Holly Taylor Coolman

Nov 7, 2024 | americamagazine.org | Holly Taylor Coolman

After President Joe Biden was elected in November 2020, his supporters felt a profound sense of hope, while supporters of Donald Trump felt quite the opposite. After last night’s election results, the tables seem to have turned. But my own deepest conviction, which I wrote about in response to the 2020 election remains: “Threads of a liberal consensus hang all around, but they simply are no longer strong enough to knit together the body politic.

Aug 5, 2024 | churchlifetoday.osvpodcasts.com | Holly Taylor Coolman

Church Life Today Parenting as Complex and Beautiful Vocation, with Holly Taylor Coolman Aug 05, 2024 OSV Podcasts “The call to parenting will never be an easy one. To have your heart walk around outside your body means that your heart will be bumped and bruised along the way. It is not a vocation to be pursued in isolation.

Feb 26, 2024 | bethfelkerjones.substack.com | Jason Byassee |Holly Taylor Coolman |Beth Jones

Gentle reader,When I met Holly Taylor Coolman, we were both Ph.D. students at Duke. She had a toddler and, soon, an infant, and I was pregnant with our first child. In lots of ways, we’d carry each through our doctoral work, but I daresay Holly did more carrying than I did, especially as I began to learn what it is to be a mother.

Feb 2, 2024 | commongoodmag.com | Holly Taylor Coolman

It may seem dramatic to compare the end of parenting to the end of one's life, but treating this transition with seriousness will offer a foundation for moving forward. Ironically, it is only this kind of absorbing and accepting the past that allows for parents to build (once again) a new kind of relationship with their children.

Dec 14, 2023 | americamagazine.org | Holly Taylor Coolman

I remember clearly the precise moment I became a parent. In some ways, a familiar script unfolded. My husband and I rushed to the hospital. Friends and family waited anxiously for a phone call that would deliver the good news. And then, it happened. I was handed a gorgeous baby, rosy with dark hair. I had waited and hoped, and now here she was, a perfect little human being, entrusted to our care. In other ways, I felt as if I were outside looking in, watching a scene I had never expected.