[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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Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Precious Lord, take my hand
The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir: “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” [ft. Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples] – Summer of Soul
Lead me on, let me stand
I am tired, I’m weak, I am worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand, precious Lord
Lead me home
I am thinking about how hard it has been for too many for too long. I am thinking about about the beloved community. I am thinking about the many people in the past and present who work to build that world. I am thinking about life as prayer and joy as a subversive and defiant and powerful act. I am thinking about the wisdom of generations that must inform our interdependent future. I am thinking about fierce faith and light and love. I am thinking about the strength of God.
I listen and there is light. I listen and I am still and not tired. I listen and I will not turn away. I listen and I feel less alone and isolated. I listen and I am held.
About Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
