Archive for March, 2006

International Women’s Day

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Today is International Women’s Day. Celebrated since 1911, It’s commemorated by the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. And wouldn’t you know it? The ever-industrious US Baha’i website has a few stories up to mark the occasion including a profile of the late Patricia Locke, who was inducted into [...]

Baha’i physician’s trip to Mongolia

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Quick post about an article up on SouthCoast Massachusetts News about Dr. Iraj Mottahed’s recent trip to Mongolia as part of the Mongolian International Physician Exchange:
According to Dr. Mottahed, the Baha’i faith is growing in Mongolia, and women, in particular, are receptive to the religion which promotes the unity of all mankind. Having been under [...]

Thief in the Night appears in Martinsville

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

I can’t say that I really know what to make of this column by ordained minister George Plagenz in the Martinsville Reporter-Times. Little more than a book report for William Sears’ ‘Thief in the Night’, the column runs back over Sears’ investigations into the Great Disappointment and his subsequent discovery of the Baha’i [...]

more baha’i blogs

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Ok, so since I got in so much trouble for keeping Baha’i Views to myself for so long, I guess I’d better share a few more baha’i blogs that I read:
doberman pizza. a baha’i blog. is the first Baha’i blog that I read and still one of my first stops every morning.
The adventrues of [...]

Baha’i Views

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Alright, I’d better come clean: Back in January the wondrous magical internet dropped a blog into my rss reader called Baha’i Views - Pithy excerpts on the issues of of the day. So I checked it out. And it was cool, but I was really thinking: fine fine, another new years resolution blog that’s [...]

Baha’i prayers online

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Just a quick post to respond to San who wrote in asking about prayers for fasting online. Well, you can find the entire US prayer book (which, of course, includes a few prayers for the fast) at the the Baha’i refernece library or you can just dowload the whole book as a [...]

Glorious Sacrifice

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Cinequest Online is currently hosting a movie made by a Canadian Bahá’í called Glorious Sacrifice. Here is the synopsis from the site:
A Canadian artist, a native of Iran, examines short letters from a father whose accounts were secretly passed on by a sympathetic guard in the prison. By painting an expression of the ordeal, the [...]