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...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
“You have to believe in it. It won’t work if you don’t have some faith that it will work.” These are the words my friend said to me years ago when I realized I could no longer manage my depressive condition without medication. Friend to friend, depressive to...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 17, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I met my pastor on Facebook. I hate to admit that because I’m one of those people who only “friends” people who are actually my friends. I don’t care if we know 42 of the same people. If I don’t know you, we aren’t friends. We aren’t even associates. Not until we...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I know that progressive Christianity is the new f-word for some Christians who don’t want all its associations. But I want it all. Many women know what it’s like to live with a label with varied understandings that may or may not indicate what she would...