April 13th, 2011 |
by Susanne Alexander |
published in
bahai concepts, community, core activities, parenting
“Our children need to be nurtured spiritually and to be integrated into the life of the Cause.” (Universal House of Justice, Ridván 2000) Our cluster (geographically greater Cleveland, Ohio, USA) is learning how to integrate children into most activities. Yesterday we tried it with part of the quarterly reflection-on-learning gathering for a few minutes.
February 26th, 2011 |
by E. Talisman |
published in
parenting
Prayer and Parenting Enter a father and 3-year-old daughter preparing for bedtime. The little girl is visibly tired, dangling her body like a marionette while her equally exhausted daddy tries to remain composed as he encourages her to get dressed. After 20-minutes of wrestling on a one-piece, pink, butterfly pajama, the tuckered tag-team jump into [...]
February 2nd, 2011 |
by E. Talisman |
published in
parenting
The following is the first in a series of posts that I have dedicated to the subject of parenting. Your feedback is very welcome. As an ex-employee for a major bookstore, I am very aware of the hundreds and thousands of guides, workbooks, biographies, and related works discussing the many struggles and joys of parenthood. [...]