April, 2009
Walking the thin line of teaching at the work place
What an unexpected gift I got today from my capable team! Over the past months they worked hard on launching a new Intranet at my place of gainful employment and now that the web workplace is up and running, I get to use it and brag about it! How cool is that! And how surprised [...]
MANA 3 and 4 arrived!
I love music. I love it live but I also love it recorded. I’ve always loved the feeling of getting a new CD in my hands, unwrapping it with anticipation of the joy of hearing the music for the first time. Years ago, in Bulgaria, I used to run a small business selling tapes and [...]
Prayer Station – Let All Associate
Last night’s Prayer Station was the most special I have ever hosted. Why? Because not one but two outstanding Baha’i bands came to perform and bless my humble apartment not only by praising God but by sharing their talents with us as well! New Creation and TaliaSafa performed a selection of their songs starting with [...]
Pilgrimage to DC
The first time I had any intellectual curiosity about religion was when I came across an old book my grandfather had. Literally translated as “Biblical Events”, I believe it must have been “The Bible as History” by Werner Keller. This was during the days of “mature socialism” in Bulgaria when religion was viewed, thanks to [...]
Prayer Station Invitation “Let All Associate”
Let all associate, therefore, in this great human garden even as flowers grow and blend together side by side. (Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 68) Dear friends! What nurtures your soul? What makes your heart tender? Prayer, music, fellowship, food cooked with love, tea poured in peace, cake shared with smile? Whatever the [...]
Seeing perfection in imperfection
While God is unknowable and beyond our reach, seeing the beauty of His creation is crucial. For how can we claim to love God, if we do not love His creation? But what about imperfections? A flawed human being as I am, I had to embrace my own imperfections as the current state of my [...]
