Dr. Carolyn Coon

That phrase simply leapt out at me. It was a comment in a Christmas letter that a friend had sent. In it was the statement: God’s gift of rescue. Outside of when you are in dire need, do you ever think about rescue? Rescue… is it simply a ‘saving from’? Webster defines the word as: to free from confinement, danger, […]

A Happy New Year to you! I hope that you make 2012 all that you need and want it to be. Whatever else happens will be like frosting on your cake – but it is you who make the cake. A couple of things… 1- my ‘regularity’ in writing in the blog may become spastic

Do you? For you, for your life? Or do you expect that the absolute worst will happen for you? That the ‘great things’ happen to others, not you? I’m not talking about ‘pie in the sky’ or looking at life through rose colored glasses, but what is your expectation? As I’ve said before, I’m a

You have 2 choices: you believe it or you don’t believe it. Either it is authority… or it isn’t. It doesn’t depend on you understanding every thing, it depends on whether you accept it as infallible. Very simple and yet life hangs in the balance – your life. Sometimes it’s only an issue of pride

You do realize that the moment you accept Jesus as Lord you enlist as a soldier in the army of the Lord? You do. Like it or not, in this life you have an enemy that will try to defeat you and defeat all those around you. And… he doesn’t play fair. He will use

Each one of us is on a quest – at some level of intensity, whether or not we consciously realize it. I would submit that the reason is because there’s a hole in all of us – right smack dab in the middle of us. And, that hole can only be filled with something greater than

I realize that the phrase sounds strange, but it really isn’t. My advice is: 1- never, as in ever, allow someone else to make the decision about who you are, what you do, how you go about doing it! Certainly seek advice or allow those you trust to speak into your life – but the

Whatever happened to manners???? Where did please and thank you and you’re welcome go? And what happened to a simple acknowledgement of  something received? Why is it so not necessary to sincerely express them? I know I’m giving away my age with these questions but… whatever happened to these simple kindnesses? While my questions may sound like

Do you get caught in ‘proving’? Proving defined as a visible demonstration of … whatever you are wanting (needing) to prove. Reality says that the proving is primarily for yourself – not for others. This can become a block or stumbling stone if you feel that it is mandatory to be able to demonstrate. This also

some would say, starts at home. But that’s only one of the end results of charity – it really begins in the heart and expands outward. Charity has to be expressed. Spiritually, most definitions use love and charity interchangeably. For some reason the secular definition of the two words are related but separated – I will follow the spiritual basis. Charity is defined