Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
From the monthly archives:
In my post about the meeting organized by the Maranatha Community in the House of Lords to discuss the diminution of genuine religious freedom resulting from the lack of reciprocity when a particular religion refuses to recognizes the right of people to leave their religion and choose another, I reported on a presentation in which [...]
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The UK Baha’i National Spiritual Assembly has sent two delegates to support the work of the Baha’i International Community at current session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). One of them is a 13-year-old girl from Cornwall who has lived much of her life in Tanzania.
As this story on the Baha’i [...]
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Michael and Petra Bayfield
Erica and I have just returned from Michael and Petra Bayfield’s wedding at Essebourne Manor, a country hotel near Andover in the beautiful Hampshire countryside.
Erica and I have known Michael for around 30 years and it was wonderful to see him so happy with Petra, whom we met for the first time [...]
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I’ve hesitated to post this report. We in the UK are living in an atmosphere in which, increasingly, we cannot say certain things that we may believe to be true and in which we are constrained to say things we believe to be untrue. The ever growing amount of equality and diversity legislation can be [...]
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I went to Methodist Church House in London this afternoon to be interviewed by Anna Drew for the monthly podcast that is downloadable from Methodist Web Radio. The Methodist Church is holding a month of prayer for inter faith relations and the podcast is part of that month.
Anna had looked at one or more Baha’i [...]
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Ashin’s blog tells how he represented the Baha’i Faith at the recent Diversity and Dialouge event, under the title Believing in London, in the British Library.
It’s worth reading Afshin’s account of the event. It shows that young people, despite the negative press they so often generate, can develop positive understandings of faith and religion and [...]
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Pieter Ruiter (whom I met some years ago when I worked for George Ronald Publisher) has left a comment on my post about the UK Tutors’ Conference in Coventry (which happened last weekend). Pieter has included some interesting thoughts on social evolution on his blog and the new style of social participation that Baha’is are [...]
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Great news – fabrication of components for the new Baha’i temple in Chile in South America has begun, as this story on the Baha’i World News Service makes clear:
The structure will be created by nine translucent alabaster and cast-glass “wings,” which during the day will allow sunlight to filter through. At night the temple will [...]
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You may not think of sitting down with a group of people to study a series of training books as a religious activity. But it’s what large numbers of Baha’is and their friends are doing all around the world.
Baha’is in pretty much every country of the globe have found that a series of courses [...]
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Erica celebrated her birthday on 15 February with this cake!
Erica’s birthday cake, beautifully made by our daughter. Allegedly the figures are members of the family.
Erica and I drove to Coventry on Friday evening to attend the UK Training Institute Tutors’ Conference. Of course (of course?) we went via Northampton so that I could meet our [...]
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