by Monica A. Coleman | Sep 9, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
In M. Night Shyamalan’s movie “Unbreakable,” (2000) two characters are juxtaposed: Elijah Price (played by Samuel L. Jackson) and David Dunn (played by Bruce Willis). Elijah Price was born with Type I osteogenesis imperfecta (also known as “Brittle Bone...
by Monica A. Coleman | Sep 7, 2010 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
How to Eat, Pray, Love “Here and Now.” Patheos asked several bloggers: When you can’t drop everything for a year-long spiritual pilgrimage, how/where do you seek spiritual renewal in times of personal crisis? Taking the pressure off means going to...
by Monica A. Coleman | Sep 1, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
My Jewish friends have a mezuzah on the right side of the doorframes of their homes. The small container on the doorpost contains passages from the Sh’ma or V’ahavta, the central affirmation of Jewish faith. Mezuzot contain parchment inside the container with the...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 26, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I first read the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse in high school. This short novel describes the spiritual journey of a boy in India. The protagonist, Siddhartha, leaves home in search of enlightenment. His life involves asceticism, wealthy business trade, love and...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 19, 2010 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
“Jesus wept.” The biblical verse that the first kid spouts off in the Vacation Bible School line-up of children demonstrating that they have memorized at least one Bible verse. It’s short. It commits well to memory. And it leaves every other kid reaching into his or...
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...
