Dr. Carolyn Coon

A friend sent me this… “I’ve never been surprised by God’s judgment, but I’m still stunned by His grace.” (Max Lucado) Wow! Is that a terrific insight or what?! Lucado goes on to point out that he has never heard/read of a person being rejected by God when they come, sincerely, to Him. Actually, if […]

Do you know what your Christian growth factor is? For that matter, did you know that you have a growth factor? AND… you do know that when you were saved that was only the beginning? You really are expected to grow.I’ve always been amazed at the mentality that seems to think that the moment you

There’s a line in an old Frank Sinatra song that says, “Regrets. I’ve had a few but then again too few to mention.” What about you? Do you have regrets? Are you doing anything with them, or are you simply regretting?If you are only regretting – lost opportunities, lost … (fill in the blank) –

Are you a tester of harm? Or do you avoid it like the plague? Granted, the caveat in this is your ability to stay out of harm, but given the choice… what is your preferred position? Personally I’m a ‘don’t get in harm’s way’ type but if there, don’t run from it like a coward.

How do you determine your position, your opinion on a matter? What is the deciding factor that makes you take a particular stand on an issue? Is it a person or your experience or….??? Is it a reasoned opinion? Have you thought it out or are you responding based on feelings or instinct or…??? Regardless,

At the risk of sounding macabre… every once in awhile I do a check to see if I have any outstanding business that needs attending. What I do is to ask myself – if I were to die tonight was there anyone I need to talk with, anything I needed to finish… There are multiple

You do appreciate that through your words and actions you influence others? Yes? And, by the same token, you also are influenced by others’ words and actions. Having said that, are you aware of what influences you? Whether talking about the effect of your influence or the effect of what influences you, do you know

We all have at least one Achilles Heel… do you know yours? It is vitally important that you know what ‘trips you up’, otherwise, you get blindsided constantly. And… it doesn’t need to be a ‘bad’ in and of itself but when it is taken to extremes it becomes a liability. Example: eating. Eating, in

I just received an email from a dear friend that I consider absolutely brilliant! I really hadn’t thought this way before. The thrust of the email was that if you had $86,400.00 deposited into your bank account every day with the stipulation that you HAD to spend it all: you couldn’t save or redirect it.

I suspect this is what we all want – to be, to have a life worth living. Critically important to this is to realize that you are the only one that can define what A Life Worth Living means for you. What are the components that comprise your LWL? And who developed them? Did they