Things We Got Just Right (We Value Experience Over Belief)

by Stacey Denny | Jun 24, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

This happened maybe 30 years ago, when I attended a conference for Quaker pastors down in Orlando. Someone had the bright idea to get all the Quaker pastors in America together and somehow the Evangelical Friends were put in charge, which meant all the speakers were...

Things We Got Just Right (Sacramental Living)

by Stacey Denny | Jun 20, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

When our children were born, Joan bought a camera and started taking pictures. Pictures of everything—vacations, hikes, family gatherings, birthday parties, first haircuts, first days of school, holidays, thousands of pictures. Just when I thought I couldn’t take it...

Things We got Just Right (Our Insistence on Equality)

by Stacey Denny | Jun 10, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

I got the notice this week that my high school graduating class is planning our 45th year reunion, which I was looking forward to, but now am not, due to the confirmed presence of a narcissistic man who spent our twelve years together bullying our most vulnerable...

What In the World Were We Thinking? (Disownment for Marrying a Non-Quaker)

by Stacey Denny | May 22, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

One of the things Joan and I have always enjoyed is antiquing, so when we renovated her family’s farmhouse, and had to furnish it, we went to Gilley’s Antique Mall in search of a chest of drawers for the downstairs bedroom. We found a beautiful handmade chest with a...

What in the World Were We Thinking? (Silence is Good for Everyone)

by Stacey Denny | May 7, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

A friend phoned me recently, asking if he could borrow our Ford Flex. He didn’t say why he needed it, and I didn’t want to appear nosy, because if there’s one thing I’m not, it’s nosy, so I just said sure, come get it. A bit later I was looking out the window and saw...