Community Building - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/community-building/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:51:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 What I Know about God https://bahaiteachings.org/what-i-know-about-god/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-i-know-about-god/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=62076 I’ve tried to strengthen my faith through earnest seeking, through more or less constant reflection and prayer, and in trying to do right. Isn’t that the essence of all religious...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-i-know-about-god/feed/ 2 Neighborliness: A Step Toward Unity and Strength https://bahaiteachings.org/neighborliness-a-step-toward-unity-and-strength/ https://bahaiteachings.org/neighborliness-a-step-toward-unity-and-strength/#respond Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75121 In the summer of 2020, our neighbor did something incredible for our family. My husband Tim and I were driving home from Kansas, where we’d gone to see my mother,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/neighborliness-a-step-toward-unity-and-strength/feed/ 0 Surviving Disaster by Building Self-Reliant Communities https://bahaiteachings.org/surviving-disaster-by-building-self-reliant-communities/ https://bahaiteachings.org/surviving-disaster-by-building-self-reliant-communities/#comments Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74745 Surviving Disaster by Building Self-Reliant CommunitiesAs the calendar approached that Y2K day when the year 1999 would flip to 2000, denizens of the computerized world feared that entire virtual systems would shut down.  Because of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-a-spiritual-city-could-look-like/feed/ 4 Recognizing Our Unique Capacities to Make a Difference https://bahaiteachings.org/recognizing-our-unique-capacities-to-make-a-difference/ https://bahaiteachings.org/recognizing-our-unique-capacities-to-make-a-difference/#respond Sat, 14 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86369 All the world’s religions strongly emphasize service, including helping the poor, the sick, the oppressed, and protecting the environment and its wildlife. When we serve, not only do we help...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/recognizing-our-unique-capacities-to-make-a-difference/feed/ 0 Our Neighborhood Festival: How to Bring People Together https://bahaiteachings.org/our-neighborhood-festival-how-to-bring-people-together/ https://bahaiteachings.org/our-neighborhood-festival-how-to-bring-people-together/#respond Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85794 One gloriously sunny September day in northern England, itself a rare occurrence given British weather patterns, I witnessed something I never thought possible.  On the expansive lawn of my neighborhood...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/our-neighborhood-festival-how-to-bring-people-together/feed/ 0 What Are the 5 Different Types of Social Support? https://bahaiteachings.org/what-are-different-types-social-support/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-are-different-types-social-support/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85364 When we experience the different types of social support, we feel close to and cared for by our community. In contrast, as noted in chapter 11 of “Health Promotion in...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-are-different-types-social-support/feed/ 1 The 9 Different Types of Safety: From Physical to Emotional https://bahaiteachings.org/different-types-safety-physical-emotional/ https://bahaiteachings.org/different-types-safety-physical-emotional/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85289 two people hugging and displaying emotional safetyShoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith, stated that the Baha’i community “should feel it to be its first and inescapable obligation to nurture, encourage, and safeguard every minority...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/accompaniment-activating-potential-others/feed/ 5 How to Build Community by Knocking on Doors https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-build-community-by-knocking-on-doors/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-build-community-by-knocking-on-doors/#comments Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84826 A child knocking on a door.My throat constricted as I extended my hand hesitantly. Aware of my seven-year-old daughter and my sixty-something friend standing behind me, I pushed the doorbell with more confidence than I...

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