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Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (4)

Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (4)

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

Our gratitude to Mike Goss for bringing the message last week. I was at our farm in Paoli and Jackson was down with Covid in Richmond, after attending a Quaker pastor’s conference at Quaker Haven, which I was supposed to attend but couldn’t because of a funeral....
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (4)

Things We Got Just Right (Innovation over Tradition)

by Stacey Denny | Sep 23, 2024 | GraceTalk Messages

My phone rang not long ago. It was a Quaker calling from out-of-state, whom I had met several years ago at a conference. He called because their Quaker meeting was in decline, and he wanted to know if I had any suggestions that might revive their meeting. He said,...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (4)

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 (4)

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...
Do’s and Don’ts In a Time of Change (4)

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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