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What works to help families move out of poverty? Spirit in Action is addressing this on the international level, with our Small Business...
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SIA Team
- Aug 8, 2017
- 2 min
Pray for Kenyan Elections Today!
Today is the day that Kenyans are electing their next president, governors, and local representatives. In the presidential race, there is...
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SIA Team
- May 30, 2017
- 2 min
Seeing change in Malawi
(Please excuse any formatting errors! This is coming direct to you from my iPhone in Malawi.) “When God’s Spirit is in action, good...
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SIA Team
- Apr 18, 2017
- 2 min
Is it risky to invest in community leadership?
This past weekend, on April 15th, the book I’ve been co-editing with Jennifer Lentfer for the past 5 years, was printed! It is now...
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SIA Team
- Feb 7, 2017
- 2 min
Making friends around the world
Last week, twelve Girl Scouts (ages 10-12) took the first step toward making new friends. The girls from Santa Barbara, CA wrote letters...
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SIA Team
- Jan 17, 2017
- 2 min
Do we have the courage to act?
Reposting this post, originally posted January 20, 2015, to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. It is also renewing the call to...
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SIA Team
- Jan 3, 2017
- 2 min
Relying on our network
This is Part 2/2 of excerpts from my presentation about rigorous humility. Part 1 is here. In 2016 Spirit in Action celebrated our 20th...
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SIA Team
- Dec 27, 2016
- 3 min
Practicing Rigorous Humility
The excerpts below are from my presentation to the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Point Richmond in November. Being...
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SIA Team
- Nov 22, 2016
- 2 min
Spirit in Action Gratitude List
1. For each of our Small Business Fund Coordinators, who volunteer their time to implement the program in their community and help...
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SIA Team
- Oct 11, 2016
- 1 min
Celebrating International Day of the Girl
Today is the UN’s International Day of the Girl and at Spirit in Action we are honored to partner with many wonderful women who are...
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SIA Team
- Sep 27, 2016
- 2 min
Living my values through SIA
I apologize that the music videos didn’t show up in the email last week. If you want to watch them, click here! “I believe that the whole...
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SIA Team
- Aug 23, 2016
- 3 min
Doing Good…Says Who? A book review
It’s rare that a book about international aid and charity reflects Spirit in Action’s core philosophy of partnership and responding to...
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SIA Team
- Jul 19, 2016
- 2 min
Honoring Black Lives
Does it feel like it’s been a rough few weeks for the world? News of horrendous acts of violence. Lives suddenly ended. The terrible...
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SIA Team
- Jul 5, 2016
- 1 min
Planning and connecting
Over the weekend the Spirit in Action Board of Directors met in Washougal, Washington. We had one and a half days of planning, singing,...
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SIA Team
- Jun 28, 2016
- 2 min
Thank you!
Thank you to all who attended our 20th Anniversary party on Saturday! It was a wonderful gathering with both people who have been part of...
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SIA Team
- Jun 14, 2016
- 2 min
Meet SIA Partners Face-to-Face this June
Samuel and Rhoda Teimuge hosted me during both of my visits to Kenya, 2011 and 2014. Their campus in the rural outskirts of Eldoret is...
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SIA Team
- Jun 7, 2016
- 2 min
4 things making me happy this week!
Malawian Coffee at Starbucks What a fun surprise to see coffee from Malawi at my neighborhood Starbucks shop! I sent a WhatsApp message...
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SIA Team
- Apr 26, 2016
- 3 min
How can we promote peace?
(Pictured above: A craftswoman in Kasozi, Uganda tells Tanya about how she weaves baskets, dying the rafia to get different colors.) Why...
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SIA Team
- Mar 29, 2016
- 2 min
More amazing technology & Some challenges
I had two interesting conversations this week after my blog on how technology is improving our work. (I also added another 2 SIA partners...
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SIA Team
- Mar 22, 2016
- 2 min
What’s up? WhatsApp!
I am thrilled! Technology is once again rocking my world! In a tech/cellphone/screen-saturated culture we can sometimes forget that for...
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