by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 13, 2023 | Ministry
Of the many objections that some members of the Board of Ministry of The UMC lobbed at me one after another over the final three years of the nine year journey in its determination to thwart my pursuit of ordination, perhaps the most amusing was that I lacked...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 16, 2022 | self-awareness, Truth, Wellness
“…..some of the most common problems troubling people today, including identity concerns, attachment issues, and addiction….” This was part of an invitation to a webinar on Christian counseling. “Identity concerns”…when life...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 6, 2022 | self-awareness, serenity, sleep
…”forces of culture insist we give up an hour of sleep here, or two hours there—the grinding schedules, the unnerving stock piles of e-mail in need of responses, the early-taught/early-learned push for more and more productivity.” Thus, author and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | Spiritual abuse, spiritual battle, Truth
2/25/2015: In discussing a situation in which I was fervently adamant and outspoken , a friend likened my actions to those of a “bull in a china shop” and said “people don’t like getting their china broken.” I replied, “I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 30, 2017 | desiring God, Emotional Literacy
Or, consider another option: On more than one occasion, I was told by some of those examining me for clergy ordination that I was not “self-aware” or I “lacked discernment.” They said this as if to say I didn’t...
