by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 19, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I’m an ordained minister, but I’m not good at all that the life of ministry requires. I’m particularly embarrassed at how bad I am with hospital visitations. Early in my ministry career, I delighted when I put the clergy pass on my car’s dashboard and parked in the...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 16, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I have a big cookie, I break it in two Some for me and some for you I’m sharing! When my sister was in pre-school, she learned this song. The last line about sharing was shouted in loud toddler glee. The short song is catchy—it was stuck in my head for hours after she...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 20, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Borders Book Stores are closing. It’s the end of an era. That’s a little melodramatic, I know, but I’ve got my reasons. Although Borders Books is known to most people as a large chain that could be found all over the country, it’s still a neighborhood store to me. I’m...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 12, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I’m into new media. I have a website, Twitter account, four Facebook pages, a LinkedIn profile, an old-school Myspace page, and I’m thinking about adding Tumblr. I use my smartphone for GPS, finding restaurants, playing crossword puzzles, texting, emailing, and...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 27, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Perhaps the story of Lot’s wife is a monument. Perhaps the pillar of salt is a testimony to the fact that sometimes a place calls your attention home. “I feel a strong spiritual pull to go back to the South.” These are the words of Deborah Brown as quoted in a...
