Dr. Carolyn Coon

  Actually this phrase came from a post by a friend that struck a chord with me. It’s true. We all need discipline but we also need diligence in order to place our new learning into our mindset. In my world of definitions, knowledge is just that until the lessons it provided merges into your […]

  As long as you continue to grow, never accept others’ ‘definition’ of your Christian maturity. People do tend to do this to one another. Early in my Christian walk I learned about walking in the light I had – and I have learned that this is what’s important. Too often we (and others) look

  World View: the way that someone sees and understands world events, especially in relationship to their religious or political beliefs and ideas. (Dictionary). So the questions are – do you know what your religious and political beliefs and ideas are? Is there a congruence between your religious and political beliefs? One question would be

  I really do hate being taken for granted! The ‘taken for granted’ state is nearly equal to assumptions on what I will or will not do and say – actually, who I am. Often a comment such as, “I know you…”, is made by someone who has absolutely NO idea of who I am.

  We all use scripture to confirm our point, our position. I believe that what the Lord taught me was that it is critical to read before and after the scripture verse that I ‘liked’. Sometimes I discovered ‘conditions’ to the verse and sometimes I discovered an entirely different way of thinking. The point is –

  You aren’t who you were and you are on a path to who you are becoming. And yes, that is an obvious statement. But look at yourself right now and look at who you were 5 years ago… what’s the same and what has changed? Do you like the changes? And a quick ‘of

  Is that a phrase that you recall from when you were a child? And was it true? Were you not paying attention to whoever or whatever was happening? Do others still accuse you of not paying attention? The question that immediately pops to mind is – how would someone else know you weren’t paying

    Whose? No, you’re not hearing things and no, you aren’t crazy. It may seem like an actual voice or it may be more like a ‘leading’, a sensing. I remember, as a new Christian, that I did wonder about the source of what I believed I was hearing. I also remember asking a person

  Have you ever thought about how you define words? Who or what is your source? Do you rely on the worldly definition? Spiritual? And, is how you apply, the operational definition of interest or concern? Another way of asking these questions are: do you apply worldly definitions to spiritual questions and how do you make

  How do you view not just the day, but the word – thanksgiving? Do you save up all your being thankful for a one day splurge? Is that what Thanksgiving is? I don’t think so. And I definitely don’t believe one should ever wait to express thankfulness. To me, ‘thanksgiving’ is a frame of