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.
Last week I got to go to camp—swimming, crafts, songs, snacks, giggles, fun; it was all there. I wasn’t actually attending camp; I was observing camp—Aaron’s Acres, to be exact. Aaron’s Acres is a unique day camp. It was created because one woman—Risa Paskoff—responded to a mom’s letter to the editor. The mom was disheartened
I would never have picked up More Than Enchanting on my own. I don’t think I’m in denial when I say that it has nothing to do with the black woman on the cover. It’s that I found the butterfly image freaky, and the title reminded me of one of those be-a-sweet-Proverbs-31-woman kind of titles.
There was an ad in our Sunday paper that urged us to “Spend $20 on the 20th.” They want you to spend money every 20th of the month to support the local economy. It doesn’t actually say so, but by the “Think Local” button that Andrew Jackson is wearing in the picture, I believe it
Isaiah 58 talks about the true fast that God desires: Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed go free And break every yoke? Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When
Thousands of women. All in the same place. Honestly, I’ve never done well with that. I had two older brothers. We had three guys who lived with our family at various points when I was in high school. College was the first place I ever had the opportunity to live with all girls. Hated it.
I remember when Hillary Clinton’s book It Takes a Village came out. Hillary-haters immediately flew in for the kill, ripping the book to shreds with their talons and teeth. I, on the other hand, read the book. I found I agreed with most of it, remembering that the “village” that raised me was my church,
My mom died a month ago (yes, that’s why there have been no blogs). There are many ways I’ll miss her presence in my life: Some of them funny—Her breaking out in song to match something someone just said. Her response when I did the same: “That’s okay, I can’t sing either.” Some of them
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