by Monica A. Coleman | Dec 6, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
“Life is robbery.” I re-read this Alfred North Whitehead quotation to my students in the last weeks as we read through Adventures of Ideas. We were taking a welcome break from the philosophically demanding Process and Reality. I explained that this is one of...
by Monica A. Coleman | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Since the Civil Rights era, many communities with which I affiliate have been “looking for the next King.” In some ways, this sentiment is a direct reference to the legendary leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., recently commemorated in the memorial on the National...
by Monica A. Coleman | Nov 8, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I love teaching in theological education because I loved being a student. When I was in college, I was an active lay Christian. I didn’t major in religion and had no plans to be a minister or professor of religion. But I had some questions that weren’t answered in...
by Monica A. Coleman | Oct 31, 2011 | Media, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I’m talking about religious pluralism and Jesus with Homebrewed Christianity. Listen to my thoughts here
by Monica A. Coleman | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
A couple of years into my career as a minister, I learned a short phrase about the sounds of church from another minister. There’s an awkward space of time at the beginning of a sermon when the preacher indicates the biblical passage from which the sermon will draw...