19 Mithqals of Gold I don't know how many times I've seen that phrase in my readings of the Writings: 19 Mithqals of gold. What is it? Fortunately, a...

Study Guides A few friends have recently approached me regarding the studies I've done with the Ridvan message. They all asked the same question. &qu...

Hyacinths The other day, I was listening to Marielle pray, and she was reciting a passage from Gleanings: " Be as resigned and submissive as the ...

The "Gay Marriage" Issue OK. This is to show that I am not afraid of tackling the "big issues". But also, I must remind you, dear Reader, that this is on...

A Hidden Concern, Part 2 As you know from yesterday's post, a question was raised to me (by my wife) about 2 of the Hidden Words. She was wondering about the use...

Backbiting A few years ago there was, for some odd reason, an increase in the amount of backbiting in my community. We never did figure out what the re...

Bahai-lloween When 'Abdu'l-Baha was in the West, so the story goes, He was looking over a dance floor with one of His companions. This companion w...

11 One of the problems with writing a blog is that everyone and their uncle, their aunt, their neighbour's dog and their cousin's-neigh...

Unit Convention I have had a few people ask me, in recent weeks, about the Unit Convention and how it works. Well, that's not quite true. Some of the ...