Dr. Carolyn Coon

Have you ever asked yourself – is someone following me, am I leading others? Or maybe… you’re following someone? If you’re doing the following – do you know where you’re going? Or is it blindly following without a sense of direction, of goal? The same questions can be asked if you are the leader and are […]

I’m a firm believer in will power, in exercising your will… when it pertains to you and your life. At times you exercise for something and at other times it stands as a defense against certain aspects. In either case, you are not imposing your will on another. And, will power can be exercised in

Integrity is another of those big words. I found it interesting that Webster defined the word without really defining it: soundness, completeness, honesty, sincerity, incorruptibility. These are all good words it’s just that it leaves so much to individual interpretation. What does the word ‘integrity’ mean to you? How do you define it? Do you know what

Do you have any conception of the power of those 2 words? The power comes from their limiting ability. I consciously try not to use either of those two words, primarily because they are so restraining. Once spoken, they immediately confine the speaker to an unchangeable position and the listener is stopped from any discussion.

It’s not how much time you have it’s what’s in the time that’s important. All of us over a certain age have heard that comment many times. It’s true… what is in the time you have is the most important determinant. Ergo – what are you doing with your time? Equally important, are you enjoying what

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