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Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

by Stacey Denny | Jan 22, 2025 | Plain Speech Messages

I was up at Life’s Journey this week visiting Stacey Denny’s mother, who’s in hospice there. They have a bookshelf in the lobby filled with religious books, including a book called Heaven, written by a man named Randy Alcorn, whom I met 30 years ago when I started...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

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,...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

Things We Got Just Right (Community Confirmation)

by Stacey Denny | Aug 12, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

I was down in southern Indiana a while back, riding motorcycles with my friend Dave, the newest member of the Quaker Oatlaws Motorcycle Club. We stopped for lunch in New Boston, then decided to head further south to ride on the Ohio River Scenic Byway, a curvy,...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

Things We Got Just Right (Spirit Over Bible)

by Stacey Denny | Aug 6, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

Earlier this summer, Joan had gone with Madeline to the store, so I was lying on the couch, praying, when I heard a knock at our back door. No one we know ever knocks, they just walk in, or call out. We’re not long on formalities. So when they knocked, I knew it...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

Things We Got Just Right (Vesting Power in People, Not Positions)

by Stacey Denny | Jul 24, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

When I first came to Fairfield, I had a bad case of the big head. I’d had several books published, still had hair, was married to a striking, intelligent woman, and was under the impression I was God’s gift to Quakerism. I rolled into here thinking how lucky you all...
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