Friendship, Fellowship and Transformation

Every lasting social renewal begins with the choices and actions of each individual, and this book illuminates how personal initiative can spark collective transformation. Drawing on the “fireside” gatherings championed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, it shows how small, intimate study circles become crucibles for deepening friendships, fostering fellowship and nurturing spiritual insight. Within this warm, conversational setting, participants explore the Bahá’í teachings, forging new patterns of relationship that ripple outward to reshape families, neighbourhoods and entire communities.

More than a manual for outreach, the work presents a holistic plan of action: teaching the Faith as an expression of the principle of the oneness of humanity, engaging neighbours and colleagues in uplifting dialogue, serving side by side in community projects, and nurturing the next generation through children’s classes and junior-youth groups. By weaving devotional interludes, service opportunities and educational activities into everyday life, individuals become agents of transformation—lighting the way...Show More

Categories:: Teaching the Faith

Contributors:: Michael Winger (Author)
Format: Softcover & ePub | 120 pages
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 10 mm
Publisher: George Ronald Publisher, 2015
ISBN: 9780853985907
SKU: WINGE_FRIEN@e

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About Michael Winger (author)

Michael Winger’s lifelong commitment to business innovation and diversity enabled his professional career to move from product innovation to organizational innovation in both the private and government sectors. His work in change management and strategic change brought him to advising senior management of Fortune 500 companies and senior leadership of the United States military, Department of Energy and other government agencies. Public speaking in his professional field has included, among many others, presentations at Carnegie-Mellon University on the integration of technology, business acumen and human dynamics; and on entrepreneurship at the The Innovation Imperative talks at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London in the United Kingdom.

Michael has also served with various organizations that promote racial unity and the equality of women and men, including assistance in the development of strategic focus for NGOs on the status of women worldwide, for presentation to the United Nations General Assembly, as well as strategic consulting to the Tahirih Justice Center, an NGO that provides legal support to abused women seeking immigration status in the United States.

A dedication to the fostering of racial harmony and cultural diversity has taken him to over 45 countries, and to live in six, bringing the teachings of the Bahá’í Faith that foster the oneness of mankind and the development of a world consciousness.

In 2010, Michael retired from active business involvement and went pioneering for the Bahá’í Faith to Croatia where he currently resides.