The President Writes Back!

Since this is the President George H.W. Bush week, I thought I'd re-post this. He and Barbara have done some things for the Children's Cancer Research Foundation. Since the proceeds from Bizarre Bible Stories 2! go to the CCRF, I sent them a book. But he wrote back, and that I think, is really cool. …

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It’s Official!

From the CCRF Website... Best-Selling Author Donates Proceeds of New Book to CCRF Best-selling author, Dan Cooley, donates all profits from new book Bizarre Bible Stories 2 to help children with cancer. β€œDear God, why did you give me cancer?” asked Kristina, daughter of a long-time friend of Pastor and author Dan Cooley. Dan recalls, …

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Buy a Book, Help a Family Battling Cancer

Dear God, why did you give me cancer? Chad was in my youth group back in the 80s. In the summer of 2013 his daughter Kristina wrote me a note with that question. I tried to give an answer in Bizarre 2!, but fell short. One day I'll see her again, and she can show …

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What Weird and the Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation Have in Common

As you may know,Β  Bizarre 2! is dedicated to Kristina, the daughter of a close friend who died of cancer just as the book was going to print. The Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation was a place of refuge and help to the family throughout the process. So, I thought if the book was dedicated to …

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A Sad, Wonderful, Stolen Blog of Thankfulness

Some Facebook posts should never have been written. Guilty. Some should be engraved in stone - like this one. It was written by Chad Barrett, a friend of around 30 years, whose daughter went home to heaven last year. Here is what he wrote: I was driving last night, and Caroline (our 9-year-old) was in …

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Furious Enough to Kill

A good friend of mine, Chad Barrett, lost his daughter to cancer last year. He has been expressing his pain, and the grace God keeps pouring out to endure it, on social media. I've been learning and praying with each post. However the last one had a new twist that I thought needed to be …

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