Dr. Carolyn Coon

     “But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father      who is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:33)Deny? Me! Never!!! But do we? Do we deny Who Jesus is and what He did? Perhaps not overtly but subtly, often mis-using the scripture spoken by Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:22 […]

   Yes? Do you ‘allow’ yourself to make a mistake? Then what? My bias is that without mistakes or mis-turns you never know if you really have learned, grown, and applied – the ‘information’ has not been tested. Mistakes show you what you didn’t know, what you need to refine. But the first step in

   The following was in a Facebook post by a friend of mine, Mary Swanson, and I think it is a terrific mindset.       “A GPS navigation system in your car only cares about two questions.        Where are you now, and where do you want to go?        At any moment, any day, ask

   Do you ever listen to the words you speak? “I nearly died laughing…” “I could have killed (him, her, them)”…Really! If you could carry through by acting on these words, would you? Of course not – they are just expressions. However, couldn’t we phrase it differently? Then again, we may not be aware of

   Many of us may remember an old Flip Wilson TV comedy series that often had a segment about a woman (Wilson) who typically was discovered in a lie or behavior that wasn’t positive. The catch phrase when confronted with the patent behavior or words was… ‘the devil made me do it…’ Really! If this

   Unless you are different from most people, the word ‘provoke’ is generally not thought of as a positive. We see the results of provoke when anger is expressed or a sharp retort or other negative response to what was said or done. The point typically is that ‘provoke’ does precisely that – it causes

   Are you? How do you know? Just as important – does your face know?  That was not a sarcastic comment because we aren’t always aware of the statement our countenance makes. I am not going to define ‘happy’ because the definition can be incredibly personal. Happy appears to be an all encompassing feeling. But

   Webster: “to use unclear language especially to deceive or mislead someone; to avoid committing oneself in what one says.” Do you know people who do this? Of course you do… we all do. The question should be – is this something you do? Again, I suspect that we all do – at least on some

   You won’t always be right, you know. No matter how hard you may try – there will be times that you ‘simply didn’t get it right’. And, being an A or B or whatever personality type has nothing to do with this state – we all want to be right! While we especially aren’t

   Not always an easy action. There are times when you feel so beaten down that you ask yourself if it is really worth it to get back up. This is especially true when you’ve really tried and done everything you can think of to make (fill in the blank) a success and absolutely nothing