Can You Juggle Your Way to Balance?
What activities unfold in your typical week? Work Parenting and family time Kids’ sports Chores and errands Church and volunteer work
I’m No Superstar
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.
Year: 2017
An Easy Click (or Nine) to Make a Difference
I know, sometimes I’m asking you to do hard things. It can feel overwhelming sometimes to do the hard work of social justice or loving our neighbor or living out our passion. Trust me; I’m right there more days than I like to admit. So today, let’s talk about a really simple life-changing action. In
Opening Your Heart to Refugees
With the plight of refugees flooding the news, I’ve asked my friend Lisa Bartelt to write a guest post on her own experiences and to provide us with some practical recommendations for moving on from here: I was not always a friend to refugees. Maybe I could have told you what—or who—an immigrant was, but I
Three Things to Remember (Because These Issues Aren’t Going Away)
Over the last several months, as I have made posts on Facebook and Twitter, I have received a large number of nasty comments or criticism veiled as questions. It’s only increased over this week as I’ve begun to speak out on issues that are important to my faith and what I believe God has called
4 Compassion Fails
Confession: When I read, I get so wrapped up in the story, I forget the characters aren’t real. If at the point I need to stop reading and the characters aren’t doing so well, I find myself vaguely depressed without being sure why. I’ve actuallybegun to pray for a person only to remember she doesn’t exist
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
We’ve had a cold streak here in Pennsylvania. And I hate it. I hate being cold. And so in my gratitude journal these last few days I’ve written, “heat.” I’m thankful for heat. So thankful. I’m privileged. I have a warm home in which to weather the weather. Many people don’t. Homelessness is real. In
Be Intentional—Intentionally
A few years ago I took a day between Christmas and New Year’s to pray for direction as I set hard-charging goals for the following year. And what I heard God say was “wait.” No goals, no pursuing new clients or new speaking engagements. Instead I was to trust God to bring me clients and