Conversations on a City Bus
The woman was older, but in a way that spoke more of experience and enthusiasm and vibrant life than of age, really, her gray hair swept back from her face…
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We Are Women of Faith
I love that the first tenet of focus for the year is “We believe in God and are women of faith.” This tenet was something that really drew me to…
Houston Cottage – Serving in Sweet and Personal Ways
The Houston cottage understands and promotes individual worth, especially the worth of girls and women. This past year the cottage, led by Nikki Brown, has served in very sweet and…
My Faith is Enough
Posted December 11 Perspective changes in an instant. I have been busy with all the things I normally do and then I heard that my brother, Dwight, was struggling with…
Faith is the Great Firewall
With today’s modern society and all of the creative mind-blowing technology that we have at our fingertips, it’s often easy to miss those things which are plain and precious because…
Women United in Faith
We begin the new year with this powerful tenet: “We believe in God and are women of faith.” This is a common theme about which we speak and write. But…
On Not Following the Map
“I don’t think we want to go this way,” I said to my husband as we headed north on the freeway right outside of town. It was fall, and we…
Meet Big Ocean: Vilma Sagebin, Woman of Faith
Vilma Sagebin had an up-close and personal view of Big Ocean’s beginnings through her daughter and our founder, Carolina Allen. Carolina had returned from attending a funeral in Hawaii where…
Currents January 2020
Welcome to Currents, a new feature to encourage your engagement in the work and worth of Big Ocean. This month we focus on being women of faith and what that…
Meet Big Ocean: Marisa Hoover, a Splash of Goodness
When Marisa Hoover first learned about Big Ocean, she did what she always does: conducted some research and then jumped in with both feet. At the time she was a…