Category Archives: Bahá’í

Fairtrade – A Bahá’í Perspective from the Writings

For Fairtrade Fortnight, my local Bahá’í Community used our monthly open evening to hold an event called “Fairtrade – A Bahá’í Perspective”. We invited along a guest speaker from Traidcraft who gave a wonderful presentation on what Fairtrade is and how … Continue reading 

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What is the Bahá’í view regarding politics?

Bahá’ís take their civic responsibilities seriously and uphold the authority of established governments through loyalty and obedience to the laws of their country. While participating in elections for their government, they abstain from partisanship, and so do not join political … Continue reading 

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Bahá’í Geekness

Today I saw a wonderful idea for a t-shirt on Design The Faith, designed by Mideast Youth, its basically a way of delivering the idea of progressive revelation, twitter style! I loved the idea, but I think it needed just … Continue reading 

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What if I Die Abroad?

This weekend at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, two German women, Gitta Jarant and Anke Anusic were arrested at the check-in desk with the body of Curt Willi Jarant, a 91 year old man, whom it turned out was dead. The women … Continue reading 

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Election Fever

Coming up in the next few weeks, I have two very important and very different elections that I am required to participate in. The first is the local Bahá’í election for our new local Spiritual Assembly, and the second is … Continue reading 

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Milk, Eggs & Pilgrimage

This is our third week of Riverford Veg Boxes, and this week we got Jerusalem artichokes, an ugly looking veg, but I am looking forward to trying it out. My sister-in-law, Jane is coming to stay with us for a … Continue reading 

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Uni(Tea)

I am an Englishman, which means I have a built in love of tea, I am also a Baha’i, and if you haven’t noticed it,  Baha’is are “powered by tea”. But I don’t just love tea, I adore tea, I … Continue reading 

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Typhoo Going Fairtrade

I have been informed that Typhoo is responding to Traidcrafts and the WIs Make it Fair campaign and become the first of the UKs big five tea producers to go Fairtrade. Fantastic news in my opinion, hopefully its a 100% … Continue reading 

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19 Day Fast Times 2010

Sunrise & Sunset Times for Newcastle upon Tyne At Latitude 55°00′N, Longitude 1°36′W For the year 166 BE (2010 CE) Date Sunrise Sunset ‘Alá’ 1 (March 2) Tuesday 6:53am 6:53am ‘Alá’ 2 (March 3) Wednesday 6:51:am 5:46pm ‘Alá’ 3 (March … Continue reading 

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Fairtrade – A Bahá’í Perspective

At the Newcastle Bahá’í Centre, we have recently started a monthly open deepening/fireside, exploring different themes within the Faith. It all started with some deepening’s we received from the NSA on the fund and we kind of carried it on. … Continue reading 

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