by Stacey Denny | May 19, 2026 | Plain Speech Messages
I was in an antique store recently and came across a book called The Best of Life. It was a book of photography, published in 1973, containing the most significant pictures of the 20th century, even though the century still had 27 years left in it. The book was free...
by Stacey Denny | May 6, 2026 | Plain Speech Messages
I drove down to the farm last Monday to mow and had to stop at Walmart to buy groceries. There was a woman in there with a little boy who looked to be about three-years-old, not quite ready for pre-school. The boy, like most children of that age, was active, but the...
by Stacey Denny | Apr 20, 2026 | Plain Speech Messages
Many years ago, a husband and wife came to me for marital counseling. Before you consider doing that, I should tell you it’s not my strong suit. Should you need a marital counselor, we have one right down the hall. She’s there every Monday and Tuesday and I advise you...
by Stacey Denny | Mar 23, 2026 | Plain Speech Messages
If you’re a Quaker, you know our way of conducting the business of the meeting can be maddening. I grew up Roman Catholic, so the business of our congregation was decided by a priest, who reported to a bishop, who answered to the Pope, an old, white man who lived in...
by Stacey Denny | Mar 22, 2026 | Plain Speech Messages
When I was nine years old, we moved to a house with fields and woods and a creek. Several of our neighbors were Quakers, but this didn’t stop me from fantasizing about war. This illusion was helped along by a neighbor boy named Kevin who told me the hole in the glass...
