by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2022 | community, conflict, culture
I heard a political commentator talking about this week’s mid-term election results that continue to show just how intractably divided our populace is… Both the House and Senate are razor thin margins, neither party having a clear-cut mandate. She said,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 30, 2022 | communion, community, love
“We were designed for true companionship based on mutual respect, genuine love, and commitment. This requires not only time and selfless devotion but also transparency–which means being real, even about our faults. Taking such a risk requires trust. Such...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 27, 2022 | community, religious movements, spiritual growth
9/27/21: This is my tribe….. I cannot recount all the incredible ways in which I’ve seen God move in the last year in Spirit-abiding, in comfort-giving, in provision-making, in protection-covering, in promise-keeping, in vision-giving, in faith-building, in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 30, 2022 | community
Three years ago today….. “A little active grandparenting mode for us this week with three teens in the house overnight for three nights and keeping a toddler for two days to help out former students/spiritual children……. transporting to school,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2022 | community, discipleship training, Friendship
If you are not meeting weekly …… with.2 or 3 or a handful of folks together in close, accountable, studious Christian community (single gender) and pondering the principles, proclamations, prohibitions, and promises of God’s Word and how to apply it to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | community
Loneliness is not a function of being alone, but rather, a function of how socially connected you are to those around you. Grace Kim, Architect Kim designs “co-housing”, where families live in close community and share a common area for evening meals and...
