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, 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
- Oct 23, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 5 min
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, 2017
- 3 min
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, 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
- Aug 1, 2017
- 3 min
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, 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
- 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
- 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
- Sep 8, 2015
- 2 min
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, 2015
- 3 min
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, 2015
- 2 min
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, 2015
- 2 min
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, 2014
- 2 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 2 min
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, 2014
- 3 min
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, 2014
- 2 min
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, 2013
- 2 min
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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