Dr. Carolyn Coon

  Are you pleased with you? Pleased with who you are, who you are becoming, how you go about being you, how you present yourself…? A more important, yet difficult question is – do you think the Lord is pleased with you? Do you know why or why not… and equally important, how do you […]

  Have you ever wondered if we put the accent on the wrong sy-lla-ble? Do we over focus on us, me, I? Of course we do! Our mindset, our frame of reference, our needs and wants, our understanding… all that begins with us/me/I. But while we are the focus from which we react and interact

  I could have said, ‘application’ but since I write about applying what you know as often as I do, I thought I’d state it slightly differently. Webster: “…an act of putting to use; a use to which something is put”. Obviously, not a particularly enlightening definition, but accurate. But I would suggest that the

  Have you noticed that with the Lord, if He said it then He will do it. No worries. No questions… it’s a done deal. This doesn’t mean that we don’t have our role, our responsibility but if He said it He will do it – period. However, do we act on this assurance? Not

  You, I, we all matter. Every day – who we are, how we go about being us, it matters. We do not have the right to diminish ourselves – remember that we have been bought and brought into freedom and should never betray that cost. Should I repeat this? WE do not have the

  NEW Year! The word, ‘new’, holds such promise, such expectation. We all like our new’s. The question is…what do we do with our new’s? How do we respond? Each year on January 1st we emphasize ‘new’ by experiencing another opportunity for new through making ‘resolutions’. Do we even acknowledge this? How do we meet

  Have you ever considered the fact that you are quite extraordinary? I know I’ve said it before but you are the only person in the world that can be you. No one else can smile the way you do or see the world like you do. Maybe others can do the same kind of

  Happy Holidays??!! I don’t think so. It has and will always be MERRY CHRISTMAS. I love Christmas! I love everything about Christmas – the aroma of cookies baking, the decorating (the doing), the haunting fragrance from the outdoor pine tree, the caroling followed by cookies and hot chocolate. I enjoy the hustle and bustle –

       “Hark the Herald Angels sing,         Glory to the newborn King;        Peace on earth and mercy mild,         God and sinners reconciled.”And in those few words, we have God’s mystery explained. The words come from one of the Christmas carols that we all enjoy because

  Is this your attitude toward others… especially those who have wronged you in some way? Do you want them to pay in some fashion, to extract a price to secure your forgiveness? Or do you simply remind them of your magnanimous nature/behavior in forgiving such an action committed by them? Is there an addendum