Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
From the daily archives:
Every morning I read something from the Baha’i sacred writings. I do this in obedience to Baha’u’llah’s command. It’s my obligation. But, more than that, this reading is food for my soul.
The odes of Jalaluddin Rumi have been a kind spiritual dessert to the main course of Baha’u’llah’s writings during this Fast. Here’s ode [...]
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Back in February 2005 I gave a paper at a conference at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London on the theme: Does God Believe in Human Rights? I was very pleased a few days ago when the edited volume of the papers from the conference (published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands) dropped through [...]
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Well, yesterday was a marathon. Erica and I both serve on the executive committee for Baha’i Books UK, formerly known as the Baha’i Publishing Trust. Two other members of the five-member committee live in our neighbouring Baha’i community and we all left together just after 8 a.m. for the two-hour drive to Birmingham, where Helena, [...]
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