Dr. Carolyn Coon

Quite honestly, I’m a sucker for a challenge. Not the life threatening type, the personal ability type. My piano teacher always used it each year prior to the piano contest as a motivator. It worked. A challenge is a motivator for me. However, that’s not true for everyone. Some people walk away, for whatever reason, […]

How do you view life? A series of coincidences or an ever evolving plan? Actually yes, your attitude and belief on this either/or choice makes all the difference. A serendipitous coincidence, though seemingly fulfilling all the definition ‘requirement’, rarely happens. Life, to me, is far more than just a series of coincidences that got me to the place

Recently I was asked by a young man aged 4 1/2 (the 1/2 is very important at that age) why I didn’t go to his church…. or at least he didn’t see me there. This young man enjoys his children’s church and Sunday school and ‘Kids Count’ club. His question was not said accusatory, he was

When I was growing up I was always encouraged to ‘do the best I could do’ in whatever activity I was engaged in. (I doubt that any parent would encourage their child to be mediocre or do only enough to get by or to do as badly as possible.) As a result, I think that

Are you living the good life? Remember, the definition of ‘good life’ is individually defined. While there may be similarities among people’s definitions, it’s what you believe that’s important. So I ask you again… according to your definition – are you living the good life? If not, what’s missing? What is needed for your life

sojourn: to live somewhere temporarily, a brief stay, visit. That’s what we humans are… sojourners. We are here for a brief stay before moving on to our permanent home. If you consider earth as your permanent home you’ll be in for a considerable shock. There is one of two places we will end up because

Have you ever been successful with long distance relationships? I know that the ones I have been involved with start out with great intentions of keeping in touch. And still, with all the methods available today for instant communication (IM, facebook, emails, tweets, texts, etc.), most LD relationships end up becoming sporadic at best until they peter out

I’ve finally come to the obvious realization that I can’t prove to you that there is a God, that Jesus is the only way to the Father and adoption into the family of God. Granted that there are a number of ‘proofs’ that I can provide but ultimately…. this is a decision that each person

You do realize that you are special, unique? Yes, you are like others but still there’s that spark that sets you apart – sets all of us apart from each other. You never were created to be exactly like the next person. Look at families. Each person in a family, though part of the family,

Let’s face it – we all want to be popular. We all want to be liked. And we link liked with popular. But… what’s our price for this? And yes, there is a cost. It’s been said that everyone has a price but what are we willing to pay in order to be popular? And why is being