by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 12, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
When I was in college, I was active in Christian Impact, my school’s local chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ. It was a wonderful experience where I bonded with others, learned new songs, and experienced discipleship and spiritual accountability for the first time....
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 5, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Like most people I know, I have a very long to-do list. It seems that I add things faster than I cross them off. I use the list for my much-needed sense of accomplishment. I exact this need in all types of ways. For example, I refuse to let the servers in...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 29, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I own a pair of crutches. I keep them in the hallway closet where I can grab them if I need them . . . because every so often I will. I have a knee condition where my kneecaps naturally dislocate. I can move my kneecaps with my hand, or they will naturally dislocate...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 21, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I recently learned how to swim. I decided it was time to learn. I asked friends for a swim instructor referral, looked it up and enrolled in a class. A week later, I was swimming across the pool. It was that easy. In my own defense, I knew what to do. I just...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 14, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I make grits on weekend mornings. As a vegan, I try to make organic grits and I have them with soy-sausage or scrambled tofu rather than the corned beef hash, scrambled tofu or fried liver on which I was raised. Eating grits on the weekends reminds me of leisurely...
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...
