by Monica A. Coleman | Feb 10, 2017 | Media
Honored to see that my book NOT ALONE: REFLECTIONS ON FAITH AND DEPRESSION is mentioned in #SeatSyllabus from women of color under age 30. Based on the “Seat the Table” album by Solange, Seat Syllabus is curated by Candice Benbow, Elle Magazine and...
by Monica A. Coleman | Feb 3, 2017 | Media
So honored to be in conversation with Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn with Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) about #BipolarFaith. We had a lively conversation on a lot of the things that didn’t make it into the book and why there’s so much music in the book....
by Monica A. Coleman | Jan 19, 2017 | Media
Honored that BIPOLAR FAITH has received a 2017 Silver Illumination Book Award in the Biography/ Memoir category for the year’s best new titles written and published with a Christian worldview. The awards are designed to honor and bring increased recognition to the...
by Monica A. Coleman | Oct 22, 2016 | Media
“History and culture and race and family and genetics and trauma and fear all factor into what cause mental health challenges. Class, education and privilege may make a difference with accessing healthcare, but they don’t protect one from the angst of these...
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.
