by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 31, 2015 | conflict, emotions, spiritual life
Thinking About PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)…..What Would Jesus Do? Another Christian counselor and I were discussing PTSD recently. We were observing how often it tends to be thought of in the context of combat-experienced veterans. But, as he and I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 25, 2015 | conflict, The Church, theology
“Young Christians are like little rivulets that make a large noise and have shallow water; old Christians are like deep water that makes little noise, carries a good load and gives not way.” – George Whitefield “Young” or “old” in Christian faith terms has...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 11, 2009 | conflict, discipleship training, spiritual formation
As I reviewed the list of labels that I’ve attached to my blog posts, I see that there are 8 on discipleship training and 5 on conflict, as well as 5 on spiritual formation. Most other topics have only 1 or 2 posts. Based on what I’ve observed in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 7, 2009 | conflict, righteousness, Teaching
It was one of “those” weeks…..a trial presenting itself from every direction I turned. It started last Sunday when, after 3 weeks of seeking a facilitator for Purpose Driven Life classes, I finally resigned myself to teaching the Sunday session and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 29, 2008 | Acts 6:1-4, Beatitudes, conflict, social gospel
I have been a student of the Matthean Beatitudes scripture since my own Holy Spirit-directed encounter with it several years ago. I have had several conversations with my associate pastor, who prefers the Lukan rendition of “blessings and woes”. He is from...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 22, 2006 | conflict, Romans 7:15-25
Tonight I’m watching an intriguing TV drama called “3 lbs”, about a neurosurgeon and the neurology team at a hospital. They are removing the tumor-ridden connecting neurons between the two hemispheres of a woman’s brain. In the story line,...
