Dr. Carolyn Coon

   What does this word really mean? Giving in? Giving up? Having your dreams, hopes, desires trampled on or discarded? I don’t think so. But I do believe it is critically important to know what your definition is because how you define it for yourself may not be how it should be defined.   If you […]

  I am a card-carrying member of the ‘Dialoguers’ (of course that isn’t an actual organization but it defines those who tend to be in dialogue with whoever and whatever (defined as books, or the radio/TV, etc.) is ‘there’). I do find that I fit quite easily into that category. I much prefer dialogue, iron-sharpening-iron

  Do you have an issue with patches? Are you finding yourself putting on patches (or Band Aids?) over certain aspects, sins(?), weaknesses you see in your life? Do you ever have the time to return to those patches to resolve, build up, eliminate (fill in the blank) or do you simply hope that your

  So, you’re a ‘good’ person trying to follow all the principles of the Lord that help develop you into a mature and effective person. Yes? And, you believe in tithing so you make certain that you tithe from your income. Yes? Now… what about the other areas of your life? Do you tithe them

  A friend was recently going through a time of intense loss, resulting in a great deal of grief. All of us have times in our lives that are marked with a depth of grief that can surprise us. Actually, I find the times of being blindsided by memories that can come as a complete

  Fun. Enjoyment. Relaxing. Do you allow yourself to do this? What’s your down time like? Or do you have ‘projects’ you feel you need to address, so… you have no ‘down time’? Presumptuous but… what would happen if you took that time to refresh and renew instead? Bionic are you? OK, maybe that was

  Yours? I appreciate that I’ve talked about this question in any number of ways, but… have you thought about what ‘mark’ you are leaving, what and how you will be remembered? You will ALWAYS leave a ‘tell’ whether or not it is planned or deliberately thought out by you. As long as you breathe

  I use the word ‘Father’ because that’s how I think of You. ‘God’ sounds so austere, so ominous, so grand, so… out there, and my relationship with You has been more of a Father-child. If that sounds too familiar or too disrespectful or not sufficiently awestruck – not my intent. But I don’t know

  Do you have any ‘Always’ or ‘Nevers’ in your life? What, for you, constitutes an always or a never? Do you even believe in absolutes? Personally… I do. But I am quite limiting in what constitutes an absolute. Plus, I don’t like a large number of them. My reason is that I don’t like

  Do you believe you matter? In your heart, at the very core of your being… do you believe this about you? If so then you can’t do less than your best every moment of the day. Stress-less and non-striving, but confidently your best you. I know I’ve written before about your importance, but do