The 2022 Spring & Summer Newsletter is here! Eight widows living with HIV/AIDS in Makueni County, Kenya were trained on bee farming and...

The 2021 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! Samuel and Rhoda Teimuge held a training day at their farm in Kerio Valley, Kenya. Teri farm...

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...

The 2021 Spring & Summer newsletter is here! Ubuntu Community Organization opened their new brightly-painted office in Githurai, Kenya....

Last year, at the conference in Kenya where we dreamed up the African Advisory Board, I asked those gathered about their vision for SIA....

Spirit in Action was founded in 1996, when founder Del Anderson was 90 years old, which means that next year will be our 25th...

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...

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...

"These crises have laid bare the failures of our systems. It is time to do the hard things the right way."

Today we share some of Del's wisdom to encourage you. Some are facing need on the front lines. All are facing uncertainty.

Today’s blog post is a message of togetherness from our Spirit in Action North American Board President, Diana Halpenny. In this time of...

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...

Words of inspiration written by Barbara Neighbors Deal (1948-2019) Barbara greets the elders in Kakuuto, Uganda. (May 2019) I’ve spent my...

I wrote this at Winni Journey Farthest Out this summer and now it’s officially included in Unitarian Universalist Association’s online...

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...

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...

From Del’s Writings, June 2005, Age 98 We accept each challenge, each change, and seek guidance and respond in coming forth with an...

Guest post by Turinawe Samson, Director of Universal Love Alliance (ULA) in Uganda. Friends, looking at 2018 we at Universal Love...

This post is adapted and excerpted from my recent sermon at First United Methodist Church of Point Richmond in California. You’ve heard...

Guest post by Michael Hegeman Getting to travel to East Africa to meet with Spirit in Action partners gave me the opportunity to...