by Stacey Denny | Aug 23, 2023 | GraceTalk Messages
I was looking at a replica of one of the earliest maps of North America not long ago and on that map, California appeared as an island. The first mention of California as an island was in the year 1510, so for the next 191 years California was rendered as an island on...
by Stacey Denny | Jan 20, 2023 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO We had a wonderful Christmas. I am the proud owner of a new shirt and a book on architecture, given to me by our younger son, Sam, and his wife, Kelsea. I’m like George Costanza, in my dream life I’ve wanted to be an architect, designing lovely places for...
by Stacey Denny | Sep 16, 2022 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO “We affirm humanism as a realistic alternative to theologies of despair and ideologies of violence and as a source of rich personal significance and genuine satisfaction in the service to others.” – Paul Kurtz of Free Inquiry Whenever we go to the farm, we...
by Stacey Denny | Apr 2, 2022 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO I have a friend I’ve known about 10 years. I only see him once a year when he returns to the area. I met him at a talk I was giving, but then he moved shortly afterwards, and we’ve managed to stay in touch through email and the occasional phone call. Once...
by Stacey Denny | Nov 5, 2021 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO We’ve been talking about whether religion is a force for good or evil, or both. I’ve identified some virtues of religion, but then spoke about religions failure to honor that which it claims to cherish. Our last time together I mentioned that most every...
