Just a Bahai Blog
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I am Sonja van Kerkhoff, an artist and a Bahai living in the Netherlands. I started this blog in response to being blocked from a Dutch Bahai discussion list (30th August 2009). My first blog explains what this is about
and now I use this blog for any Bahai related stuff I write which often are responses to comments made by Bahais.
Just a Bahai Blog
1y ago
A Baha’i wrote that same-sex marriage is never possible because of the following quotation by Abdu’l-Baha: “The marriage of the Baha’is means that both man and woman must become spiritually and physically united, so that they may have eternal unity throughout all the divine worlds and improve the spiritual life of each other. This is ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
On the 27th of February a Bahai commented on my 2011 blog: “NARTH is not anti-gay but studies and uses an approach to psychotherapy for individuals choosing to address same sex attractions.” First, I went to look at my own references to NARTH because implied in his comment was the idea that NARTH was worth ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
Around the world Bahais are commemorating the centenary of the passing of Abdul-Baha. My friend Sean wrote the following: I want to honor my Baha’i friends and family on the Eve of the Centenary of the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l Bahá. One hundred years ago a very special soul passed from this world to the next, he ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
“…it is not possible to recognize a same-sex union within the Baha’i community…” Thanks for your comments Michael, for me as a Bahai, the issue is what is in the Will and Testament of Abdul-Baha (“…Whatsoever they decide has the same effect as the Text itself. Inasmuch as the House of Justice hath power to ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
My favourite quotation is Baha’u’llah’s “My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.” (Baha’u’llah, The Hidden Words) For me this stresses that our goal in life should be to make the world a nicer, kinder, safer place for all, in any ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
Lucas (17 years) started communicating with me in 2014 because of our common interest in Esperanto. He was living and studying in Brazil and had declared as a Bahai 3 months earlier through one of his professors who is a Bahai. Upon learning that my main concern in the Bahai community was for the wellbeing ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
When I heard the following paper being presented at the 1988 Bahai Studies conference in New Zealand it seemed to me that the phrase by Abdul-Baha “the sun at high noon” meant when the timing is right or when time has passed. Here is the whole text: “The House of Justice, however, according to the ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
Recently in response to the article, Recognizing and Respecting the Sacred Lakota Traditions by Christopher Buck + Kevin Locke on the BahaiTeachings blog a Baha’i objected to the idea that White Buffalo Calf Woman could be a Prophet of God for the Lakota in line with the Baha’i teaching that God has sent many prophets ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
Recently in a discussion a Baha’i wrote: “We as Baha’is I believe should look at each quote and prescribe it to ourselves. This is one I take very much to heart”. “To accept the Cause without the administration is like to accept the teachings without acknowledging the divine station of Bahá’u’lláh. To be a Bah ..read more
Just a Bahai Blog
2y ago
In 1963 I joined the Faith at 15 in a European country. After 20 years of serving on committees, assemblies, pioneering to goal districts, holding firesides, praying, fasting, teaching and all the rest, I realised that to be forbidden to grow in love with another man was intolerable. The idea of growing old emotionally alone ..read more