by Stacey Denny | Feb 27, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages
This past week, I was at the bank and noticed the young woman working as a teller had her preferred pronouns, “she/her,” written on her name tag, just after her name. I thought, “Well, that’s just because she’s young and idealistic,” but then I noticed all...
by Stacey Denny | Mar 17, 2022 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO It is good to be back with you. I was in North Carolina last Sunday, speaking to Baptists at a Methodist retreat center. I drove down, but Joan stayed in Danville, hoping to avoid my habit of listening to radio preachers on long car trips. I listen not so...
by Stacey Denny | Nov 18, 2020 | GraceTalk Messages
As a teen, I had a friend who attended a Baptist church who was death on dancing and card-playing. He said the Bible was clear on those matters, so I started reading the Bible and couldn’t find the first warning against playing cards. When I pointed that out, he got...
by Stacey Denny | Nov 5, 2020 | GraceTalk Messages
On Christmas Eve, 1979, when I was 18, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, causing then-President Carter, to reinstate Selective Service Registration for men between the ages of 18 and 26. I was a Quaker, opposed to war and the preparations for it, so sent a letter...
by Stacey Denny | Aug 11, 2020 | GraceTalk Messages
Several years ago, I was in Virginia speaking at a Baptist Church. I’m always surprised whenever Baptists invite me to speak at their church, though I invariably enjoy myself. I gave my first sermon in a Baptist church in Vincennes, Indiana. I was 21 years old, their...
