I Come to the Garden Alone
A Reflection on Mark 14:32-42
Spiritual guidance for the journey
Welcome, I’m the Rev. Daniel Dean Coffey, and I’m glad you’re here. This site is a space for ministry, writing, spiritual care, inclusive faith, and the holy work of meeting people with grace exactly where they are.
About the Rev. Daniel Dean Coffey
Rev. Daniel Dean Coffey is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament, chaplain, Christian educator, writer, public speaker, and public theologian rooted in the mountains of North Carolina. His ministry brings together pastoral care, preaching, spiritual formation, inclusive Christian community, and a deep commitment to justice.
Daniel earned his Bachelor of Arts in Religion, magna cum laude, from the American Public University, and completed both the Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Christian Education at Union Presbyterian Seminary. He has served in chaplaincy, congregational ministry, Christian education, worship leadership, pastoral care, and church administration.
As a chaplain, Daniel is committed to the ministry of presence, meeting people with compassion in moments of grief, crisis, transition, and hope. He also offers pulpit supply, contracted public speaking, weddings, funerals, memorial services, and other pastoral or liturgical support.
Daniel is the author of Walking in Sunlight, a devotional written to offer hope and encouragement to those facing anxiety, loneliness, fear, depression, and struggle. He has also written for Baptist News Global, reflecting on faith, identity, denominational life, and spiritual freedom.
A committed social justice advocate, Daniel focuses especially on the dignity, safety, inclusion, and full affirmation of LGBTQIA+ people in the church and society. Across all his work, Daniel seeks to embody a ministry of grace, honesty, healing, and welcome.
Services & Affiliation
Rev. Daniel Coffey is available for spiritual care, coaching, consulting, and sacred life ceremonies. With pastoral warmth, theological depth, and an inclusive spirit, Rev. Coffey offers support for individuals, couples, families, and faith communities. He is also currently approved and listed for pulpit supply with both Abingdon Presbytery and the Presbytery of Western North Carolina of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Services include:
- Spiritual coaching and direction
- Church consulting and congregational support
- Weddings and vow renewals
- Funerals, memorials, and celebrations of life
- Baptisms, blessings, and naming ceremonies
- House blessings and other sacred rites
- Pastoral care during grief, transition, or discernment
- Guest preaching, teaching, and worship leadership
To book Rev. Coffey, please proceed to the bottom and fill out the contact box.
Rev. Daniel Coffey serves within the International Council of Community Churches, an international, intercultural, and interracial fellowship of churches and ministry centers. The ICCC is committed to Christian unity, reconciliation, justice, community, diversity, service, and love. Its present form was created in 1950 through the merger of two Community Church traditions: the Biennial Council of the Peoples Church of Christ and Community Centers, led by Dr. Joseph M. Evans, and the National Council of Community Churches, led by the Rev. Roy A. Burkhardt. This union is remembered as one of the first major interracial religious integrations of its kind and, at the time, the largest interracial merger of religious bodies in America before the height of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
This history gives the ICCC a distinctive witness to racial reconciliation, Christian unity, and shared ministry across the lines that have too often divided the Church. As a post-denominational and ecumenically minded communion, the ICCC honors freedom of conscience, congregational self-determination, and Christ’s prayer “that they may all be one.” The ICCC also participates in the wider ecumenical movement through relationships with the National Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches, Christian Churches Together, and Churches Uniting in Christ. Through these ties, Rev. Coffey’s ministry is situated within a broader Christian witness committed to unity, justice, reconciliation, and faithful service to the world.
List of Publications & Links
Below are some publications which Rev. Coffey has written. Among them is his 30-Day Devotional which is for purchase on Amazon.
A Baptist boy’s journey toward faith, freedom and authenticity | Baptist World News
What we lose when churches stop naming themselves | Baptist World News
Walking in Sunlight: A 30-Day Devotional | Amazon
Rev. Coffey's Blog
The Kalendar
The Christian Liturgical Calendar, also known as the Christian Calendar, Church Calendar, Ecclesiastical Calendar, or simply “the Kalendar,” is a framework Christians use to order the seasons, feast days, and rhythms of the church year. It helps the church mark the great celebrations of the Christian faith, including Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, and other holy days. Many churches reflect these seasons visually through the use of paraments, which are decorative cloths placed on the pulpit, lectern, communion table, or altar. These paraments often change color according to the liturgical season. The Calendar may also guide the color of the minister’s stole, the liturgical scarf worn during worship. Even if many Christians have not heard the term “Church Calendar,” they have likely encountered its influence through Advent candles, Christmas Eve services, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and Pentecost.
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