This week I got a 100-word email after my sermon that had an 8-word line in it I’d like to memorize. Our sermon topic was Awkward Church, which got this individual thinking. I hope you like his email as much as I did. When I was about 11, we stayed with my grandparents for about …
Category: Confessions of an Idiot Pastor
Did God Move Us to Haiti?
We moved. Is God laughing? We downsized, but not having enough room for kids to move back in with us wasn’t the main reason for moving. I’m now walking distance to work (1.1mi), but I’m still so lazy I drive. The new place has more land. I’m not sure why. How much sand without an …
Pastoral Envy
I had this published four years ago in Christianity Today - Leadership Journal. I think it's been long enough they are good with me putting it on my blog. DEAR GOD, GIVE ME A MEGA-MINISTRY WHEN I BURN OUT It isn’t fair. Bill Hybels burnt out. He wrote, “The rate at which I was doing …
Help Me Walk the Walk
"If you remain faithful when facing death, I will give you the crown of life." Jesus, Rev 2:10 "Help me walk the walk." Steve I've missed the application of Rev 2:10 - it's not just faith in persecution - something bigger is going on here. In context the church in Smyrna is facing persecution, and in the …
Late Christmas Letter
COOLEYS 2016 So Micah and Dad had grand plans to get the Christmas letter out for Christmas this year. Micah started it, gave it to Dad, and next thing you know it was Christmas. So, in the grand Cooley tradition of late New Year’s letters, here we go. Mama and Papa Cooley: After seven years …
Car Wreck
IT WAS NOT MY FAULT THIS TIME! Saturday around 6:30 PM Micah came over and parked behind my car. I hate it when people park behind me. So, I said to myself, "self," I said, "I'll just take his car. The Miata is more fun anyway." Amanda and I were needing to leave early Sunday …
Stealing the Pope
We only borrowed him, really. It's Saturday, and we have been in the hospital since Monday waiting for seizures. Amanda is constantly hooked up to an EEG, with 28 electrode things glued to her head, limited by a 15 foot umbilical cord. Life is dull. So, on my way back from purchasing a junior bacon …
3 Lessons from the Storm
This week Howard Hendricks gave three terrific observations about the storm in Mark 4:35-41. It's when Jesus told the disciples to cross the lake at night, and the storm came up, and they were afraid they would all drown, but Jesus calmed the storm. OK, here we go... We don't develop faith by listening to …
3 Loves, 1 Huge Disappointment
Watching the first week's course was a mixed bag. First my 3 loves. 3 Favorite Quotes: The Bible wasn't written to make you a smarter sinner. It was written to make you more like the Son. There is no growth apart from the word of God. This book will keep you from sin - or …
Take My Favorite Seminary Class With Me
I went to Dallas Theological Seminary, Western Seminary, and Moody Seminary. After taking a zillion hours due to moving and switching schools, my favorite class was... My first class. And my first class was... Bible Study Methods - but DTS called it Hermeneutics. That's because they are a seminary, and the class cost $900 back …
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