Trending – Knowledge and Wisdom
There she was on the morning horizon shining! Her bright countenance ablaze with glory. Her heart refined to gold. Her mind sharp with knowledge. Her feet swiftly moving toward her…
Currents September 2020
When I was a senior in high school, my mother decided to go back to college and finish what she had started many years before. She had started college right…
What I Have Learned from the Women in my Life
Women are valuable teachers in society, and are often overlooked. As I reflect on my life, I notice the amazing lessons I have learned from so many women in my…
Who Says You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?
Can we all just agree that 2020 has turned out to be nothing like any of us would have expected? Whether we’re talking social distancing, face masks, hand sanitizer, homeschooling,…
Looking at the Sky
There is a story my children like to tell, when they are especially annoyed with me, or when there is a new audience, or when they want to remind me…
September 2019 Board Message
We Seek After Knowledge and Wisdom This summer I have had the amazing opportunity to live in southeast Alaska where my husband got a job as a deep-sea fishing captain.…
On Backpacks and First Days
When I started college I had a battered old backpack, dark green, filled with books and pencils and notebooks. It was faded and fraying at the edges, the leather bottom…
Wisdom of the Generations
Archetypically and mythologically, women have had a role largely contained within the private sphere. As women have moved into new domains, particularly in the last one hundred years, one of…
A Thousand Points of Light: Voices from CSW – Noorani Barkhat
Nestled at the foot of a string of majestic mountains, so tall their tops are wreathed in clouds and mist, lies a long, green valley that used to be a…
To Learn and to Teach – Our Responsibility
I believe that two of the most important responsibilities each of us has are learning and teaching. In this vast world, opportunities may vary as far accessibility to classrooms, certified…