Dr. Carolyn Coon

Have you ever used that phrased with someone else to ‘comfort’ them, typically after you’ve done something to disappoint or hurt them in some fashion? Of course you have! We all have. Countless times to cover countless acts. And it’s been said to us countless times. So do you? Make it up to the other […]

Is that how you look at yourself? As totally ineffective? Do you see others succeed but you never ‘get a break’? Do you feel powerless? Oh woe. What’s wrong with this picture? Simply -if you are a Christian then you cannot view yourself in that light. Who are you instead? You are a King’s kid,

Do you like new beginnings? The ‘today is the first day of the rest of your life’ type new beginnings? This is almost like a wiped slate approach – not throwing the baby out with the bathwater but definitely a new start. It does take some courage to do this because it does require a

Simply… either you have faith in (whatever the focus is) or you don’t. And if you don’t then you have faith in the opposite. Faith is an either/or. And if ‘or’ then you have faith in the contrary position/philosophy. To use an example – either you have faith in Jesus that He is who He

When I was in grade school one of the methods to discover if we had learned what we needed to know as foundation for building on that learning and then moving on was to give us a test. The test was a pass/fail and if you passed, you moved on. If you didn’t then the

If/when the Lord calls you to a task, He does so but not without first equipping you. It’s been said that God doesn’t call the equipped, He equips the called. If so, then there is absolutely nothing that He asks of us that is beyond our ability. That is a terrific relief…and comfort. While we

doesn’t necessarily make you ‘wrong’. In politics, the minority is considered the ‘loyal opposition’. But does it bother you if you’re in the minority? Yes, it should make you reanalyze your position but it should never mean an abdication without consideration. I tend to take the position that, unless it is a standard, a principle

Your mountain may look like a molehill to some and the Alps to you. It may look like a bump in the road or a range of mountains. Size and number are not as relevant as existence. If you have a mountain – it’s a mountain…. and it’s in the way! The question is: what

Though we may not say it out loud, we really think about ourselves a great deal. The phrase that jumps to mind is one, again not always verbalized but definitely thought, that goes like, “But…. what about meeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!????” Typically this is said in a slightly whiney voice. Actually we are our favorite topic. We are

‘Life happens’ is a phrase I use quite often – and have for some time. It seems to sum up and explain those ‘things’ that occur every day that seem to defy explanation. Typically these are activities, events, people, ‘things’ that seem to have no origination point yet … happen. When I first started using