by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 19, 2023 | The Church, tradition, Trust
Where would the Methodist movement be today if John Wesley had failed to respond to circumstances and had failed to yield to the need of those to whom his movement was ministering, and deferring to the need of the movement in the American colonies rather than...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 13, 2023 | Quotes
No ear tickling here….. “I see a danger you are in, which perhaps you do not see yourself Is it not most pleasing to me as well as you to be always preaching of the love of God? And is there not a time when we are peculiarly led thereto, and find a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 1, 2022 | love
“You should be thoroughly aware of this—the heaven of heavens is love. There is nothing higher in religion; there is, in effect, nothing else; if you look for anything but more love, you are looking wide of the mark, you are getting out of the royal way. And when you...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2022 | holiness
“John Wesley once famously said, “There is no holiness apart from social holiness.” Over the years, many have mistakenly asserted that he was talking about social justice. In reality, he was talking about doing discipleship in the context of real relationships. In...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 28, 2017 | Faith, social gospel, theology, Wesley's Quadrilateral, work, Worldview
I had written on about my own evolving personal “Theology of Works” in another post in response to the NYTimes’ article on Bart Campolo’s loss of faith and establishment of what some have called a “church of atheism”. Today I continue those thoughts: Someone...
