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The 2022 Spring & Summer Newsletter is here! Eight widows living with HIV/AIDS in Makueni County, Kenya were trained on bee farming and...
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SIA Team
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
Fall Newsletter! Sunflower oil in Malawi, Financial Empowerment for women, & more
The 2021 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! Samuel and Rhoda Teimuge held a training day at their farm in Kerio Valley, Kenya. Teri farm...
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SIA Team
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
"God is the Process of Love in Action"
Today we honor and remember Barbara Deal, SIA Board Member and my dear mentor, who passed away two years ago this week. (Read my tribute...
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SIA Team
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
Spring Newsletter! Read success stories, community impact, and what inspires our grant partners
The 2021 Spring & Summer newsletter is here! Ubuntu Community Organization opened their new brightly-painted office in Githurai, Kenya....
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SIA Team
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Our Dreams for SIA
Last year, at the conference in Kenya where we dreamed up the African Advisory Board, I asked those gathered about their vision for SIA....
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SIA Team
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Remembering our history
Spirit in Action was founded in 1996, when founder Del Anderson was 90 years old, which means that next year will be our 25th...
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SIA Team
- Jul 23, 2020
- 4 min
Dennis Kiprop Kurgat: A catalyst for positive change
Today we hear from Dennis Kurgat, who is a member of the SIA African Advisory Board. He lives in Eldoret, Kenya and has been part of the...
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SIA Team
- Jul 15, 2020
- 3 min
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
- Jun 17, 2020
- 3 min
Hope in Hard Times
"These crises have laid bare the failures of our systems. It is time to do the hard things the right way."
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SIA Team
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
Wisdom from Del: "We come alive in God’s Spirit"
Today we share some of Del's wisdom to encourage you. Some are facing need on the front lines. All are facing uncertainty.
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SIA Team
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
“Core of Community” – A Message from Diana Halpenny
Today’s blog post is a message of togetherness from our Spirit in Action North American Board President, Diana Halpenny. In this time of...
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SIA Team
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
Wisdom from Barbara Deal: In the midst of crisis…TRUST
Today’s post is wisdom from Barbara Deal, which she wrote and shared at a retreat in 2017. (Note from Tanya: I have had to postpone my...
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SIA Team
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
Wisdom from Barbara: Cultivating an evolving prayer life
Words of inspiration written by Barbara Neighbors Deal (1948-2019) Barbara greets the elders in Kakuuto, Uganda. (May 2019) I’ve spent my...
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SIA Team
- Oct 15, 2019
- 1 min
Prayer for a Time in Need of Empathy
I wrote this at Winni Journey Farthest Out this summer and now it’s officially included in Unitarian Universalist Association’s online...
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SIA Team
- Aug 27, 2019
- 3 min
A connection-centered movement
The truth is that Spirit in Action is bigger than just giving or receiving money. We’re about more than “helping” or “serving.” Spirit in...
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SIA Team
- Jul 8, 2019
- 3 min
Remembering and honoring Barbara Deal
It is with shock and grief that I write this tribute to a dear friend and colleague, Barbara Anne Neighbors Deal, who died on the morning...
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SIA Team
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
“We can’t learn until we unlearn” – Wisdom from Del
From Del’s Writings, June 2005, Age 98 We accept each challenge, each change, and seek guidance and respond in coming forth with an...
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SIA Team
- Feb 19, 2019
- 2 min
“Love is woven tight with justice.”
Guest post by Turinawe Samson, Director of Universal Love Alliance (ULA) in Uganda. Friends, looking at 2018 we at Universal Love...
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SIA Team
- Dec 4, 2018
- 4 min
“You and God are greater than you know”
This post is adapted and excerpted from my recent sermon at First United Methodist Church of Point Richmond in California. You’ve heard...
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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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