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Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

by Stacey Denny | Jan 22, 2025 | Plain Speech Messages

I was up at Life’s Journey this week visiting Stacey Denny’s mother, who’s in hospice there. They have a bookshelf in the lobby filled with religious books, including a book called Heaven, written by a man named Randy Alcorn, whom I met 30 years ago when I started...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (8)

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

I’ve been thinking about Georgie Baker, who last week shared the happy news that she was wrapping up her degree in social work. Georgie was two-years-old when we first met. She would come to meeting with her grandparents, Ralph and Gan, and when the other children...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

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...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

What In the World Were We Thinking? (Our Belief in the End Times)

by Stacey Denny | Apr 20, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

Well, that was some eclipse, wasn’t it? I hope you were able to enjoy it since we won’t have another one until 2153, 129 years from now. Thirty-five of us gathered on the kitchen porch here at the meetinghouse. Herb and Chris grilled hot dogs and we ate moon pies and...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (5)

Quaker Qualities (Not Simplicity, but Generosity)

by Stacey Denny | Mar 6, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

When I was 32 years old, I received a phone call from the Friends World Committee for Consultation, asking if I would serve on their Executive Committee. This was a big deal in Quakerism, like being asked to serve on the college of cardinals and pick a new pope. I was...
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