Meg Baatz

Co-Founder (w/ @edelgadoblack) of @kaleido_usa, providing LGBTQ+ people opportunities to engage with tangible expressions of Christ

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

@LinkedInHelp I'm back in!! Thank you!

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

@LinkedInHelp My LinkedIn account was hacked in October 2025. I reported it, and it appeared to be recovered. But I logged in later and I have no access. I’ve completed ID verification multiple times. I urgently need help from a real person. Thank you.

[Lausanne Movement @lcwe]

We have failed to incorporate the whole body into God’s mission.

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

@EdwardVersaii I actually laughed out loud

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@germy224 This makes me start to think that there probably IS a whole lot of overlap – it just takes place in the context of secretive relationships.

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@germy224 Narratives may go:
(Unspoken) Complementarian & into BDSM? Gasp! If you're a man, it's normal to "struggle" w/BDSM porn and dominate your wife – just don't talk about it.
(Spoken) You're BDSM in and into male dominance/female submission? Fine, but don't yuck someone else's yum.

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

I just impulsively wrote my first ever Substack post. It felt good to write again. And it feels exposing and scary to write publicly again.

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@EdwardVersaii I use a white noise machine. That way I can listen without my phone being nearby while I sleep.

When I travel, I use an app called White Noise Lite. You can mix sounds and connect to speakers (I use Sonos). Nobody makes money off of my sleeping (like YouTube and Spotify do).

[Jeremy Chen @germy224]

Only those who aim not for influence can handle influence/power handed to them in self-emptying ways.

Beware of seeking influence!

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Restoration almost always take longer than we hope. But we can be confident that the arc will be completed – that the worst in us won't have the last word.

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

@germy224 It's possible, but the trajectory of the riches is a vector moving away from the individual in a sustained emptying.

When is far "enough" away? When all beings on the earth have enough.

"Sustained" by what? A dance of love for God, self, & others that gets prettier over time.

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

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[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

10 years ago, I gave my first talk at a youth lock-in at 21 y/o. I just listened to it again and am grateful that it aged well and still feels pertinent to what I'm facing today.

https://t.co/XoSsaqkGBd

This year, I gave my first (and second) ever Sunday sermon. I'm grateful.

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

I was challenged by this article. There are bad leaders, but also ways to follow poorly. How we examine potential leaders before following them also matters, especially when leadership hypocrisy runs rampant. What about you – what do you think?
https://t.co/8tIPhG1V6I

[Spike Cohen @RealSpikeCohen]

This man's name is Rick Rescorla.

22 years ago today, Rick disobeyed orders, and saved 2700 lives.

Rick was the head of security for Morgan Stanley in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. He warned that the Towers' basements were vulnerable to attack.

His warnings fell on deaf ears.

Then the 1993 attack happened, and people started listening to him.

After that attack, Rick implemented regular evacuation drills, using his megaphone to direct the thousands of employees out of their offices, down the stairwells, and out of the building to safety.

Born in Cornwall, Rick would sing Welsh and Cornish songs from his megaphone, as he directed the employees out of the building.

He would routinely tell all of the employees: in an emergency, no matter what chaos is happening around you, no matter what anyone tells you, leave your offices, go down the stairwells, and leave the building.

Rick told his wife Susan that he suspected another attack on the World Trade Center would happen, this time by air.

And 22 years ago today, on September 11, 2001, that attack happened.

When the first plane hit the North Tower, the Port Authority announced over the South Tower's speaker system "Please do not leave the building. This area is secure."

Rick ignored them.

"The dumb sons of b------s told me not to evacuate," he said to his best friend Dan. "They said it's just Building One. I told them I'm getting my people the f--k out of here."

And so Rick picked up his megaphone as he had done so many times before, told his employees not to listen to the orders, and directed them out of the building.

His Cornish songs helped keep their nerves calm as they evacuated, even after the second plane hit their Tower.

Once he had successfully evacuated his employees, Rick went back to look for survivors.

But first, he called his wife Susan.

"Stop crying. I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I've never been happier. You made my life."

Rick rushed back to the South Tower.

That was the last time anyone saw him alive.

All but 6 of the more than 2700 Morgan Stanley employees survived.

Had they obeyed the Port Authority, they would all be dead.

Thankfully, they listened to Rick instead.

Rest in Peace, Rick. Thank you for your service.

[Meg Baatz @MegBaatz]

The older I get, the more I aspire to live a quiet life. And the more I believe that is what will make the kind of “impact” anyways.

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@crosby_katie It takes a while, and this is not abnormal. Rooting for you and your body!

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