I’m No Superstar is a blog for people like me who want to make a difference in the world but know they aren’t activists. Each post contains a social action idea that most of us could do, a book that’s worth reading, or a link to a website that offers other ideas. Oh, and it’s all introduced by a sometimes quirky story from my life.
I was nearing a four-way stop intersection, when the Amish buggy approaching from the right pulled out in front of me without ever stopping. “What?!” I said out loud. “Does having a horse at the front of your vehicle exempt you from obeying the road signs? Trust me, you’re not that special.” Then I remembered
I’m a huge fan of Jane Austen, particularly Pride and Prejudice. I own the book, several of the film adaptations and just about every prequel, sequel and reimagining of the story there is. The only ones Les hasn’t been able to convince me to buy are Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Mr. Darcy, Vampyre. I
Did you go to camp as a child? I wasn’t a big outdoorsy kid, but camp was part of every summer. Camp Sandy Cove. Camp Haluwasa. Camp Sankanac. Word of Life. There were also Pioneer Girl weekends at Camp Cherith and youth group camps. I spent a summer working at a camp in Virginia as
The last two weeks had been going so well. Not in the stuff-of-life sense—life was filled with unexpected bills, computer issues and such—but in the listening-to-God sense. And then it wasn’t. In my book, Finding Balance in the Circus of Life, I talk about the need to sit quietly before God as our master and
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