by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2025 | acceptance, Friendship, loneliness
A young woman I know wrote this poem. It was so poignant. I felt that pain in my 20s and 30s.I felt this great loneliness for many years then realized God was sending several people for whom I WAS to be that person. Problem was I didn’t WANT to be that person for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 15, 2023 | acceptance
I came across this prior post today and, as God would have it, as I was preparing for our monthly women’s grief support gathering, I had come across a BBC podcast on why we need sadness. It covered 3 philosopher’s view of the significance of sadness, one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 23, 2022 | acceptance, affirmation
There are days when I stir from sleep and there is a scripture verse reference clearly “imprinted” in my mind’s eye. I can see the nudge to look it up. This morning was such a day. The verse was Luke 4:22. I could not in any form or fashion tell...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 23, 2022 | acceptance, action
I use a tool called Rokeach Values Survey as part of our intake assessment at Titus 2…. it is sometimes very revealing and holds a mirror in front of women that they have difficulty looking at… If one says she believes “A” about herself, values...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 8, 2017 | acceptance, The Church, theology, Truth, Worldview
The article referenced below on “The Platinum Rule” is interesting, but I don’t find it particularly helpful in light of the current situation within many contexts- churches, workplaces, and communities. For merely superficial, casual associations or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 26, 2016 | acceptance, God's will, spiritual life, Spirituality, Truth
Bill and I are binging today on a TV movie series, The OA, described as a “spiritual thriller”. In it there’s a lot of speculation about Near Death Experiences, “NDE”, with an obsessed psychopathic scientist holding a group of NDE...
