by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
The last four and a half years have revealed a profound disability…… any new online digital demand outside my regular routine of comfort-level accounts throws me into a panic attack that lingers in a PTSD response for the rest of the day , including heart and mind...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
My view of ministry and benevolence is as a partnership, first with God as a steward of Kingdom resources placed in my care, then as a partner with others like myself, journeying through life who have recognized it is better accomplished in community. This week Titus...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Florida I have been certified as a Recovery Support Specialist since 2008. It did not necessitate a history of lived chemical addiction. I did not hide my past, I just hadn’t thought it relevant so many years later. Others are certified there as Peer Recovery...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2025 | authority, boundaries, churches, community, Uncategorized
God is so attentive! This week He has placed me in three circumstances where accountability was the issue at hand…. Yesterday a young mentee with whom I’ve work for a year told me about discovering in a rather sudden and disconcerting, even supernatural, way that God...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
When one shifts focus from “surrender” of one stronghold point of brokenness, shame, rebellion, ignorance, etc. after another in a life of “recovery”…..to focus on consecration of all of one’s self to the Lord, change happens. This is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
My little home’s fireplace damper has some wear and tear and is very difficult to close. I had a chimney specialist over to check the gas line and logs before using and he said replacing the damper would be pricey, He recommended using a fire box cover when not in...
