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Things We Got Just Right (Universality Over Nationality)

Things We Got Just Right (Universality Over Nationality)

by Stacey Denny | Sep 23, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

When I was in the fourth grade, one of my best friends was a boy named Joe Bryant, whose family rented a farmhouse southwest of Danville on Mackey Road. He moved to our town at the start of the school year, and we became friends the first week of school. His family...
Things We Got Just Right (Universality Over Nationality)

Things We Got Just Right (Innovation over Tradition)

by Stacey Denny | Sep 23, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

My phone rang not long ago. It was a Quaker calling from out-of-state, whom I had met several years ago at a conference. He called because their Quaker meeting was in decline, and he wanted to know if I had any suggestions that might revive their meeting. He said,...
Things We Got Just Right (Universality Over Nationality)

Things We Got Just Right (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

by Stacey Denny | Jul 8, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

Several years ago, a man I know was told he was dying, which of course we all are, but his death was sooner than he had anticipated. Though well-off, he’d always been miserly, to the frustration of his wife who wanted them to travel and see things and visit their...
Things We Got Just Right (Universality Over Nationality)

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 (Universality Over Nationality)

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...
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