Welcoming Discontinuities as a Gift
This week we honor the anniversary of the passing of Barbara Deal one year ago. Barbara was a SIA Board Member and also a member of the...
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SIA Team
- Nov 20, 2018
- 2 min
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends! Every morning I write five things I’m grateful for on a post-it note and stick to the...
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SIA Team
- Nov 13, 2018
- 4 min
A Practice of Welcome
Guest post by Michael Hegeman Getting to travel to East Africa to meet with Spirit in Action partners gave me the opportunity to...
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SIA Team
- Jul 3, 2018
- 2 min
How did a phone call help us live our mission?
When the Spirit in Action Board members meeting last weekend, we had two very important additions to our team. Every other year, we...
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SIA Team
- Jan 16, 2018
- 4 min
What We Learned: SIA Team Members Visit Kenya & Malawi
*Today’s post is a reflection from SIA Team Members and Advisory Board Members, Michael Hegeman and Dana Belmonte, who traveled with me...
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SIA Team
- Nov 21, 2017
- 2 min
A Song of Praise and Thanks for SIA
Our last night in Manyamula Village, Malawi, the SIA team met with the Manyamula COMSIP cooperative management team to celebrate13 years...
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SIA Team
- Sep 12, 2017
- 3 min
Has it really been 10 years??
Has it really been ten years?? When I embarked on this journey as Spirit in Action Executive Administrator in September 2007, I had no...
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SIA Team
- Apr 11, 2017
- 2 min
A grant that gives hope
Last week, I had the great pleasure of sending out the congratulations letters to the groups that received SIA grants at our last board...
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SIA Team
- Apr 4, 2017
- 2 min
Not a corporate board…
The Spirit in Action Board of Directors met over the weekend to approve new grants, receive reports and review our program, and also pray...
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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
- 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
- Jan 26, 2016
- 1 min
Inspire Your Heart With Art!
This Sunday, January 31st, is Inspire Your Heart With Art Day! It’s a day to appreciate the beauty and creativity around us all the time....
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SIA Team
- Dec 1, 2015
- 2 min
5 things making me happy: #GivingTuesday edition
Thanksgiving is a good kick-off to the giving season. Each year it’s a time when co-workers, the church, the media, and families start...
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SIA Team
- Nov 24, 2015
- 2 min
Gratitude for a Full Life
For this Thanksgiving week, I am reposting this piece about gratitude that I wrote in February, 2014: “I believe that the whole world...
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SIA Team
- Oct 20, 2015
- 2 min
Let’s make a difference!
This Saturday is Make a Difference Day in the U.S. You are encouraged to lend a hand, to improve someone else’s life, to build a positive...
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SIA Team
- Mar 10, 2015
- 1 min
Video: Gratitude for what we do
First, I’m grateful for our amazing volunteers. People like Carmen Hernandez who share their skills with SIA. Carmen put together this...
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SIA Team
- Dec 16, 2014
- 2 min
4 new grants. 4 thank you letters.
In the beginning of December, the Board approved four new Community Grants and I received four very enthusiastic and grateful responses...
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SIA Team
- Nov 25, 2014
- 1 min
Being Grateful for What We Do
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!...
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SIA Team
- Oct 8, 2014
- 3 min
Knowing how much I don’t know
As you may have heard or seen, the SIA website was hacked yesterday. I got a dreaded email from Google warning me that the site would...
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