Dr. Carolyn Coon

There is always an undercurrent of excitement that accompanies something new: new home, new job, new… It’s what I call the clean slate promise. At this point, nothing has been written, there’s no predetermination of what will happen – it’s all new. And new, while it can be slightly anxiety ridden, is always exciting. New […]

I firmly believe in trusting but I also firmly believe in exercising care when you do trust. In a previous discussion on trust I spent most of the time talking about you trusting others and in asking a lot of questions about how you decide whether or not to trust another person. Actually the answers

Trust is an extremely important concept. But it isn’t just theory or a philosophical construct because trust permeates our interactions and colors our relationships. Trust is also a two edged sword – your trust of others, others trust of you. It is not automatically a reciprocal situation. I don’t believe there is anything remotely reciprocal

‘Toast’ is usually the stage beyond ‘burned out’. This is an extremely incapacitating and debilitating position. Perhaps you’ve not experience ‘toast’ but I suspect ‘burn out’ is familiar. We’ve all suffered being burned out, many of us have experienced this a number of times and have promised ourselves that this last time was the last

At some point, or multiple times, in all of our lives we find ourselves totally flummoxed! Through frustration or confusion or inadequate information or any number of other aspects, we simply don’t know what to do next. What do you do?Do you ask a trusted colleague, one who would understand your predicament, what they would

Most people in the church world view finances as The focus for stewardship. And indeed most of the examples from scripture reinforce that view. A steward is typically the person who has charge of the money of his ‘master’. A more contemporary definition would include those whose primary responsibility is to serve food and drink.

The final consideration in this brief overview discussion on faith is the fact that faith justifies us. ‘Justify’ is one of those words that is rarely given sufficient importance. Webster says: to show to be just, right – to be free from blame or guilt. It was this revelation by Luther than gave rise to

In no way should this be considered as an exhaustive discussion about faith. But I did want to indicate the 3 ‘descriptions’ I felt were foundational, crucial to any understanding or appreciation about faith. We’ve briefly looked at the definition that talks about the unseen attributes of faith. Next is the realization that we can

Faith is a word like love, we all have our own definition of the word but typically without ever really thinking about the definition. However, it really is incredibly important for us to know our definition so we can recognize the behavior when we see it in ourselves or in others. And faith is not

Most people familiar with this teaching automatically think in terms of finances. While this is true about money, this is a limiting approach. Sowing and Reaping is a law. And laws are far more pervasive than merely applying to just one subject. “Laws’ are givens – they are in effect regardless of the circumstance, they