John Coleman
Home is Where...?
"You call this home? I want to go back to Munchkin Land where people sing my praises – get me out of here!” In my imagination this is...
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John Coleman
- Dec 19, 2019
- 2 min
Rejoice? - Joy, Happiness and Mary's "Yes"
[a reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent] Have you ever wondered why we light the rose/pink colored candle in the Advent wreath on...
John Coleman
- Aug 15, 2019
- 5 min
Re-Creation
"There is a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything). That's how the light gets in."
- Leonard Cohen
John Coleman
- Jul 3, 2019
- 3 min
Headliners, Legends and the Rest of Us
Who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1983? What about the last eight Heisman Trophy winners, or the last dozen Nobel laureates?...
John Coleman
- May 9, 2019
- 3 min
An Annunciation
Running late, I was at the usher's mercy. The Feast of the Annunciation, the day we celebrate the angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary...
John Coleman
- Apr 26, 2019
- 3 min
The Broken Alleluia
The party’s over, and it’s time to return to “real life.” I’m always filled with a certain sadness the morning after a good celebration....
John Coleman
- Apr 13, 2019
- 5 min
Changing Majors
“You need to find a major that will get you a job where you can make some money!” I don’t think I was intentionally eavesdropping, but I...
John Coleman
- Mar 2, 2019
- 3 min
Whistling in the Dark
Sometimes I like to whistle in the dark. When I was a child, I did this to muster up a little courage in the wilderness of life. I...
John Coleman
- Jan 21, 2019
- 4 min
A New Identity
[Reflections on Romans 4]. It was the morning I lost my identity. My family was visiting Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina, and I...
John Coleman
- Nov 20, 2018
- 3 min
It Changes Everything
“Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given...
John Coleman
- Oct 24, 2018
- 3 min
The Scoreboard
Most of us love to keep score. After all, it’s the way to determine whether someone is winning. I was at one of my son’s soccer games a...
John Coleman
- Oct 24, 2018
- 3 min
Who Needs A God Like This?
What does it mean to say that we are blessed? “God has really blessed me,” I hear people say when they get good news of have good...
John Coleman
- Oct 24, 2018
- 3 min
To Forget...Never
I don’t know how she died, or why her family wasn’t there. I will never know what made her smile, laugh, and cry. The world will never...
John Coleman
- Oct 24, 2018
- 3 min
Sunrise Follows Sunset, Just the Way God Planned...
“Would you please stay three forever?” I asked my daughter this question every day for weeks before her last birthday. She is, after all,...