Dr. Carolyn Coon

  How to handle, what to do about disappointments is such a difficult lesson to learn. Some of the reasons for the difficulty rest in the fact that disappointment is imbued with feelings. You can never eliminate your feelings when dealing with disappointment. And perhaps that was the most significant learning for me. I’m not […]

  Epiphany (Webster): “a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience; any moment of great or sudden revelation…” Yes! Love Epiphanies. Most of the time they are of the sudden or great variety, at least for me.

  Do you? Is your cry – ‘it’s not my fault!’. Do you try and fob off with a ‘…but she said…’ or a ‘…but he was doing…’ or ‘… but what I meant was…’ to justify why you did/said what you did? While you attempt to deflect responsibility elsewhere, is there a small voice

  Most of us have great difficulty asking for counsel … especially from the Lord. Why we continue to do this, when we have our experience from the times we didn’t turn to Him, remains mystifying. Unfortunately, we still seem to pursue this self-defeating behavior – to our own pain and hurt. Why? Primarily because

  What do you do when trouble rears its head? Are you mystified that it came? How do you feel? What do you do? Do you run for cover? Do you blame others? Did you have contingency plans determined before you began this particular venture? To expect that you will live a life free from

  Who is your God? How do you see Him? Is He far off or close at hand? Is He a judge ready to convict you every time you do something wrong? Is He a loving Father that does chastise us when we do wrong but is also there to comfort us? What is your

  This phrase was quite popular beginning in the mid 60’s. But it still is an apt mental picture. In computer-ese, this means that regardless of how accurate a program’s logic is, the results will be incorrect if the input is invalid. Stated slightly different… a computer will unquestioningly process unintended, even nonsensical, input (garbage

  Do you ever do something… grudgingly? Of course you do! We all do. And the success of the expenditure of (money, time, energy, etc.) is??? Yes, sometimes there is success and many times – not. And can we take any credit for the success? What about our involvement? Could we have made a difference

  Do you think you are beyond being forgiven? Is what you did so heinous that you are beyond God’s hand? Or maybe you fear you may have committed the unpardonable sin? Actually… do you know what the unpardonable sin is? Regardless, I believe that every serious Christian, at some time, becomes concerned that they

  Do you have any conception of how powerful those 3 words are? Jesus effectively used them to defeat satan at every turn and temptation. These words are also ours to wield as our offensive weapon to defeat our enemy. But this was a lesson that took me some time to comprehend and then use.