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Things We Got Just Right (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

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 (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

Things We Got Just Right (We Value Experience Over Belief)

by Stacey Denny | Jun 24, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

This happened maybe 30 years ago, when I attended a conference for Quaker pastors down in Orlando. Someone had the bright idea to get all the Quaker pastors in America together and somehow the Evangelical Friends were put in charge, which meant all the speakers were...
Things We Got Just Right (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

What in the World Were We Thinking (Adversarial Religion) Philip Gulley

by Stacey Denny | Jun 3, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

I remember when I was in the sixth grade and my best friend was a boy named Joe who was a Jehovah’s Witness. I was still Catholic and believed Joe was going to hell so made it my purpose in life to point out the errors of his religion and convert him to the One True...
Things We Got Just Right (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

What In the World Were We Thinking? (A Dress Code? Seriously?)

by Stacey Denny | May 7, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

The older I get, the more I look forward to summer, and this summer especially. It’s been several years since I’ve been to the state fair, and there’s something I’ve always wanted to do there, but never have, which is to visit the Pentecostal tent just inside the...
Things We Got Just Right (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

Quaker Qualities (Not Just Integrity, but Integration)

by Stacey Denny | Mar 14, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

Several years ago, Joan and I were in Frostburg, Maryland, attending the sessions of Baltimore Yearly Meeting. For those of you not accustomed to our Quaker jargon, a yearly meeting is a collection or assemblage of local or monthly meetings, usually in the same...
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