Dr. Carolyn Coon

  Do you consider yourself as teachable? Yes? Then what have you learned lately? Smack? Perhaps a kinder way would have been to ask you to define what you mean as ‘teachable’. Or I could ask what kinds of learnings have influences you the most? Perhaps the question should be, who and what do you […]

  I sometimes think that one of the most difficult acts we attempt is when we decide and then begin a new habit. Stopping one isn’t any easier – theoretically, you just stop doing whatever it was you were doing. Granted, if it’s something you enjoy doing or it gives you any satisfaction when you

  Battle scared? Feeling the weariness down in the depths of your being? Ready to give up? Give in? I can’t speak for you but I know that for me there are moments I do feel so bone weary that it’s painful. And whatever ‘it’ is, I don’t want to do anything. The more you

  Congratulations! You recognized your need for a Savior and have made Jesus the Lord of your life, now… what have you done since? Have you made your decision known? Have you been baptized? Have you started attending a bible-believing church and most important… have you begun building a relationship with Jesus to learn who you are, Whose

of/from/for Me (substitute your name)! I’m talking specifically not intellectually or even spiritually. We all, at some time, ask this question – and I believe every serious Christian asks this… often. We all want to be pleasing to God. I know one can quote Micah (6:8)     “He has told you, O man, what is good;

  According to a recent article I read, the number one reason people church hop or leave their church, whether or not they can articulate this, is that they no longer feel spiritually fed and fulfilled. The real reason is that they no longer feel the church they are attending is encountering God anymore. How

  Perhaps it’s time to stop looking only at what you aren’t doing, especially compared to what others are doing and start considering what you are doing. What are YOU doing to fulfill the The Great Commission? Are you doing more? less? different from? what you were doing yesterday? last month? last year? If you aren’t

  We’re all aware of the fact that there is only 24 hours in the day. Just as an ‘interesting’ exercise, let’s look at this a moment. The math:1. If you work outside the home then, typically, at least 8 hours is spent at your place of employment. You have to get to and from home which

  Did you get swept along by the argument that, ‘…it isn’t who I am, it’s what I do’? I know I did. I did make allowances that there were some ‘things’ (not identified but definitely difficult and outside the acceptable) and actions that were not a definition of the person but of the required

  I would suggest that each of us have our own best way of hearing. Involved in hearing is the validity of what we do hear because we don’t all hear in the same way, or even the same message. One point to remember is – how far removed from the source/subject of the message