Dan Cooley – An ir-reverend Christian viewpoint

Daniel Cooley

  • My Top 5 Pastoral Pet Peeves

    Here are my top 5 Pet Peeves. Any you would want to add? #5 Slogans I’m talking church marque signs. And bumper stickers. And matching mission team t-shirts. I once saw a team in a Florida airport heading to Haiti with shirts boldly declaring, “WE HELP THE POOR.” The shirts were complete with a Haitian…

    Daniel Cooley

  • The ONLY 5 Items you need to Survive a Missions Trip as a Pessimistic Introvert

    Megan does it again – best mission trip post-evaluation ever. The ONLY 5 Items you need to Survive a Missions Trip as a Pessimistic Introvert.

    Daniel Cooley

  • Forgettable – Only With Alzheimer’s

    Spending time with Daniel Schoen is never forgettable. Dangerous, probably. Predictable, hardly. Legal, mostly. Forgettable – only with Alzheimer’s. What was I saying? Daniel picked me up on Wednesday to play in SW Colorado. He arrived in his hell-bound motorhome filled to the roof mounted satellite antenna with diesel, food, and a ticket home –…

    Daniel Cooley

  • Haiti – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    I just returned from another Haiti trip. Abnormality abounds. The Good: It was the perfect 9-day sabbatical. It consisted of hot yoga, being serenaded during a moonlight swim, and afterwards lounging in the water while listening to the birds sing. OK, maybe trying one sadistic body knot, listening to some teenagers practice their worship music…

    Daniel Cooley

  • The Assassin – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    The Good: It’s hard to find a good thing about an assassin, but this one is fairly likeable, as assassins go, but bad enough to want him dead. As for the book, it is far and away the best of the Isaac Bell Series, highly recommended! Part of the reason I enjoyed it so much…

    Daniel Cooley

  • Favorite New Quote

    By John Newton: Slave Ship Captain turned Christian and author of Amazing Grace: Shortened Cooley Paraphrase: I am not what I will be, but I’m not what I was. Normally Used Quote: “I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to…

    Daniel Cooley

  • 3 Haiti Surprises

    I’M IN HAITI! Surprise #1: I left for Haiti Sunday night without the church knowing. I arrived here around 4pm Monday and did some upkeep around the place. Tuesday was the same, Wednesday I was able to work on my favorite Isuzu Trooper. Thursday at 9am was terrific. I was able to shock most of…

    Daniel Cooley