by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 28, 2024 | Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
This year this month marks 30 years since I accepted a call into ministry. I did not grow up thinking that “minister” was a career option. When and where I was raised, if you were a boy who liked church, people would say that you might be a minister one...
by Monica A. Coleman | Mar 29, 2024 | Media
Honored to be quoted talking about Black religiosity in a recent Essence magazine article. Here’s a small excerpt: Today, it is not uncommon for Black women to set up ancestral altars, practice yoga, sit in mindfulness meditation, get a Tarot card reading, and still...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jan 20, 2024 | Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
When Dr. Claudine Gay resigned from the presidency of Harvard University, my phone lit up with phone call and texts. The callers and texters included Black women academics, Black professional women, Black male academics, and the like. Reeling with emotion from...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 20, 2023 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I have a friend who asks me every year about what I’m doing for Black History Month. And I always reply: “Nothing, I’m Black every day.” And I mean it. I don’t celebrate Black History Month, but I am happy to be a part of celebrations of Black history – when they...
by Monica A. Coleman | May 11, 2023 | Media
Hope Made Strong hosts this great podcast, The Care Ministry Podcast, and Laura Rowe and I had such a good conversation. We talked about my journey from being a “curious Christian” to being a religious leader, what led me to write Not Alone, and how...
