Dr. Carolyn Coon

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

This is as much a (with) ‘whom’ question as much at it is a ‘how’ (much) question. We all control the amount of us we share, with whom, and when. There are some definite criterion we use to judge how much we share. I would venture to say that trust would be an important consideration. However, it can

Are you the Director of your life? Or maybe you’re the Star of your life? Or are you the Understudy? Perhaps you’re part of the crew setting up for the action to take place? Maybe you’re in the audience? What is your role in your life? When I was younger I probably imagined myself in

Do you trust you? Do you have reason not to trust you? Granted you make mistakes, but is this reason to not trust you? Absolutely not. Mistakes, unless deliberately repeated, are no basis for lack of trust. So, what would make you not trust yourself? For that matter, what causes you to trust yourself? Trust

For some reason there is the pervasive thinking that once you get saved you instantly become mature. Though it may not be said, behavior seems to affirm this. I don’t think so. There is no such thing as ‘instant maturity’. Many times what is said is: “…you need to start attending a good bible believing church.”

Be honest… the problem is that no one likes to get caught. This is especially true when you know you aren’t suppose to do something but you did it anyway and everyone knows that you know you shouldn’t. It’s bad enough that you got caught but to realize that everyone knew this wasn’t an innocent act makes the

Is your life filled to overflowing? Are you busy with 1, 2, or 3 exclamation points? Why? And don’t say you don’t have any choice… one always has a choice. Our choices are based on our priorities – stated and affirmed and not stated but actions affirm. If you admit that you enjoy being busy

Actually I’m referring, in this case, to the expression of emotions – non verbally. For example: happy, unhappy – which do you walk with? Does your countenance display hopelessness, sorrow or some other form of unhappiness or are you happy? With feelings, we choose what we express. I realize that it may be splitting hairs but, happiness and unhappiness express