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September 2020

September 07, 2020
Today we are fighting both in the Black Lives Matter movement and through the pandemic,...

May 2020

May 23, 2020
Within the night beneath the shadows of hemlock and spruce, there were mysteries and romance...

April 2020

April 12, 2020
The other day while gardening, I dug into the earth, a mound of loam, with...

March 2020

March 28, 2020
Written by Iljas Baker I switch off the air conditioner, roll up the blind and...
March 15, 2020
All of us at one time or another throughout our lives suffer from some sort...

January 2020

January 01, 2020
Spirituality can be a touchy subject. Our relationship with our Creator is such a sensitive...

December 2019

December 27, 2019
I sit here, just reflecting on life during a 16-hour flight to Doha, and then...

October 2019

October 18, 2019
Today I dug out a rose that had been terribly neglected, to transplant.  It was...

September 2019

September 09, 2019
Whenever I travel by plane, I always look down and see the patches of landscape;...

August 2019

August 01, 2019
I had a conversation with my daughter in Phoenix the other day about fashion—specifically, the...

July 2019

July 26, 2019
Continuously, the eternal bright sunlight radiates throughout the golden, sunlit forest. The tops of trees...

June 2019

June 13, 2019
Written by Iljas Baker If you must call it a battle, let it be the...

May 2019

May 28, 2019
I have been jogging since I was 12 years old. It was part of life...
May 21, 2019
Within these past few months, something inside of me has changed. I became a “reborn”...
May 04, 2019
I want to tell you all a beautiful story of something you will probably never...

April 2019

April 15, 2019
Even before we are born, life chooses for us which type of family we will...

March 2019

March 26, 2019
Someone recently asked me which was more important in attaining Jannah (Paradise): belief or good deeds?...

February 2019

February 26, 2019
I recently had a close brush with death and the one thing I kept worrying...
February 15, 2019
As I was deeply moved As I stood beneath the plum tree And watched it...

January 2019

January 17, 2019
You know how we grow up learning that some people are leaders and others are...

December 2018

December 31, 2018
The rain falls like an ocean of love upon the earth, each drop a universe...

November 2018

November 01, 2018
Due to the #MeToo movement and #BelieveSurvivors, there have been many articles written about sexual abuse....

October 2018

October 01, 2018
When I began to practice Islam, I couldn’t pray Salah (obligatory prayer). The idea of...

September 2018

September 10, 2018
Mental illness is one of those topics that used to be taboo but is starting...

August 2018

August 24, 2018
I was only 8 years old when I was introduced to the formal concept of...
August 14, 2018
I remember how I felt when I first met my spouse, and right after we...
August 02, 2018
Many people ask what the meaning of life is. It does not depend on your...

July 2018

July 20, 2018
Written by Pamella Bowen I was on the scene when the Muslim community of Temecula...
July 10, 2018
I just turned sixty a few months ago and, for a couple of days, it...
July 03, 2018
On a rainy summer morning, I make myself a fresh cup of chai (not Starbucks...
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