Social Action and Public Discourse with The Wilmette Institute

December 19, 2011

I am presently taking an on-line “Social Action and Public Discourse” class through The Wilmette Institute . The course is expected to progress to February 6, 2012 and cover various aspects featured in the latest communications from the Baha’i Universal House of Justice and other referencing Baha’i Institutions. The focus of this course is to allow attendees to deepen on several statements including the Ridvan letters and other documents and discuss their relevance to this time.

Since this course involves weekly readings, discussions, and exploration of topics, I will be reading and commenting as well. I’ve decided to share with the friends of NWOhio Baha’i Communities some of our group’s key understandings and discoveries using this blog. I plan to write a synopsis of course learning and understandings at least on a weekly basis. Each week's blog will appear at the top of this column and dated accordingly for easy review and reference.

If anyone in the NWOhio community have any questions or ideas on the subjects written about, please make your thoughts known by submitting them on to this blog’s COMMENT section. Perhaps, I may reference some of the issues stated in this blog's comment section in my class postings.

A final word about blogs… these are intended to be for the sharing of information and learning and not necessarily to be considered as a pure journalistic exercises. There are bound to be misspellings and grammar issues of which I beg your pardon in advance. My intentions are to somehow pass on the learning that I am experiencing in this group setting.

Please enjoy.

JohnK