Adam L pointed out this article to me about an art piece called a “Prayer Antenna” by Paul Davies. This started me thinking about why people of all faiths (or of no faith in particular) pray. Wikipedia has a good…
Month: July 2006
“O people of Bahá! The source of crafts, sciences and arts is the power of reflection. Make ye every effort that out of this ideal mine there may gleam forth such pearls of wisdom and utterance as will promote the…
(By Buckingham Fountain, click here for a larger image.) I’ve been having a lot of conversations with people lately about transition. I had a shocking moment the other day when I realized that a vast number of friends I formerly…
I dreamed about a house on a cliff last night it went on forever on the coast the waves crashed around and under the foundation it was in the mountains, abandoned there were stories draped around the house the corridors…
Last night at the Junior Youth Animator training we read the following quotation from the Baha’i Writings: “The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to…
Answering questions is such a difficult thing sometimes. I have such an open face, you can read my soul in my eyes and smile most of the time. This is both good and bad. Sometimes we have to be just…
I like bird nests. My sister and I used to collect them as children, along with any eggshell pieces we would find discarded. I like birds, too. But when a bird interferes with my everyday life, I get a little…
Feet sinking in the worn-down rocks When was the last time We felt sea foam around our ankles? I still think that I can spend sand dollars And get change. Spiny horseshoe crabs are banned from the car (sensitive noses,…