In 2015, eleven-year-old Jessica Payne’s world was turned upside down by an emergency trip to the hospital resulting in a week-long stay and a diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease. While there, her nurse told her that she likes to give the patients pillowcases, but they were not receiving enough donations and had run out. This planted…
DetailsCoach Taura Gardner of Williams Field High School in Gilbert, Arizona shares her thoughts on being a positive influence in the lives of the girls she coaches, and how her life is impacted by motherhood and her faith.
Grizelda Grootboom knows how to survive. She’s been doing it since she and her father lost their home during the apartheid of South Africa. That was when she was eight. They lived on the streets and in shelters until her father was able to find her mom and convince her to let Grizelda stay. This…
DetailsCarolina and Kawika Allen discuss Big Ocean, the value of interdependent relationships of men and women, and how these have blessed and challenged their marriage. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5:
DetailsHear Kahi, a social worker, talk about building interdependent marriage relationships, and the relationship she has built with God and her husband as they worked through his pornography addiction. “I have this postcard of a painting. It has become my analogy for a healthy marriage. It’s called “Gently Up the Stream.” It’s two people in…
DetailsOne idea that drew me to Big Ocean was the tenet of valuing the irreplaceable role of fathers and building interdependent relationships with men. I am often troubled by the terrible trend in the media of portraying fathers and men as bumbling buffoons, as incompetent, as unnecessary. I was grateful to find a feminist movement…
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