Dr. Carolyn Coon

How many times do we hear this phrase… or utter it ourselves? Most of the time it is uttered with a kind of ‘oh woe’s me’ sigh. It often is the rationale (excuse) we give/hear as to why something did or did not happen. The phrase reminds me of the poem … for want of […]

Guilty. And your point? Then again, it may be my definition of the word. To me arrogant means a high degree of confidence in… (fill in the blank). It may or may not be in reference to self, I would argue that the highest form of arrogance has little or nothing to do with self.

Whether it’s your feet or someone who you esteemed highly, discovering feet of clay is most disheartening. Much of the subsequent reaction is based on: the validity that it is clay, whether or not there is knowledge by the person and an apology or if it’s an unknown, and, if acknowledged, whether ‘restitution’ is made. But how do you

Are you prepared for storms? Are you in one right now? They are inevitable but of equal concern is… what kind of storm? The type and severity of storms varies. Storms are not necessarily devastating – they can clear the atmosphere of the humidity (tension) and bring clarity.  Obviously they can bring problems. We may not be

Have you been or are you at the end of your rope? If so, then you are now in the realm of the new. Being at the end of your rope is not always a ‘bad’. Being at the end means, though, that you’ve tried everything you know to do but nothing’s worked – you’re still

Have you ever felt like running away from home? ‘Home’ can be a physical place or it can simply be a state of mind. And there doesn’t need to be an ‘apparent’ reason to escape just an overwhelming desire to be someplace, anyplace else. Perhaps it’s the sameness of everything that’s getting to you. Maybe

Can you ever simply… go back? The quick answer to this is ‘no’. Because change is happening constantly, though rate of change does vary, what was no longer is in the form it was. The new requires a new discovery, a new response. And when we are talking about people – it will require an

Point of fact: you do not have all the answers. In fact, you don’t even have all of your answers. Actually, you don’t even have all of your questions! Do you know what you know? Do you know how you know what you know? Has your knowing changed? The answer to this last question should be ‘yes’

Doubt is an ‘is’. It never meets you face on, it always comes at you at the most inconvenient time and in a way that is totally unexpected. Doubt comes in at the basement door or the back door or window – it never comes knocking at the front door.  Personally I think doubt is

It’s a good thing we don’t have to pass any litmus test to be ‘qualified’ to be of use for the Lord. We may have ‘reasons’ to put off/postpone any assignment He calls us to, but qualified doesn’t happen to be one of them. So what’s your excuse to not do what you’re called to do? Too