Dr. Carolyn Coon

IF you agree that we should be seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, the next 2 questions that pop to mind are: How? and Does this relate/apply to how you live your life each day? The first question is the easier of the two to answer. I would suggest that there are a number […]

I suppose I could just as easily have said – what should you be looking for, but that isn’t quite the same. Phrasing it as seeking first places it in a different context, more of a directive. What does this phrase mean to you? If you are a Christian your first thought should be the

Matthew 7:21 tells us, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” Wow! Not everyone! I don’t know what this says to you, but to me it says that a Christian can’t be one who only ‘talks the

I would submit that we go through many different stages, seasons in our lives. The smoothness of moving from one to the next rests on our attitude toward and preparation for transitions. And reading the ‘signs’ is the first step in transitioning. Attempting to ‘hold on’ when a season is over is never a healthy

I am fond of saying, ‘that was then, this is now’. I do truly believe this but is there more to the phrase than merely the obvious? More important is your view of you, which are you a ‘then’ person or a ‘now’? Does it matter? I think it does. The apparent contradiction in all

There are a few themes that I tend to return to often and passion is one of them. One of the reasons I think this happens is because one is always learning more about the particular topic and, more important, how we individually relate to it.  In terms of ‘passion’, I deeply believe that you have to

Have you ever looked at your life’s ‘accomplishments’ and feel that you are coming up short? That you missed important opportunities? That you might have done more? or differently?  As you look at your life, are you where you wanted to be by now? Specifically, are you satisfied?  Satisfied does not mean that you’ve accomplished all

Do you realize that it is YOU that is being talked about? You have been wonderfully and fearfully made (Psalms 139:14). Do you believe this? And this is not just anyone that’s making this declaration, this is God and He’s talking about You! He chose to lavish all His grace and favor, His love and caring

who would you want to be? More importantly, what is it about that other person that entices you, or that you admire? Why would you want to be (fill in the blank)? And don’t look at the trappings around the person, what is it about them, who they are, what they say/do, etc. that would make

Do you think you are brave? Oh not the bravado kind of brave that typically is for show and not for substance. Rather the kind of brave that determines that what can be attained is worth the price of commitment. Because to be brave does require that you be willing to forgo the comfortable, the