Daniel Cooley
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The Rest of the Story
[picture by Alessandro Cerino on Unsplash] When I was a kid, my dad would listen to a radio show by Paul Harvey called The Rest of the Story. Paul Harvey would tell a story but at a key point stop and say, “In a minute you will hear the rest of the story.” Then they…
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God and Luck
JoLynn and I enjoy the monthly hot date at Costco. Usually, we pull in on a weekend and the place is packed. Still, I’ll find a nice spot close to the handicapped parking. She says, with jealous disdain, “You’re so lucky.” I reply, “Yeah, well, I had my devotions.” Is God like that? Does he…
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Lost in Chicago
I got off the “L” in Chicago (short for elevated railway), and said to myself, “self,” I said, “I don’t know where I am, but it looks like the worst slums in America, and I’m pulling a suitcase. This could be a bad day.” It almost was. It had been one of those weekends. The…
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What Would You Do if God Called You to Haiti?
I was sitting in a Pastor’s meeting when one of the guys suggested, “How about we go around, and each say how God called us to ministry?” All I could think of was, “Please, no.” That and, “God, please call this meeting to an end.” He didn’t. I would love to have one of those…
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Needing a Miracle
If you could buy God one gift, what would it be? I’d get Him a watch. I want to get God on my time. I want Him to see things like I see them. Am I the only one who has wanted to shout, “God, can’t you see what is happening here? Help out already!”…
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You need these verses
Sometimes I have difficulty getting into the skin of what verses in the Bible are trying to say. So, I go into my fancy Logos Bible program – or jump to Bible Hub or Blueletter Bible on my phone – and took up the word-for-word translation. After some study, and stealing from other translations, I…
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