Comments on: A Baha’i misses Blog Action Day!

By: Barney

Barney — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:19:21 +0000

Ah, I hadn’t thought about the difficulty of putting fingers in ears and holding one’s nose at the same time – but it is just about possible (I’ve just tried it).

Thanks you for your kind comment about the post. I have to catch up with everyone else’s posts yet.

I’m glad you found the passage I quoted beautiful. It is definitely one of my favourites – it says so much about who we are and how we should be in relationship to each other.

By: Tess

Tess — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:03:26 +0000

Do you realise just how difficult it is to put your fingers in your ears and hold your nose at the same time??
I’m sorry you had these unpleasant few days, but you came through magnificently with this post.
Thank you for sharing the slides, and I thought the passage you quoted about humankind being leaves, blossoms and fruit of the tree of life was beautiful.

By: Barney

Barney — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:55:15 +0000

Hi, Manijeh, Dan and George. I’m sorry it’s taken so long for your comments to appear here. For some reason they were all trapped by my comment spam filters, so I had to go into my blog’s engine room and untrap them (too many mixed metaphors here!).

@Manijeh, I’m feeling much better now, thanks.

@Dan, I’ll be sure to take a look at your site and you work. Thank you for drawing it to our attention.

@George, thank you so much for your kind comments. I think I needed the time to digest what I was really wanting to say. The post flowed from my fast typing fingers, once I got going. The slides were certainly helpful – and I may now pull some more out of my store of presentations to illustrate some of my blogging themes.

By: Barney

Barney — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:35:24 +0000

Thanks, Phillipe, it was wonderful to have the opportunity of remembering your little one in the Holy Shrines. One day I hope we shall all meet face to face, perhaps in that blessed spot, perhaps elsewhere.

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By: george wesley dannells

george wesley dannells — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:16:04 +0000

I think this may have been the best Blog Action Day post of them all, Barney.

I appreciate your including the slides on One Common Faith.

The Internet is always on, and that is good, but sometimes that is a problem. This time of year is good for a walk in the park. The leaves are turning. This weekend I hope to get out to see them.

By: george wesley dannells

george wesley dannells — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:07:41 +0000

This may be the best blog action day post of them all, Barney.

I really appreciate your including the One Common Faith slides.

The Internet is always on, and that’s good, but we can’t always be on. This time of year a walk in the park is nice around here. The leaves are turning. This weekend I hope to get out to see them.

By: phillipe

phillipe — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:50:48 +0000

Welcome back and thanks for remembering our little one while you were over there.

Nice post.

By: Dan Bassill

Dan Bassill — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:19:50 +0000

I was married at the Baha’i Temple in Chicago in 1986. I received the David Kellum Award, presented in February 1996 by the Baha’i House of Worship.

Thus, I’m pleased to connect with you via the Blog Action Day networking.

I’ve been working to help end poverty for inner city kids, for more than30 years. I’ve been blogging for the past 3 years as part of a networking building strategy and to share ideas that I hope others will adopt.

I use maps to show all of the locations of poverty in the Chicago region, so that leaders of faith groups, businesses, colleges, etc. will focus member time, talent and dollars to many neighborhoods, and provide support that grows this involvement over many years.

I hope you’ll take a look.

By: Manijeh Afnan

Manijeh Afnan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:18:55 +0000

Well at least you have been able to post this a few days later!
Hope you’re feeling a bit better now Barney.