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Mar 7, 2016

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Video for Long fasting prayer

During the fast, just after breakfast, at the hint of dawn, our family recites prayers to prepare us for the day and to feel the spirit of the fast. It is a special time of day – the most spiritual ..

Mar 5, 2016

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Bahai Fasting Prayer

The Baha’i fast is well under way and I am often reminded of how precious these days are as the fast is an opportunity to reflect and meditate on the spiritual aspects of life.  Music plays a large part during ..

Mar 2, 2016

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Every Hour of These Days

A year ago I posted this blog about a new piece I composed entitled, ‘Every Hour of These Days’ specially for the fast… All around the world, Baha’is fast during a period of 19 days from sunrise to sunset from ..

Feb 29, 2016

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Ten Lucky Friends!

A few days ago, at the start of Ayyam-i-Ha, I asked friends on my mailing list to comment on what they were grateful for.  Thank you to those of you who responded.  It was so lovely to see so much ..

Feb 27, 2016

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Send an Ayyam-i-Ha Gift of Music!

Are you still looking for a perfect gift to give for Ayyam-i-Ha?  My new ‘Meditations for the Fast’ album can be sent as a digital download!  Simply go to my website, click on the ‘Send as Gift’ button and fill ..

Feb 25, 2016

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What are you grateful for?

I have just sent a music gift download of a new composition, ‘Harm No Soul’, to friends on my mailing list for the Festival of Ayyam-i-Ha! I have invited the members of my mailing list to write something they are grateful for in ..

Feb 22, 2016

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Ayyam-i-Ha gifts!

In a couple of days, I will be giving away an Ayyam-i-Ha gift as well as 10 gift album downloads of my latest album, ‘Meditations for the Fast’, to those who are on my mailing list.  If you have not ..

Feb 18, 2016

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Where there is love…

This is one of my favourite quotations on love from Abdu’l-Baha which I included on an album I released a few years ago entitled ‘Birds of Love’.  A few days ago, I shared a link to a new page on ..

Feb 14, 2016

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Resources for nurturing Love and Marriage

Many couples around the world have been celebrating Valentines Day and so it seems like a good opportunity to share with you a new page on my website with resources for nurturing love and marriage.  The page includes two e-booklets ..

Feb 9, 2016

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Baha'i Prayer for the Departed

The piece, ‘Prayer for the Departed’ is dear to my heart as it was composed for a friend’s father who passed away several years ago.  I sang it at his memorial just days after I composed it.  I remember singing the ..