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Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (9)

Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (9)

by Stacey Denny | Jan 20, 2025 | Plain Speech Messages

When I became an intentional Christian, as opposed to a Christin who was dragged kicking and screaming to church by my mother, I decided to read the Bible. I did that for several years, because a man I knew told me the government would confiscate all the Bibles, which...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (9)

Things We Got Just Right (Community Confirmation)

by Stacey Denny | Aug 12, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

I was down in southern Indiana a while back, riding motorcycles with my friend Dave, the newest member of the Quaker Oatlaws Motorcycle Club. We stopped for lunch in New Boston, then decided to head further south to ride on the Ohio River Scenic Byway, a curvy,...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (9)

Things We Got Just Right (Vesting Power in People, Not Positions)

by Stacey Denny | Jul 24, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

When I first came to Fairfield, I had a bad case of the big head. I’d had several books published, still had hair, was married to a striking, intelligent woman, and was under the impression I was God’s gift to Quakerism. I rolled into here thinking how lucky you all...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (9)

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...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (9)

Things We got Just Right (Our Insistence on Equality)

by Stacey Denny | Jun 10, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

I got the notice this week that my high school graduating class is planning our 45th year reunion, which I was looking forward to, but now am not, due to the confirmed presence of a narcissistic man who spent our twelve years together bullying our most vulnerable...
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