Archive for April, 2011

On Thanks to Kim’s Mix CD: I’m young again

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I gave Kim one of my Ayyam-i-Ha mix CDs. So she put together a mix CD of some of her favorite songs for me. I was not familiar with a single song or group. That’s sad. But after listening to nothing but Kim’s CD while riding in the car the past two weeks, I can now song these songs are mine (even though I don’t always understand the lyrics). I was old, but now I’m young again. Thank you, Kim. -gw
 
> I guess it’s ’cause, still waters run,
> Run deep in me
> Cause I got this crazy way…
> Crazy way I’m swimming in still waters. 
 
Still Waters -  Jim White
 
> A moment, a love
> A dream aloud
 
Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
 
> I’m walking on a broken roof
> While I’m looking at the sky
 
 I’m Not Your Toy – La Roux
 
> I keep dancin’ on my own
> (I keep dancin’ on my own)
 
Dancing on My Own – Robyn
 
> Robert’s got a quick hand.
> He’ll look around the room, he won’t tell you his plan.
 
Pumped Up Kicks – Foster the People
  

On Participating in the Prevalent Discourses of Society: A conceptual framework

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The Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity believes that the two-fold moral purpose of every human being is to develop their latent potentialities through efforts to contribute to the advancement of civilization. At this critical juncture in history, the advancement of civilization entails the construction of a global social order, based on a profound consciousness of the oneness of humanity, in which justice is the central organizing principle, and the well-being and prosperity of all peoples is pursued.
 
In 1969 I attended the week-long Baha'i Youth for One World Seminar in Evanston, Illinois. It was transformative.  If I were a youth today I would want to attend one of these. -gw
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On Out of Egypt: Baha’is offer an open letter to their fellow citizens

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From: Northwest BahaiLibrary

Today the Baha'is of Egypt offered an open letter to their fellow citizens.

See: Bahá'í World News Service  http://news.bahai.org/story/817

English edition of the letter is here with blog responses:

http://www.bahai-egypt.org/2011/04/open-letter-to-people-of-egypt.html

Robert

 
 
Thanks to Robert and Bilo. -gw

On Alden Penner: Odes to the House

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Odes to the House is Penner’s call to action. This isn’t about you. It’s about freedom and humankind. All of your fears and concerns need to be put aside. Prayer and unity will pull us through. Look, I’m not a religious man (and certainly know next to nothing about Bahá’í Faith) or political in nature, but the comfort I find in Penner’s songs – and sorry to paraphrase a great man like Gandhi here – makes me what to become the changes we all “like” when we read about them on facebook. Isn’t the desire to make things better what we are all fighting for?

http://www.herohill.com/2011/04/reviews-alden-penner-odes-to-the-house.htm

 
another report from Canada, where we have wonderful Baha'i talent!

A tip from my faithful correspondent Up North. -gw
 
Alden Penner, former front man for Unicorns and Clues, doesn’t sing out of desperation. No, his heartfelt four-song EP Odes to the House, is meant to inspire and sympathize. On Penner’s four month trek from Bamako, Mali to Haifa, Israel what he saw gave birth to four acoustic numbers that he offers up to those burdened by political and civil disarray. It’s a spiritual journey, one without a final destination. The songs, constructed on nothing more than an acoustic, were written to be sung anywhere and by anyone. Huddled in the corners, holding hands with eyes closed, hoping not to be detected, but dying to be heard. These songs echo off walls, dance around corners and shake the floors and ceilings. They fill rooms and cause your heart to pound till you think it might explode.

 

On Photos for the Month of Jalal: Glory, glory! Hallelujah!

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Glory, glory! Hallelujah! -gw
 
 

On Holding Regular Devotions Before Football Practice: Support from a Tacoma Tiger

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Daily prayer and intimate communion with God is the foundation for a life devoted to spiritual advancement and service to humanity.
 
 
Thanks to the Pierce County Baha'i friends for all of the support they have provided in getting regular devotions going before the Tacoma Invaders football practice. Thanks to the Salishan children, including one Tacoma Tiger, whose presence was especially meaningful.  -gw
 

On We Could Have Gone Shopping: Alternatives to a materialistic existence

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On the evening we finished Ruhi Book 1 Tom and Renee shared how the Baha'i Faith came up in their lives. -gw
 
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On Spring Trying to Disguise Herself: Like this robin

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Spring has tried to disguise itself this year. Like this robin in the KMHS parking lot. Nevertheless the flowering trees of springtime are … flowering, as in this shot taken at the "entrance" to Bremerton by the naval shipyard.
 
 
Spring is like this robin, like it or not, consider it here.
 
 
KMHS employees head to Illahee for a Tuesday noontime hike. -gw
 

On Ten Months in Prison for Having a Facebook Page: Arrested for being a Baha’i

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Thank you, Thomas, for bringing this to my attention. -gw

On the Intensive Baha’i Expansion Campaign Is Supposed To Be Intense: Goal achieved

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It's Day 3 of our 9-day intensive expansion campaign. We consulted on our goals and how we intended to achieve them at the Baha'i Cluster Reflection Meeting that preceeded by a week the beginning of our teaching effort. I'm feeling a little tired already, but this brief period is supposed to be intense. Goal achieved.
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 -gw

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