the Hula Valley in northern Israel. A place of great natural beauty and a retreat for many animals and birds and visitors seeking solace. I spent two years serving as a youth at the Bahai Center before college and the members of the UHJ had a profound and lasting impact on my Bahai perspective and identity. I think this is mostly attributed to t
