https://shininglamppress.com/home daily 1.0 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ac8b6610d6f1042ea75ed/1629408644562-LCTSWOGR6ZZ0HOUMAHJP/small+4mb+perseverance.png Home - At Shining Lamp Press, we create meaningful children’s books inspired by the Baha’i Faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ac8b6610d6f1042ea75ed/1637386938152-WVUREI4GLIPITU9WAJDB/Celeste%2BFinn_Salma%2BKilaouy_Copley%2BSquare_Boston_2020-08-08%2B330pm_1597102138_recR2QxWF6h6MvePE_103.jpg Home - Our Mission Shining Lamp Press was created by Celeste Finn to create and publish high-quality, meaningful, and beautiful books that inspire children to grow emotionally and spiritually. “The Kind Servant” and “Make of Me a Shining Lamp” were both published in 2021 to share the life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to young children. Want to help? We need volunteers to edit, translate, design our ongoing works! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ac8b6610d6f1042ea75ed/1637385702897-ZQXTVTXT22NK04VFZ6E1/FRONG+COVER_Make-me-a-shining-lamp+%28old+spine%29.png Home - Make Me a Shining Lamp: Helping Children Explore Virtues through the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Make Me a Shining Lamp is a collection of nine short stories that share the life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in a fun and inspirational way for children four to eight. Each story teaches a virtue and includes a quote from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, a reflection question, and a prayer. Forming a relationship with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is an exciting journey for children. Learning to love 'Abdu’l-Bahá inspires children to connect with their best selves and nurture the seeds of virtue within their hearts. Virtues serve as compass points to guide a child’s choices and actions, helping them become shining lamps and brilliant stars. Prayers and reflections at the end of each story help young hearts think about their lives and values while nurturing a meaningful relationship with their Creator. Dispersed throughout the book are photos of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. His tender eyes and magnetic countenance serve to both engage and open hearts. “...human reality may be compared to a seed. If we sow the seed, a mighty tree appears from it... All these virtues were hidden and potential in the seed.” -‘Abdu’l-Bahá https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ac8b6610d6f1042ea75ed/1623444229793-N2HY41BK91M5IFYHDDN9/8.5+Hardcover+The+Kind+Servant+Correct.png Home - The Kind Servant: A Joyful Poem about 'Abdu'l-Bahá' 'Abdu'l-Bahá' led the Baha'i' Faith after His Father, Bahá'u'lláh, passed away. He lived a life of service to humanity and was loving to all who met Him. This book was written to share 'Abdu'l-Bahá's spirit of kindness, joy, and prayerfulness. Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers will delight in the playful rhyme and beautiful images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602ac8b6610d6f1042ea75ed/1623444229793-N2HY41BK91M5IFYHDDN9/8.5+Hardcover+The+Kind+Servant+Correct.png Home - I am Bahá'í!: A Children's Book about the Baháí Faith I am Baháʼí! was written to share some of the core Baháʼís principles in a language simple enough for most three-year-olds to understand. Messages to spark a young child's spiritual development include God's love for them, their belonging to one human family, and their ability to ask God for help. Spiritual Foundations: An Early Childhood Series on World Faiths Spiritual Foundations was written to be a part of an inclusive anti-bias education to introduce world religions to young children. We believe that through representation and understanding, we can overcome religious prejudice. The series will include Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, and Taoist religions, as well as agnostic, non-belief, spiritual, and indigenous traditions. 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