About the Author
Cathy Boyd Byrd invites others to join her in considering topics of interest to those on the Christian spiritual journey…..discipleship, spirituality, mental health, Christian growth, and Bible study. Cathy enjoys working with others as they transition from emotional emergency and brokenness to spiritual emergence and abundant living! Many of the topics about which Cathy writes are interrelated as experienced in her own life and in the lives of those with whom she works in counseling, teaching, and case management, and in friendships. She believes that sharing our journey of Christian growth and spirituality helps us know God and ourselves better and connects us with others!
Cathy is a Christian Educator and Life Recovery Counselor, and an ordained deacon through Christian Leaders Institute. She serves as Community Outreach MInister at Lynn Haven United Methodist Church. She is a student (disciple) of the Holy Spirit and shares with her students (disciples) the things the Lord teaches her through Bible study and contemplation, incorporating experiences interpreted through the Word, cherished traditions of her faith, and reasoning that comes from seeking the mind of Christ in accountable community. She was widowed in August 2020 after 48 years of marriage to Bill Byrd, is mother of 2 and grandmother of 5. Her journey of faith has been lifelong and continues to be an adventure with the trailblazer and guide, Jesus Christ!
Cathy is the founder and program manager for a Christian women’s residential life recovery program, Titus 2 Partnership, Inc.(www.titus2.life) in Panama City, Florida.
Life Is A Train
A little lift this morning…….As I sit in my sunroom , some quiet times I can hear the trains in north Montgomery, just as I could hear the Bay Line trains leaving Panama City parallel to Hwy 231 from my sunroom on Deerpoint Lake, and the train passing through the heart of Shellman, Ga a block from our home as a child, where the train crewman on the caboose threw candy out to. children watching along the way. CBB 7/15/26 https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1brDobseuS/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Pouring Out Your Pain To God
SAY THAT AGAIN FOR THE ONES IN THE BACK….. “Pouring out your pain to God, brings the wound into the presence of God. Biblical confession is not faith in your confession. It is faith in Christ expressed through confession. Your confession brings your heart and mouth under His authority and you are enthroning the truth in your own hearing.” It actually brings my knowledge of and distress over the wound into the presence of God. He already knows it’s there. To be healed, I need to see and seek help for the wound, not deny, cry over, suppress or stoically endure the woundedness….. Jesus says,...
Titus 2 Ministry Evolves
In addition to volunteer case management with residents at Mary Ellen’s Place (M.E.P.) and benevolence request case management with 3 churches, I am now privileged to be volunteering about 10 hours a week in life recovery counseling and case management with clients at Medical Outreach Mission (M.O.M.) in Montgomery, a medical foundation-funded non-profit clinic for individuals with no other resources for primary and specialty care services in our area. I’m working 2 extended-appointment cases, 1.5 hrs. each, 3 days a week. What a blessing to engage with individuals about holistic strategies...
Affective Ministry: Touching Lives
I watched a video recap of the 2025 Summit by CCPL (Center for Christianity and Public Life) where our middle granddaughter is now employed, having transitioned from 9 years of working as a reporter and editor with several news organizations in D.C. covering the U.S. Congress. In the video one statement stood out to me: “Our ethics are not only to be effective, but also to be affective, to be relational.” This resonates with me. As a type A ‘doer,’ I can often get so focused on the goal, the destination, the outcome, that I overlook the miraculous daily ways of God working among people along...
As God Would Have It……
Two weeks ago Titus 2 was given part of the contents of a home and 2 sheds recently when the family of a mom who had died 5 years ago decided to sell the property that is in a rural area. There were quite a few vintage items among the donated treasures. Many would be sold by Titus 2 because of limited need for them among our clients. One item was a bag of realistic looking 1970’s era clusters of rubber grapes, some red, some green. I took photos and posted them to marketplace. Surprisingly, a woman here in Alabama happened to be scouring the internet for artificial grapes for a women’s...
Titus 2 Ministry Report – June 2026
-Gifted monthly $25 to Lorraine’s Bake Shop “pay it forward” fund to assist indigent downtown neighbors who may need a coffee/snack break, especially during inclement weather days. (6/3) -Family support for woman in prison to maintain regular phone contact with her family. Reports that she is doing well. (6/2) -Ongoing monthly community care service organization’s networking cost of communication to agency and individual representatives through newsletter support for Community Adult Protective Team (CAPT) in Bay County, FL-$18.67 (6/28) *CAPT team admin transferred to a new...
Guard Your Heart
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. "Guarding" one's heart (and mind)…..People immersed in an infatuation with the popular culture seem to be oblivious to how to do that or even that it needs to be done. I see time and energy spent on music that fails to uplift one's spirit, entertainment that is downright depressing, distractions in which God has said we are not to indulge like astrology or gambling or altered...
Racialism, Humanism, or Identity In Christ
from 6/13/2020. CBB Awwwww…..sweet children. What are we doing to our kids? Many of us believed that we actively worked at NOT perpetuating historically negative cultural stereotypes, unjust conduct, demeaning language, etc. The periodic racialist-incited violence that plagues our society and world appears to many of us to be political maneuvering to keep neighbor stirred up against neighbor. I share life and joyful fellowship with a number of friends from diverse cultural, racial, religious and ethnic backgrounds. We all get along with and support one another well, even more so now, given...
Faith: Power in Right Object, Not Size
The power of one’s faith is not defined by the size of her faith. The power of one’s faith lies in the invincibility of the OBJECT of her faith. Our faith may be as insignificant as a mustard seed. But if it is vested in Christ, that small faith is sufficient to accomplish even what seems impossible. As that seed is cultivated through trust in God, obedience, and gratitude to God for his faithfulness it will grow into the largest shrub in the field! From 6/13/21. CBB
Secular or Christian Graduate School for Counseling
When I went to a secular grad school for counseling I asked my advisor if my Christian beliefs were going to be disregarded. He said "no", that I was free to express my beliefs in context with the discussions. I told him I intended to be a Christian counselor from a clergy perspective and forego state mental health licensure. He said whether I counseled from a biblical or secular perspective, the principles are the same. He told me to "take from this program what you believe is helpful and compatible with your beliefs, and set the rest aside. God will guide you to know what you need for what...