On Monday March 1st, Baha’is all over the world will begin the 19 day period of spiritual renewal and fasting.  It’s a time of recommitment to spiritual ideals, fellowship with others, and love. It ends with the first day of spring, the physical period of renewal in our world’s seasonal calendar.

Sifter of Dust hosts a program called the 19 Day Challenge that encourages our friends who are not fasting to still join in with us in this period of spiritual renewal.  Every day, morning and evening, we post an inspirational passage taken from the world’s great scriptures, for reflection and meditation. Often, they are associated with music.  Some passages are for memorization, which heightens the experience of spiritual depth.  The program ends on March 19th, the last day of fasting (and the first day of spring!).  Baha’i’s then come together as an entire community to celebrate that day- a day known as “Naw Ruz” or “New Day”.

All of us need a period of dedicated spiritual renewal, and through this program, we invite you to join us in our period of renewal by doing the 19 Day Challenge. Just follow our posts on the main site at sifterofdust.org or follow us on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook- and do the Challenge!

This year, we are also dedicating our Tea House programs on Thursday night for discussion of the posts that week. That will give us all a chance to discuss some of the insights we had. For more details, check out the 19 Day Challenge page.

For a sample of one of the posts we used last year- see here

Please join us for the Challenge! And invite your friends!