Dr. Carolyn Coon

Have you ever had a question that was responded to with an easy answer? We all have and I’ve become very suspicious of easy answers, especially to hard questions. It’s not that the answer couldn’t be a simple one…. it just rarely is. It also doesn’t mean to throw out the easy answer because that […]

We need to begin with a definition so we’re all operating from the same frame of reference. Righteous means being in right standing with God. A simple enough concept but also one that’s difficult to maintain. Now… how important is righteous to you? The answer should be – all important, because it is. Simply because

HOW you see is probably equal to if not more important than what you see. Because how you see is filtered through what you think, what you believe, what you like, what you don’t like, etc. And we all see through filtered eyes.An easy way to make my point is how 6 people will describe

As I was watching one of the few programs on TV that I do view, one of the characters made the comment, “Everyone needs a code to live by.” What a great line! And how true! A bit of a ‘duh’ I grant you but sometimes it is the obvious that’s missed.Everyone DOES need a

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