by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 27, 2009 | Career
After what has been essentially a decade long journey, a good friend of mine finally received official notification yesterday that she will be ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church at our annual conference in June. She’s been a minister now for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2009 | Career, Mark 5
Last week I read two devotionals on Wednesday and Thursday regarding the Gerasene demoniac in Mark 5,(“The Right Weapon” and “Managed or Solved?” by Lorraine Ezell at www.mastersbusiness.org). The first one was on how the people sought to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 31, 2009 | Career
When I was in junior high and high school, I played basketball. I was pretty good, making the varsity team as a freshman. Later I was a cheerleader. I was reasonably athletic. But that was many years (and pounds) ago. Today I wear a pedometer and hope to achieve a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 18, 2009 | Career
In recent months, as I completed graduate school and UMC certification studies and sought employment opportunities, I had been feeling a nagging impulse to take the next step in the UMC church toward a local pastor license as a means to being legitimately entitled to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 16, 2008 | Career
I have been getting on the job training as a Christian educator for over 5 years through my church and completed my work toward certification as a Christian educator in May. But recently, as I began to explore the possibility of ordination as a deacon, I opted for the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 3, 2008 | Calling, Career, Isaiah 61, Luke 4:18, Ministry
In his Nazareth sermon (Luke 4:18) Jesus says, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me . . .to bring good news to the poor. . .to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind. . .to let the oppressed go free.”As I studied for certification as a...
