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SIA Team
Feb 4, 20203 min read
Black History Month – Call to Action
“First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the...
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SIA Team
Oct 15, 20191 min read
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
Oct 23, 20182 min read
Celebrating International Day of Peace in Uganda
“In a religious context among Christians and Muslims, people believe that all human beings are created in God’s image.” So began Samson...
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SIA Team
Dec 12, 20175 min read
But what do we have in common?
I shared the following testimony of faith and mission at First United Methodist Church of Point Richmond a few weeks ago. The message was...
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SIA Team
Sep 26, 20173 min read
Human Chain of Love
Today, I am sharing a sermon that has inspired me recently. It’s by Rev. Shawn Newton of First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto and it’s...
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SIA Team
Aug 8, 20172 min read
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
Aug 1, 20173 min read
Why does it matter?
Droughts. Climate change. Tough farming conditions. Human rights violations. Self-expression denied. This week, two news stories...
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SIA Team
Jan 17, 20172 min read
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
Jul 19, 20162 min read
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
Apr 26, 20163 min read
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
Sep 8, 20152 min read
Acting our faith – Welcoming the immigrant
This week, with all the news about refugees and migrants running from dangerous situations and lured by hope, we have an extraordinary...
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SIA Team
Sep 1, 20153 min read
Why give internationally?
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...
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SIA Team
Jun 30, 20152 min read
Embracing Diversity
*In this moment of embracing diversity, I am reposting my words from March 2012, about the power of coming together in love.* Building...
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SIA Team
Jun 9, 20152 min read
Peace and “Soul Force”
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...
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SIA Team
Nov 4, 20142 min read
Wisdom from Del: “Act in the Truth”
Boyd and Tanya with school children at the SIA Small Business Fund nursery in Manyamula Village, Malawi. On this election day in the...
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SIA Team
Jun 25, 20141 min read
There is no “us”, there is no “them”
There is no you, there is no me. There’s only God that I can see. There is no us, there is no them. There’s only God. Amen. — “There’s...
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SIA Team
Jun 10, 20142 min read
New businesses leaders “over the moon” in Nairobi
The five new groups in Nairobi, Kenya that received SIA Small Business Fund (SBF) grants weren’t just pleased, “they were ‘over the...
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SIA Team
Mar 11, 20143 min read
Are we master builders or workers in this world?
Hastings and Ruth with sturdy bricks for their house. (Malawi) Parable of the 3 Stonecutters An old story tells of three stonecutters who...
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SIA Team
Jan 28, 20142 min read
What’s one “small thing” I can do for peace?
She continues, “These are words of Mother Teresa and they have an applicable meaning with the people of Korogocho slum who benefitted...
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SIA Team
Jan 29, 20132 min read
How do we get news from Africa?
Stories about Africa aren’t always in our mainstream news. Yet, I still like to keep informed about where we are working, so today I...
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