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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 (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 (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

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 (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

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...
Things We Got Just Right (Equality Over Cultural Norms)

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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