Dr. Carolyn Coon

I believe that everyone, down deep if not overtly, desires to make a difference – and difference is spelled with a capital D. However, not everyone defines this in the same way, ergo – the problem. In its simplest and perhaps most profound way, we make a difference every day in our daily activities and […]

Today is July 4th, the birth of our nation – the day we declared our freedom from outside control. That auspicious beginning declared that we were a people who stated our reliance on and belief in God. We gratefully acknowledged that America was a Christian nation.Since that beginning we have strayed from our roots, from

Those two words are not the same: care, caring. And one doesn’t necessarily translate into the other. Simply: care is an emotion and caring is an act. You can care about someone, something and do absolutely nothing with the feeling, the emotion. But if you’re caring then by definition you are doing something.To care requires

That’s what the word ‘gospel’ means – good news. But do you know what the good news is? We tend to make it complicated, to theologize it, to make it a series of steps or stages that one goes through. However, in its simplest and easiest – it means: Jesus Love me, this I know.For

I don’t know about you but I find it very difficult to forgive myself when I’ve done something stupid or hurtful to another. It really isn’t all that difficult to go to that person and ask for their forgiveness, whether or not they give it, but I find it incredibly difficult to forgive myself. Actually,

We all have a physical (date) birthday but we also have the opportunity of a second birthday – a spiritual birthday. This second birthday is more important than the first, though, admittedly, you have to have the first to have the second. Specifically – today is my birthday and my spiritual day is three days

Have you considered the meaning of those words? Never leave. This means He isn’t a talisman to be brought out when we are in trouble or have a problem, to ‘fix it’. He doesn’t just ‘check in’ with us occasionally to see if everything is OK. This is a 24/7 reality.I know that when I

Do you consider yourself a model? You are, you know. Actually…. everyone is. You model your true beliefs, your character, your wants, your needs – everything! You model by your actions as well as by your words. You are constantly on display.I suspect most people don’t look at themselves as being ‘on stage’. But it

With each progressive forgiveness step, the responsibility and subsequent action increases and this step is the hardest of all – forgetting. This step is forgiveness’s forgetting. I don’t know about you but this is something I find extremely difficult to accomplish. I have a very long memory.Yet, I’d like to think there is a partial

Whether your forgiveness of another is unilateral on your part or instigated through the other person seeking your forgiveness, the statement is only the first step in the forgiveness process. Forgiving is a process. Forgiveness is always a choice. However, the benefits far outweigh any negatives. And whether or not you realize it – forgiveness