Recently I’ve been wondering what goes through someone’s head when they decide to change religions. I grew up Baptist, so I have my own experiences to draw on, but it’s been a few years since I became a Baha’i. I wondered if the feelings surrounding...
A couple of weeks ago we had a really great set of Bicentenary celebrations in my cluster near New York City. Literally hundreds of people showed up, spiritually connected with Baha’u’llah and each other, and I think I can safely say that a lot of...
About a week or so ago, B.o.B., a famous American rapper, made a statement on Twitter that got a lot of attention in the media: He said that he believes our earth is flat — not round, as we have been led to believe. Most of his...
Tell me if you've heard this one before: Imagine someone walks up to you to chat at a party. You talk for a while about work or the family, but a little unexpectedly (or expectedly!) the subject of the Faith gets brought up. "What's that?", they...
So, imagine you’re going pioneering to China in a few months. I don’t know about you, but the first thing I’d do (after doing a lot of praying) is start learning to speak and write Mandarin, closely followed by trying to understand how they see and...
Alright, your Local Spiritual Assembly finally decided to take the leap and build a website for your Baha'i community — and they've asked YOU to be in charge of the project. What did you do to be so lucky? Assuming they didn't hire a web...
It's the age old question — what kind of photos do you use when building your local Baha'i website? Beautiful stock photos, which may or may not look authentic to your community, or original photos, which don't look quite as snappy but show the real...
Like a lot of guys, I hate getting my hair cut. I mean, I'm not afraid that the barber is going to cut off my ears like I was when I was a kid or anything like that. It's just that when I go to...
First I want to tell you a quick story about a city. My city. Then we'll talk about what it can mean for the growth of your local Baha'i community. My wife and I recently moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, so close to Manhattan that...
I've got a dirty secret. My Baha'i community doesn't do home visits. There's a story to it, I'm sure. As far as I can tell, there's an unspoken agreement not to even say the term "home visit" out loud for fear of making someone upset. Not...
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