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Remember My Chains
“Please! Don’t crush up my medications!” I begged and pleaded with the Correctional Officer (CO) and Nurse that were administering...
L.A. McCrae
Aug 24, 20204 min read
A Mama's Day Message to Clergy
Written by L.A. McCrae for Team Sankofa of Black Lives Unitarian Universalism. Also found here on Medium. Babies & Bailouts… and beyond…...
L.A. McCrae
May 7, 20203 min read
androgyny
written sometime in '08 Prologue: RuPaul’s Drag Race and Tyra Banks’ America’s Next Top Model, Hollister and…. Victoria’s Secret. It...
L.A. McCrae
May 3, 20206 min read
Quick and Dirty Organizing Tools
Developed for a project with Three Sisters Consulting. May be used with attribution. First, why are you doing this work? What brought you...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 26, 20203 min read
Closing Words and Laying on of Hands for Babies and Bailouts 4 26 20
Wow! So much brilliance. Amazing. Let us pause to first say thank you. Thank you so much for everyone this evening, being present,...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 26, 20204 min read
Opening Words for Babies and Bailouts 4 26 20
Good evening everyone - Thank you so much for taking time out of your lives to join us here on this day. Sincerest gratitude to all of...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 26, 20203 min read
Open Letter to Senator John McCrae 7 20 17
Senator McCain, I found myself crying this morning over breakfast when I was thinking about your diagnosis and the battle that you are...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 26, 20209 min read
To My Friend, N.K.
11 23 2017 Good Morning N.K., I am not sure if you have thought about me or the team since you sent the messages. We’ve thought about you...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 26, 20204 min read
Their Faces...
3 28 19 It’s 2 am. I am still awake. Working on my reading and writing for my doctoral program. Listening to the voices of the women I...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 26, 20205 min read
Call to Action 2/27/19
"The United Methodist Church is incompatible with Christian teaching." "Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 26, 20204 min read
... on compassion ...
Sermon seed for Soul Matters June 2020 about "Compassion" Many of us are sitting at home and have, in week X, adjusted to the new normal....
L.A. McCrae
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Quick or Dead
Submitted to the Globe Writers' Group in Prague, Czechia. February 2020. Hard times in the city In a hard town by the sea Ain't nowhere...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20204 min read
Magic
Short story submitted to Globe Writer's Group. Prague, Czechia. February 2020. As inmate 458296 of the Baltimore County Detention Center,...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20204 min read
Open Letter to Governor Larry Hogan 4 23 20
23 April 2020 Attn: Governor Larry Hogan “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20203 min read
Open Note to Book of Faces 4 24 20
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin. Book of Faces: It has been...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20204 min read
... on becoming ...
As some of you may know, I had a beautiful opportunity to travel to Prague in the Winter of 2020. It was life changing. Life had brought...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20207 min read
... on commitment ...
During the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Scott, Michelle, and I found space to connect and plan the upcoming Soul Matters worship...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20204 min read
... on testing ...
I’d like to share a story, for your consideration, and I am certain that none of you have ever experienced anything that I am about to...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20203 min read
... on beloved community ...
Decenter whiteness. Create safe containers for BIPOC. Show up with your dollars. Invest in the liberation of marginalized people....
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20201 min read
... on imagination ...
As a little girl, I imagined becoming Whitney Houston. Not just singing like Whitney Houston but actually being Whitney Houston. See, I...
L.A. McCrae
Apr 25, 20203 min read
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