Dr. Carolyn Coon

  Have you ever asked yourself if you are being too polite? Toward people it may be a positive, but in your actions toward satan – not. I was meandering through my Facebook page and found a question posed by Jesse Duplantis that got me thinking about this. He was asking the question (or maybe […]

  Strongholds! The sins that so easily beset, which become an an action we do follow… and typically regret. Obviously planks and boulders are hindrances but I also believe that when we attempt to ignore them they grow into even bigger obstacles. The point is to face them and purpose to overcome their power, their

 “She looks just like her Mother.” “He’s a chip off the old block.” Who do you resemble and act like? Children are incredibly observant and great imitators. Are you? Have you taken on the characteristics that you see in your parent? Do you try and ‘be’ like your parent? What attitudes and behaviors do you

  Have you really considered this – what is of first importance? We can enter into a variety of personal statements and stands about what we believe. And undoubtedly they are all important and valid. However everything begins and ends at only one place. Simply… it is the cross. It can difficult to understand that a man,

  I don’t tend to think in ‘impossible-s’. But I’ve had to rethink this and wonder about how or if I handle my (unacknowledged?) impossible-s when they do arise. Do I consciously act on what I say we should do in difficult situations – turn to the Lord? Do I follow through on my analysis

  My neighbor died early this morning, totally unexpected. As for age, she was in her mid 40’s. Relationship: it really wasn’t that we were close but we had a friendly, fellow apartment-resident rapport. Not the point. Death is the salient point, not age, though relationship does intensify our reaction, even that isn’t the point.

                    “For consider Him who endured such hostility from                      sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and                      discouraged in your souls.” (Hebrews 12:3)   We all get

  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