by Monica A. Coleman | Oct 16, 2016 | Media
Jennifer Frayer-Griggs wrote a great feature in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Bipolar Faith is graceful and heartbreaking “You can die of grief.” This is the first sentence of the Rev. Monica A. Coleman’s memoir, “Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey With Depression...
by Monica A. Coleman | Oct 11, 2016 | Media
“Too blessed to be stressed” is one of the phrases that I think the church should erase from its vocabulary “What I like is that in the stories of Jesus healing people, there are other people around. These aren’t private sessions; it’s...
by Monica A. Coleman | Sep 29, 2016 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and every September I hear that suicide is the unforgivable sin. As a minister and theologian, I understand the rationale. It goes something like this: Sin is doing something that offends God. It is the pride of trying...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 23, 2016 | Media
I had a great interview with Faith and Leadership, a learning resource for Christian leaders and their institutions from Leadership Education at Duke University Divinity School Throughout her life — through high school, college, seminary and graduate school...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 19, 2016 | Media
Great Interview with Patheos when BIPOLAR FAITH first came out. “I would like churches to talk about mental health the same ways we talk about every other health challenge. I would like us to combine prayer with other medical and social services that...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 2, 2016 | Media
I talk with Tripp Fuller of Homebrewed Christianity on 5 reasons to go process theology. Well, five big tenets of process theology. Catch our conversation here.
by Monica A. Coleman | Feb 4, 2016 | Media
In honor of Black History Month, Patheos invited a half a dozen black thought-leaders and activists — today’s black history makers — to share their responses to six questions about their work, their inspiration, and the racial justice movement. Here, Claremont...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jan 22, 2015 | Media
I had a great time speaking at Christianity 21 on January 22, 2015. Christianity 21 discusses ways to live a better faith through 21 big ideas presented by 21 voices in 21 minutes each. It was an amazing experience where I talked about how Christianity does...
by Monica A. Coleman | Sep 21, 2014 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I continue to blog for the New Media Project where we help religious leaders become theologically savvy about technology. For the series on community formation and social media, I write about a recent loss, and turn to online communities for support. Here is an...
by Monica A. Coleman | Sep 21, 2014 | Media
Ebony.com recently featured a series on Sexual Assault and African American communities organized by colleague and survivor, Lori Robinson. Lori has written an important book about surviving and healing from sexual assault. She conducted an interview with me where I...
