Ramjan’s “The Spiritual Education of Children & Junior Youth” presents us with an admirable commentary on some of the Baha’i perspectives of what is required in such a process. Much of his information is gleaned from documents from the International Teaching Centre, and more specifically from a recent talk by Counselor Stephen Hall.
OneCountry, an online [...]
The Baha’i Junior Youth Empowerment Campaign is about giving the Junior Youth spiritual skills, values and knowledge as world citizens. To complement this, and in the spirit of ‘walking the spiritual path with practical feet’ here are some of my favourite personal productivity articles. In many cases, I have given specific links to the actual [...]
Some funky blog posts by Baha’is
Love me, that I may love thee
Learning In Action
Spiritual Group empowers Carrboro Youth
Inspiration for Baha’i Teaching give the story ‘An American gentleman opened his door. Surprised to see the team, he asked what they wanted. Hearing the explanation, he said, “I am leaving now. Could you meet me in ten [...]
WITHOUT A DOUBT, the Global Kids’ Digitial Media Initiative is one of the most inspiring, and yet down-to-earth projects out there. Certainly worth looking at, is their Digital Media Essay section. Similarly, Life Round Here, is very similar with work from 10-13 year olds from around the world submitting Digital stories. Also, Global Learning: Connecting [...]
A springboard for amazing resources for youth, parents and educators in empowering the youth to change the world:
Get Global: ‘Information, support, and ideas for developing a Global Citizenship approach in your school‘ by Oxfam.
Free the Children: Find your gift. Find your passion! Put them together, ‘and you will change the world. It only takes one [...]
Leader Talk offers some interesting insights into ‘Protect or Prepare: Which is better for Children?‘ Also, Thoma at OpenEducation discusses the premise ‘To Raise Smart and Successful Children focus on a Work Ethic‘, whilst “One positive relationship can make a huge difference for ‘at risk’ students” where a teacher recounts ‘I’ve found that students learn [...]
ON THE MIND of every Baha’i around the world are the Regional Baha’i conferences that are happening all around the world.The official reports of the Regional Conferences as they come in, can be found here. You can also find Online videos of various Baha’i Regional Conferences:(Manila, Lumbashi, Bangalore, Johnannesburg, New Delhi, Atlanta, Anotfagusta, and more) [...]
Here are some seriously deep questions which are a perfect starting point for personal reflection:
What are you known for?‘ (via Performancing)
Who inspires you to be better at what you do?‘ (Jim Kukral)
You don’t have to love your job to find fulfillment (Dumb Little Man)
How do you find purpose in your work? (Caroline Middlebrook)
How to find [...]
‘The Louhellen Experience begins‘, an attempt by a student of the International Louheleln Baha’i School to express some of his feelings on this soothing and peaceful place where he did hi sYouth Year of Service.
‘Hungry for Solutions: Can the Youth Fix the Future?‘ reports on the Portland Youth Summit as part of its Global Citizens [...]
Isn’t it time you talked to your Neighbour? A recent survey on Neighbourhoods by Full of Life, shows what I think is a very worrying trend (though hardly unexpected).
8% of people don’t their neighbour’s name
20% have hardly ever spoken to their neighbours,
58% think that neighbor are becoming more distant
However, in contrast to the ever-constant barrage [...]
