Currents October 2025 (English and Spanish)
Last month, I had the privilege of attending a convention for The Magic Yarn Project. I was honored to meet and connect with others who have dedicated significant time toward…
Last month, I had the privilege of attending a convention for The Magic Yarn Project. I was honored to meet and connect with others who have dedicated significant time toward…
For a number of months, my wife made the store manager at the grocery store by our house quite uncomfortable. The grocery store carried many magazines at the checkstand, and…
My 12-year-old asked me what integrity means… Have you ever tried to define that word before? I want to say it’s honesty, while also knowing there’s so much more to…
Internal Compass and Integrity As we consider this month how to recognize and follow our internal compass to act with integrity, perhaps we could consider the example set by Karl…
When I was a young girl, my parents purchased a beautiful new piano, and when it was delivered to our home, I was given the opportunity to learn how to…
The virtue words don’t seem to be used in our conversations much today. In fact, use of the word virtue itself is quite uncommon. I come across those virtue words…
My first experience with a compass was when I was in the 9 th grade. By some sheercombination of dumb luck, limited entrants, and determination, I found myself representing myjunior…
Photo Credit: Frances Oldham Kelsey, MD, PhD, receives the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civil Service from President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Photo credit: Special Collections Research Center/The University…
What are the things that we hope most to see in our children? Of all of the lessons we try to teach, with all of the time and effort put…
Tenet 2: We recognize and follow our internal compass to speak and act with integrity We recognize that each person is given–yes, it’s a gift–the ability to discern whether something…
The Strength of a Nation During a presentation many years ago, an inspiring woman stood in front of us waving her arms in the air as if she was pretending…
Address given by Hannah Butcher: “We follow our conscience in speaking and acting with integrity.” From the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations on March 14,…