Feb 12th, 2009
by Clare O'Brien.
This Saturday Oxford University Baha’i Society is going to have an amazing workshop for anyone who wants to get involved in social action through junior youth empowerment!
What is Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment?
The objective of the junior youth groups are the empowerment of participants through the development of spiritual perception, the enhancement of their [...]
Feb 3rd, 2009
by Clare O'Brien.
Rose Hill, here we come!
Grace Kermani and I have officially moved into our new home today! We decided to move a few months ago in order to be closer to the Nepalese population that we work with in Rose Hill, Oxford. Although Rose Hill is just 10 minutes up the road from Iffley Heights were [...]
Jan 24th, 2009
by Clare O'Brien.
Do I have “Thrill Issues”?
Yesterday’s post on confirmation got me thinking about all the wonderful things that have happened to me in my life right moments after bad things have happened. One of the words that has been used to describe me is “accident prone” or “girl with thrill issues” both of these implying that [...]
Jan 23rd, 2009
by Clare O'Brien.
What to write about?
Last night as I was dozing off in front of my computer (as I often do) I posted on my facebook status the question, “what should I write about next?”. I got all sorts of wonderful responses and messages with suggestions. One of them that jumped out at me was saying that [...]
Jan 10th, 2009
by Clare O'Brien.
A writing Workshop
While at the Changing Times Conference this past Christmas Holiday I attended a workshop lead by Holiday Reinhorn (who just so happens also to be Rainn Wilson’s AMAZING wife). She is also an award-winning author in her own right. We did some writing exercises to get our writing juices flowing and this is [...]