by Monica A. Coleman | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Since the Civil Rights era, many communities with which I affiliate have been “looking for the next King.” In some ways, this sentiment is a direct reference to the legendary leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., recently commemorated in the memorial on the National...
by Monica A. Coleman | Nov 8, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I love teaching in theological education because I loved being a student. When I was in college, I was an active lay Christian. I didn’t major in religion and had no plans to be a minister or professor of religion. But I had some questions that weren’t answered in...
by Monica A. Coleman | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
A couple of years into my career as a minister, I learned a short phrase about the sounds of church from another minister. There’s an awkward space of time at the beginning of a sermon when the preacher indicates the biblical passage from which the sermon will draw...
by Monica A. Coleman | Oct 15, 2011 | Blog, Media, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Writer and mental health advocate Therese Borchard interviewed me and it made it to the Huffington Post. Check it out. According to Raymond DePaulo, Jr. M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, African-American populations do not...
by Monica A. Coleman | Oct 9, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
When I was a teenager, I liked a boy who attempted suicide. I remember calling his home on an ordinary day. His mother answered the phone and told me a harrowing story of how she came home, and found his tall lanky body in the bathtub with blood spilling into the...
by Monica A. Coleman | Sep 26, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I wanted to be pregnant if only for the possibility of helpful hormones. “Pregnancy is great for some women with depression,” my psychiatrist says. “The hormones can help.” I think of my women friends with depression who tell me that pregnancy nearly killed them. That...
