Dr. Carolyn Coon

Admittedly, I’m an unabashed anti-noise person. Even as a child I have always intensely disliked noise – I think because it’s so jarring. However, simply because you don’t like noise does not, ipso facto, make you a silence adherent. In my case it does. I do enjoy the quiet because of all the things you can hear in […]

Do you believe in the multiple persona approach? Another way of asking this question is: do you have a work face, a home face, a friend face, a play face, etc.? To be honest, I’ve never seen the need for or relevance of this approach though I know many people do. However, I don’t know

What do you believe? Do we have free will or not? This debate has raged for eons and when you add the concept of predestination to the mix, there are passionate adherents for both, then we are faced with an apparent contradiction. (Clue: they really aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive concepts.) Free will is many things depending on what we do

Do you live a dynamic life? A ‘Dynamic Life’ is defined by what populates your world, and what doesn’t. It’s not a state that once you’ve ‘arrived’ you can simply settle into it. And, not every component needs to be operating at 100%. But, though the components don’t need to be in cement, you do need to

What is chastening? First: chastening is not the same as punishment. Webster defines punish as: to cause to undergo pain, loss…to impose a penalty. However, chasten, according to Webster, means to punish so as to correct. These are two different approaches, purposes. However I will admit that they may feel the same. Hebrews 12:11 tells us: “Now

Feel may be the operative word but fact also needs to play a role. Was he/she/it right – did you do or not do something you should/shouldn’t? Were you ‘guilty’? I’m sure we all have used this phrase before however the word, feel, is the critical consideration. Feel does not necessarily mean fact. You do need

You can’t ignore your emotions.Why would you want to? Oh, you may try but it won’t work – emotions will express themselves. Control them? Difficult. Understand them? Maybe. But you must realize that they are and they will attempt to control you. This is where problems arise. Bottom line is that it’s natural to have emotions, it’s what you

The reason I said ‘your’ is because we all seem to interpret God slightly differently – according to our experience. I suspect I should also be asking “…what does He do?” It is vitally important that we know Who God is and what He does. I’m not asking a rhetorical question but I am defining God as

Memories are always personal ‘invasions’ into our now. They are sometimes fun, sometimes painful, sometimes they are reminders of how you handled a similar situation in the past. Actually you don’t necessarily control the emergence of memories – they can come unbidden. The aspect we control is what we do once the memory emerges. How

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds…” (1Corinthians 10:4) Since you are in a war, and you are whether or not you have engaged yourself, then you need to know what is available to you to win your war. Actually we really are quite well