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A Lesson in Trust

January 26, 2012

One day a woman came to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with her sorrows. As she told her story,‘Abdu’l-Bahá tried to calm her and said, “Don’t be sad now, don’t be sad.” The Woman said, “My brother has been in prison for three years. He should not have been imprisoned because it was not his fault. He was weak and followed others. He will be in prison for four more years. My mother and father are full of sorrow all the time. My brother in law used to take care of us, but he has just d...

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Integrating Children into Community Life

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.

Reflections on Parenting: a Bahá’í perspective (Part 2)

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 [...]


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