[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Category: Doing Philosophy
Doing Philosophy
Paying It Forward
I have been thinking about the idea of paying it forward lately. Paying it forward is when we give to others from the space of gratitude for what we have been given, because we are deeply connected to one another. I am not sure when and where I first...
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Doing Philosophy
What I Want to Say to Michelle on the Occasion of Her Installation
Dear Michelle, On Sunday you will officially begin serving a new congregation. As a friend, as a person who was raised in the United Church of Christ, as person who aspires to embody love and compassion in word and deed, I want to celebrate this m...
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Doing Philosophy
Taking Back Normal
I want to take back normal. What is normal? In a barrage of "what about" isms and double speak, is it becoming normal to accept hatred, bigotry and lies . It is becoming normal to perpetrate violence and destroy common bonds. It is becoming nor...
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Doing Philosophy
Looking For Goodness
I am looking for goodness. The spin of lies and dehumanization and cruelty can be too much. Where we focus matters. How we focus matters. So I am going to do a thought experiment today. I am going to deliberately and intentionally think back to...
read moreAbout Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
