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

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 (We Value Experience Over Belief)

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 (We Value Experience Over Belief)

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

What In the World Were We Thinking? (A Distrust of Leaders)

by Stacey Denny | Apr 20, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

Some time ago, I wrote an essay about the abuse scandals in the Catholic Church. It got published and circulated around, and made its way back to Danville, to the Catholic Church where I had been raised. I knew that was likely to happen and had girded my loins, as the...
Things We Got Just Right (We Value Experience Over Belief)

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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