by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 7, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I have a confession: I like soap operas. Not all, but a couple. I’ve been following their story lines for years. At the end of almost every weekday, I indulge myself by watching the day’s episode online. It seems like a perfect mindless wasy to unwind. I jokingly...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 1, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I find comfort in those two tones that indicate that an episode of a “Law and Order” franchise is coming on. I don’t mind watching reruns because I’ve usually forgotten the outcome. I feel the same way about the “CSI” franchises and the television show “House.” ...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 23, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
“What does it mean to be a human being?” This is one of those questions I heard in the opening lecture to the required philosophy class in college. It was the kind of thing that made me not like philosophy. I wasn’t interested in hearing historical and contemporary...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 16, 2010 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
For decades I’ve heard Barbra Streisand’s voice crooning out words I know to be true: “People, people who need people, are the luckiest people in the world.” Of course, I think that people needing people aren’t just lucky; they’re human. I think we all need other...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 9, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
In the summer of 2002, I was a graduate student in religion who was tired of reading theology. In search of summer fiction, I walked into a large bookstore and stumbled into a book that hit closer to home than I ever could have imagined. There it was in the main...
