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 | Mar 1, 2023 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO I was talking with a young person this week who wants to be a doctor and I thought what a noble profession medicine is, how when you’re a doctor people respect your advice, because they know you’ve studied many years and passed a test confirming your...
by Stacey Denny | Apr 22, 2022 | GraceTalk Messages
Well, Easter Sunday has arrived in its entire splendor. Early Friends didn’t celebrate Easter, and still don’t with the same enthusiasm of other Christians. We believe no one day is more sacred than another, that each day is a fitting day to celebrate the principle of...
by Stacey Denny | Jan 7, 2022 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO One of the things I admire about Joan, besides her intelligence, kindness, and beauty, is her uncanny knack for remembering dates. Sometimes, out of the blue, she’ll mention, “Today is so-and-so’s birthday,” and it will be someone we knew 30 years ago who...
by Stacey Denny | Dec 11, 2020 | GraceTalk Messages
One thing I miss during these Covid days are the pageants and plays so common this time of year, most of them involving fidgety children in bathrobes. It brings to mind my first church play when St. Mary’s Queen of Peace Catholic Church had an interim priest, fresh...
