Dr. Carolyn Coon

Can you lose it? It kind of begs the question – who would want to? However, I do know that there are opposing views depending on the denomination. I take a somewhat simplistic view.Having received forgiveness and come into the family of God, I’m not going to get into arguments with fellow brothers and sisters, […]

I somewhat got the cart before the horse in talking in my previous post about Answered Prayer and talking about Praying in this one. However, that’s really not critical because it is important to understand that ALL prayer is answered, just maybe not how we expect. No one is likely to pray if they don’t

For me, prayer is not just important – it is a critical component in my life. I can, but I don’t like to start the day without first taking time to pray. Prayer is like a cornerstone that is strong and can withstand the onslaught, if there is one, of the day. There are so

This is the worst way to make a decision – relying on a fleece (or however you characterize this … if ‘a’ happens then I’ll know to decide in this way but if it doesn’t then the decision is the opposite). Unfortunately we Charismatic/ Evangelical end of the Christian continuum types tend to find scriptures

The messsage was sent in love. And the message is love. But the message also has a response required from us – believe. What are we to believe? Again, simple and profound. We are to believe: -that God always had us in mind and was working toward a re-establishment of relationship, -that Jesus, His Son,

The message that we, His ambassadors, are to deliver is incredibly simple and profound – love. That’s it really. Because when you say ‘love’ you say a host of things and it translates into a behavior that is equally simple and profound. It’s been we, His people, that have complicated everything and begun adding other

Almost by definition, ‘first step’ implies that there are more steps to be taken. Even if the only act you make is to take a second step to be parallel (balanced) to the initial step. The first step is the most important decision you’ll ever make, but once made, everything opens up to you –

I’ve always believed that the message was the most important of the two: message, messenger. It was critical to state the message clearly, concise and in the ‘voice’ of the sender. The messenger needed to not get in the way of the message. If I wanted someone to understand what was being said, regardless of

Do you consider yourself a work in progress? I certainly am. I am far from being ‘complete’ but, and this is the important point, I am in progress. I am not standing still because that would mean I was moving backwards (think about it). And, this is exciting! Every day the Lord is working with

What is it? And is it really important? What’s the absence of commitment?Commitment is believing in and acting on something regardless of knowing the results of your efforts. It is believing in/being totally sold out to/on an idea/person that you’ll spend your time and energy to accomplish. And yes, you can go through your entire