by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
“You have to believe in it. It won’t work if you don’t have some faith that it will work.” These are the words my friend said to me years ago when I realized I could no longer manage my depressive condition without medication. Friend to friend, depressive to...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 17, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I met my pastor on Facebook. I hate to admit that because I’m one of those people who only “friends” people who are actually my friends. I don’t care if we know 42 of the same people. If I don’t know you, we aren’t friends. We aren’t even associates. Not until we...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I know that progressive Christianity is the new f-word for some Christians who don’t want all its associations. But I want it all. Many women know what it’s like to live with a label with varied understandings that may or may not indicate what she would...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jun 1, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Patheos.com asked several theo-bloggers what sex has to do with it. Here’s my response We are called to connect and to create from the deepest parts of who we are it’s our imago dei our missio dei of the many ways we connect and create sex is one. it matters how we...
by Monica A. Coleman | May 17, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I didn’t plan to be a nomad. Yet in the last decade, a combination of school, work and family saw me in a new city—across the country from the previous city—every two years. While I had moving down to a science (checklists, procedures, the three day un-pack), I was...
by Monica A. Coleman | Apr 25, 2011 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
The headline in the electronic newsletter came was written in large font: “She’s one of us.” My favorite magazine that offers hope and harmony to people living with bipolar depressions, bphope, called attention to the recent disclosure that actress Catherine...
