Giving in Whatever Way Fits Your Heart
With this month’s tenet, “We believe in the Model of Powerful Impact,” and that Giving Tuesday is November 28th, I wanted to focus on the Powerful Impact of Charitable Giving…
Passing Goodness Along
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” C.S. Lewis I can feel the…
Of Bees, Home, and Courage
I come from the Beehive State of Utah in the United States. The honeybee is our symbol and represents our deep history of industry. We believe in intuitive, hard work…
God Inside of You, Inside of Me
I think it is a common belief for many that this earthly journey is temporary and a part of a bigger plan, but sometimes we forget that in the middle…
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
My family has lived in several states in the US. We have also traveled through many more. In all of the states we have driven through there were mile markers…
On the Ferocious Junglefowl Which We Call the Humble Chicken
It is late afternoon, and in my backyard there is a mutiny afoot. Let me explain. We have chickens—five feathered egg layers who sometimes refuse to lay eggs, winged meat…
Behind the Masks
The airport is a wonderful place to people watch. I was recently delayed at an airport for about three hours with my husband as we traveled home. We walked all…
How to Crochet a Coral Reef
It started with an idea. A problem really. One with no easy solution. So what do you do? You get creative. The problem? A growing number of coral reefs around…
Recipe: Amish Friendship Bread
The idea of friendship breads which draw the rising agent from the environment and then continue to growas they’re nurtured and shared goes so well with November’s tenet, “We believe…
Currents November 2020
The holiday season is upon us. This year has both sped by and dragged on. Everyone has felt some sort of change in their lives either directly or indirectly from…
Meet Big Ocean: Holly Sweeten
Greetings to my lovely friends and members of Big Ocean Women! My name is Holly Sweeten and I’ve been asked to take this wonderful opportunity to tell you about myself…
In My Own Little Corner, In My Own Little Chair
This is the title of one of my favorite songs from the Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway musical Cinderella. In this song, Cinderella muses that she can “be whatever she wants…