September, 2009
Update on the International Day at work
A quick update on the International Day at work. We are launching now a cookbook on the company intranet where we invite all participants to submit their recipes. Out of curiosity I asked for a count of how many countries were represented — the answer is 37: USA India Colombia Bolivia Mexico Peru Brazil Sudan [...]
Prayer Station Invitation “Divine Will”
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and [...]
With joyful hearts we all win
“Mitko, I did not know you have it in you!”. What my coworker meant was the ability to dance joyfully, just as the Indians, Carribeans, Latin Americans and anyone who participated in the International Day at work today. I told her “We all have it within us, we just need a chance to share it”. [...]
Community dance and banana bread
As I was joining the horo, the Bulgarian line dance which was the centerpiece of this Saturday’s celebration of the Bulgarian community in the metropolitan Washington, DC, I couldn’t help but reflect on how natural it was to reach out and hold the hand of the next person in the line. And it made no [...]
Prayer Station Invitation: Divine Trumpet Blast
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation. (Jewish Torah (Law), Vayikra (Leviticus), 23:23-24) Arise, and proclaim unto the entire [...]
Reunions and Separations
4. O SON OF JUSTICE! Whither can a lover go but to the land of his beloved? and what seeker findeth rest away from his heart’s desire? To the true lover reunion is life, and separation is death. His breast is void of patience and his heart hath no peace. A myriad lives he would [...]
Prayer Station Invitation: Divine Refuge
What refuge is there beside Thee, O my Lord, to which I can flee, and where is there a haven to which I can hasten? (Baha’i Faith, Bahá’u’lláh, Baha’i Prayers, p. 255) Every word of God is tried; He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him. (Judaism / Christianity, Holy Bible, Proverbs, [...]
Sept. 12th: An Evening in Support of the Bahá’ís of Iran
Dear friends, I would like to personally invite you all to a public gathering in support of religious freedom and human rights in Iran, which will be hosted by Bahá’ís from communities in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area on Saturday, September 12 at 7 p.m. at the Lisner Auditorium of George Washington University. The event [...]
Birthday cake baking fathers of the world, unite
Unto every father hath been enjoined the instruction of his son and daughter in the art of reading and writing and in all that hath been laid down in the Holy Tablet. (Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 37) Love. Love is what has been laid down in the Holy Tablet. Many more laws indeed but the [...]
