> But what were all the scores of meetings I attended? They were always
> called firesides. I
Dear Paul,
Public meetings which have been mislabeled firesides. It is not
unusual for Baha'is to misuse this term. Often times they will even
use it as a verb, "I firesided someone at the coffee shop today."
Wrong. Firesides are when you invite someone to your home, offer them
hospitality and give them the op****tunity to have their own questions
about the Faith answered in an informal setting. Instead in many
communities it is just the Baha'is in the community getting together
in hopes of having someone to teach.
ndeed, the husband of the principal host of one of
> those I attended frequently kept bringing up the point that the
> questions and interests of the visitors/inquirers should be paramount,
> but he seemed to have little traction.
He seems to have had it right.
> I addressed this in a post I dispatched just a few minutes ago.
I haven't seen it yet. Is it in this same thread?
warmest, Susan
