This week, with all the news about refugees and migrants running from dangerous situations and lured by hope, we have an extraordinary...

When I put out a call for blog posts that people would like me to write, I got this suggestion: Q: “I would like a post about “Why...

1. One of the reason I’m happy today is that Tuesday is the day of my local farmer’s market! This is the height of the growing season...

“And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but...

Can you believe it was FIVE years ago that I started my weekly Tuesday blog posts? Wow! I started the run on June 29, 2010 with a post...

It’s easy to find the depressing, frustrating news about Africa. It’s more difficult to find exciting, inspiring stories about what’s...

*In this moment of embracing diversity, I am reposting my words from March 2012, about the power of coming together in love.* Building...

In the swirling midst of on-going protest and the struggle for justice, I am reposting an essay I wrote for Memorial Day in 2010 about...

Finally! This week there was some great news about aid programs that really alleviate extreme poverty (less than $1.25/day). And – yay! –...

A story of Giving Last summer, when packing for my trip to Africa, I added a few gifts for the many people who would host me. Some were...

When you think Africa you might not think cell phones. You should though! In Kenya especially they are doing some really cool, innovative...

This group of women meet twice a week to weave mats together under the trees. “People laugh when you are going [to market with your...

First, I’m grateful for our amazing volunteers. People like Carmen Hernandez who share their skills with SIA. Carmen put together this...

“What are those crazy things hanging in the tree?” I asked the SIA Small Business Fund Coordinators when we saw them on the site of our...

I am so excited to share Spirit in Action’s new logo! Wait, new logo? Did SIA have an old logo? Short answer, not really. Long answer, we...

Brown Ngoma is expanding his family’s store, building a home, and now “when his family is sick he can pay for a private hospital.”...

Yesterday, Boyd and I took our lunch break to read Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail aloud to each other. Reading it...

How many languages do you speak? In the U.S., the answer is generally “one” or, maybe “two.” In the countries I visited this summer...

Tanya shows off a basket and hat woven by one of the Small Business Fund groups. I’m grateful for the generosity of our grant partners!...

1. Catching Dennis Kiprop’s Contagious Optimism Dennis Kiprop (Kenya) and Canaan Gondwe (Malawi) chat during a break in the SIA Small...