On Keeping Our Gatherings Alive
Every community has its moments where things could go either way — where a program quietly fades or finds its footing and grows. These moments rarely announce themselves. They just pass, and you realize later which way things went. The gatherings held in the name of Ahlulbayt have survived across centuries and across continents. They have been held in basements, in living rooms, in hushed tones under circumstances we cannot fully imagine. The people who kept those gatherings alive did not always have the resources or the comfort or the stable community infrastructure we have access to now. They had conviction and they had each other. ...