December 10th, 2011 | by Admin | published in featured, Stories of Abdu'l-Baha, teaching
Another characteristic always apparent was His silence. In the world of social and intellectual intercourse to which I was accustomed silence was almost unforgivable. From the collegiate with his, or her, “line,” to the lawyer, doctor, minister, statesman–a ready answer, a witty bon mot, a wise remark, a knowing smile was stock-in-trade. They all had their “line,” [...]
February 7th, 2011 | by janna | published in community, teaching
After our fourth Brunch/Devotional, we started to think about doing a community service project. Just like we read in Ruhi Book 2, “Mr. Sanchez remarked that unity did not simply mean enjoying one another’s company but involved working together and building together.” We also wanted to work and build together.
January 26th, 2011 | by janna | published in community, core activities, teaching
When my youngest daughter, Lua, was about 4 months old and I started to feel ready to emerge out of the cave I was living in, I decided to try and meet some of my neighbours with young ones with the intention to invite them to a Children’s Devotional. I met two wonderful souls with [...]
January 24th, 2011 | by Susanne Alexander | published in health, old/new world order, teaching, tests
Have you noticed how often you and everyone you know these days is lamenting the lack of time? It could be tattooed across our foreheads: I’m too busy to…. We can’t go to the Feasts or Assembly meetings, we can’t tutor or attend a study circle, do a home visit, lead a junior youth group, [...]
January 17th, 2011 | by janna | published in community, teaching
I was originally asked to give a “mom’s perceptive” to this blog, probably based on the fact that I have two toddlers (one of them is screaming as I type. Joy). I mulled over that for a bit, and pretty much concluded that the last thing I wanted to do on my time off was [...]
January 11th, 2011 | by Leili | published in pioneer, teaching
My husband and I recently had the opportunity to move to Northern Canada, a remote town in the Northwest Territories. If you want to read some of our experiences in-depth, click here to access our blog. The Baha’is here have been wonderful to us and have helped us tremendously, from making us feel welcome to securing [...]
