Purpose and People, Not Place
Dec 17,2020- As I pack and stack boxes of personal belongings in preparation for moving early in 2021 into a townhome near our son and his wife, I am at peace with my decision. I had struggled for about a … Read More
Control Dramas and UMC Ordination Committees
I was reading information today about a workshop on reducing “control dramas” Here’s some of the information: “What is a Control Drama: How Do We Interact without Tension? How to Recognize Intimidator Behavior How to Recognize Poor Me Behavior How … Read More
How I Discovered I Was Not A Leader
From the time I was in high school until I was nearly 40 I tended to rise to leadership in whatever endeavor I pursued. Highest GPA in high school, winner of a number of awards for academic and athletic … Read More
“Come Unto Me” ….Then…. “Go Ye Into All The World” – The Role of the “Church” or “the church”.
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Many times when women come into our program and are required to attend church, they are squeamish. One had an absolutely horrible panic attack the first time she walked in with me, she said she was afraid she’d be struck … Read More
Sticking with the “One Thing”
Years ago, as God began to call me toward a life of ministry, at one point I was praising him in song….I stopped and spoke out of the joy in my heart, “Surely God has created the beauty of this … Read More
ENTJ -Personality or Purpose
I was never a big fan of Personality Theories. They seemed just a little too cute, concise, and predictive in a world that seemed to be anything but cute, concise, or predictable. Over the years in various educational and corporate … Read More
A Call to Ministry…..(reprise)
In August 2008, just about six weeks after completing my master’s degree in counseling, I began my application for ministry candidacy and was preparing to meet for the first time with the District Board of Ministry. I was putting together a plan … Read More
I Am Thine, O Lord…..
From time to time a student will ask me about dreams…..does God speak to us through them. My response is, “Sometimes.” Well, how do you know? I tell them that, in my experience, if a dream seems particularly clear and … Read More
Daddy’s Girl
“To say that one is wholly and undeniably happy is to lie. For how are we, such shallow beings, to determine those things which have gone to the utter depths of our souls and left them scarred with sorrow? Does … Read More
What’s in a name?
On March 26, 2012 I wrote about being asked to serve on the board of a local ministry and the surprise I felt in seeing my name in the minutes, being referred to as “Reverend Cathy Byrd” for the first … Read More