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...
Quaker Qualities (Osmosing)
by Stacey Denny | Feb 15, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages
Many years ago, I had the opportunity to meet a prominent Quaker who had studied at several of our Quaker colleges and universities and had written extensively about Quakerism. He was a pre-eminent expert on all-things Quakerism and would tell you so if you talked...
Finding Our Way (9)
by Stacey Denny | Oct 2, 2023 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO I went with two of my siblings and my cousin to southern Illinois last weekend to revisit the haunts from our childhood. Most of the people we visited as children are now deceased, inhabiting various graveyards in Franklin County, Illinois, so much of our...
Finding our Way (2)
by Stacey Denny | Jul 19, 2023 | GraceTalk Messages
VIEW VIDEO I was chatting with a fellow pastor this week who recently experienced a great tragedy in his work as a minister. He had phoned wanting to talk and I could tell by the tone of his voice that something had gone dramatically wrong. “You don’t sound good,” I...