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What in the World Were We Thinking? (Silence is Good for Everyone)

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...
What in the World Were We Thinking? (Silence is Good for Everyone)

What In the World Were We Thinking? (Our Belief in the End Times)

by Stacey Denny | Apr 20, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

Well, that was some eclipse, wasn’t it? I hope you were able to enjoy it since we won’t have another one until 2153, 129 years from now. Thirty-five of us gathered on the kitchen porch here at the meetinghouse. Herb and Chris grilled hot dogs and we ate moon pies and...
What in the World Were We Thinking? (Silence is Good for Everyone)

Cooperation, not Competition, as an Aspect of Community

by Stacey Denny | Mar 26, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

I was being a curmudgeon the other day, talking with someone about how young people today don’t know anything about history, when it occurred to me that until I was 30 or so, the only thing I knew about World War II was what I learned from watching Hogan’s Heroes. A...
What in the World Were We Thinking? (Silence is Good for Everyone)

Quaker Qualities (Not Simplicity, but Generosity)

by Stacey Denny | Mar 6, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

When I was 32 years old, I received a phone call from the Friends World Committee for Consultation, asking if I would serve on their Executive Committee. This was a big deal in Quakerism, like being asked to serve on the college of cardinals and pick a new pope. I was...
What in the World Were We Thinking? (Silence is Good for Everyone)

Quaker Qualities (Democratic Discernment)

by Stacey Denny | Feb 15, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

It was my birthday this past week. I turned 63 and thought it important to have a little preventative maintenance done on my chassis, so Monday had my teeth cleaned, Tuesday had six pre-cancerous lesions frozen off, fasted on Wednesday, in preparation for a...
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