by Stacey Denny | Dec 15, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
When I was a kid, my brother Glenn told me I was adopted, that they had awakened one morning, opened their front door, and there I was, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a banana box. I was maybe five years old when Glenn told me that, and was initially...
by Stacey Denny | Dec 7, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
I was speaking with a man last week who was curious to learn more about Quakerism and wanted to know if he could come visit our meeting for worship. “Of course you can,” I told him. I find it interesting that a lot of people who’ve never been to a Quaker meeting think...
by Stacey Denny | Nov 21, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
I was talking with a man last week and he started complaining about his neighbor. He said, “I know it’s wrong, but I hate them.” “Oh, surely you don’t hate them,” I said. “They probably just annoy you.” “No, I pretty much hate them,” he said. It reminded me of...
by Stacey Denny | Nov 12, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
When I graduated from seminary, I was pastoring a little Quaker meeting in the city, but wanted to work my way up to a big church, then become the General Secretary of Friends United Meeting, which is the closest thing the Quakers have to a pope, except for the power...
by Stacey Denny | Nov 12, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
A few times each week, I drive over to Brownsburg to pick up our granddaughter Madeline at her other grandparents. I take her back to our house on the back roads, the long way round, so we have more time to visit, because once we get to our house and she sees Joan,...
