by Stacey Denny | Dec 26, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
When the boys were in high school and still lived at home, our phone rang one evening. It was a friend calling to see if we wanted to meet the Dalai Lama, who was coming to Indianapolis the next day to give a speech. Yes, we thought we did. So Joan took a day of...
by Stacey Denny | Dec 15, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
When I was a kid, my brother Glenn told me I was adopted, that they had awakened one morning, opened their front door, and there I was, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a banana box. I was maybe five years old when Glenn told me that, and was initially...
by Stacey Denny | Dec 7, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
I was speaking with a man last week who was curious to learn more about Quakerism and wanted to know if he could come visit our meeting for worship. “Of course you can,” I told him. I find it interesting that a lot of people who’ve never been to a Quaker meeting think...
by Stacey Denny | Nov 21, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
I was talking with a man last week and he started complaining about his neighbor. He said, “I know it’s wrong, but I hate them.” “Oh, surely you don’t hate them,” I said. “They probably just annoy you.” “No, I pretty much hate them,” he said. It reminded me of...
by Stacey Denny | Nov 12, 2018 | GraceTalk Messages
When I graduated from seminary, I was pastoring a little Quaker meeting in the city, but wanted to work my way up to a big church, then become the General Secretary of Friends United Meeting, which is the closest thing the Quakers have to a pope, except for the power...
