July 2019 Board Message
A Difficult Choice Brings Unexpected Consequences I believe that one of the most fundamental principles we can learn in this life is embedded in the tenet: “We are free to…
Religious Pluralism as a Patchwork Quilt
A quilter carefully chooses fabrics of different colors and patterns to piece together in a variety of shapes in order to create something whole and cohesive. Historically quilts have been…
Houston Cottage Industry: Fast Forward with Faith and Hard Work
Ever hear of a cottage industry bursting into existence with immediate impact and results? This month we share such a story, that of our Houston Cottage. Nikki Brown encountered Big…
Dayo’s Dose of Wisdom: Relax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beP3-1AM3Lw&feature=youtu.be
A Thousand Points of Light: Voices from CSW – Betty Abah, CEE-HOPE
Imagine a neighborhood floating on water, where roads look like rivers, and where children play on vast bridges and verandas and rafts. Imagine a community where you take a boat…
Opportunity Cost
The theory of opportunity cost was one of the ideas that struck me the most in the high school economics class I took 20 years ago. It is something that…
A Prayer
I’m on the elevator when the girls get on, a tightly clustered group of young women, heads together, poring over a map of the college campus, excitement and anxiety in…
My Choices: Opportunities Inherited from Women in the Past
As humans, we are faced with making choices every single day. They’re often simple: what should we eat for breakfast, what should we wear, should we put on makeup or…
On Life Culture and the Three Environments
Eve and I found a tiny bird egg while digging underneath a Blue Spruce this week.She carefully rolled the white egg over in her small grubby hands, tenderly inspecting each…