by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 30, 2015 | Gifts, healing
The Church has a tradition rich in healing power…..Jesus exercised it in a very specialized way, “laomai”. It is one way in which therapeuo (healing) is accomplished. And healing is a part of salvation (restoration). Saddleback Church is planning its...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 29, 2015 | Depression, healing, Mental Health
At DIG this week we talked about activities in which we engage to find COMFORT, UNDERSTANDING, or RELIEF in our lives. Here’s the list we made. Add others that you think of! Companion animals Prescription medications People who listen and help us gain...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 18, 2014 | Addictions, healing, Twelve Steps, Wellness
Coming to the End of Oneself Recently I participated in a webinar on collaborating with other programs and agencies in a multidisciplinary approach to recovery from substance use and addiction. It was a well done professional webinar on building a care team. It...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 4, 2009 | healing, John 5:2-14; Mark 2:1-5; James 5:16;
Whenever I talk about faith and healing with students, I remind them that God uses a variety of means to accomplish healing and that healing itself can be of many types. God certainly uses the miraculous processes within our bodies that He designed and crafted into...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 6, 2009 | healing
I’m in the midst of my third cold in about as many months. It may be my imagination, but they seem to follow visits with grandchildren. Exposure to unfamiliar strains of cold viruses, perhaps? Maybe it’s just that, after months and months of burning the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2008 | healing
You may remember this line from Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities’ and the infamous Madame Defarge’s knitting.Today I was given an article entitled “Knitting through Recovery’ about using knitting as an experiential method to manage...
