What Makes a Space Sacred

What Makes a Space Sacred

by | Jan 29, 2020 | GraceTalk Messages

I remember when I was a kid going to school, and the Highlights magazine would arrive, which I loved. Our teacher would give us a half hour at the end of the day to read it, and I would lose myself in it, reading the exploits of Ma and Pa Timbertoes, with their...
What Makes a Space Sacred

Swapping Our Morality

by | Jan 10, 2020 | GraceTalk Messages

Joan and I went to the farmhouse the day after Christmas for a long weekend. The weather was warm for winter, and rainy, which didn’t deter Joan from walking five miles a day. I stayed home while she walked, just in case the house caught on fire or a water pipe burst....
What Makes a Space Sacred

Pay Close Attention

by | Dec 18, 2019 | GraceTalk Messages

Our granddaughter Madeline was visiting us last Saturday. Joan had to go to the grocery store, so I was watching Madeline. Her fifth birthday was this past Friday, so we were talking about that, and were having this wonderful conversation, when she asked me how babies...
What Makes a Space Sacred

That Name Would Not Have Occurred to Me

by | Dec 4, 2019 | GraceTalk Messages

When I was nineteen I moved to Plainfield and rented an apartment a few blocks from Plainfield Friends Meeting where I began to attend meeting. Jim Wilson was the pastor. The Catholic priests I had known as a child tended to be distant, but Jim was gregarious, a...
What Makes a Space Sacred

Let Your Life Speak

by | Dec 2, 2019 | GraceTalk Messages

We’ve been dabbling in the Quaker sayings these past several weeks. We talked about Minding the Light and That of God In All People. Last Sunday, Keith Wimmersberger explored the historic parallels between Baptist and Quaker spirituality, our chief similarities being...