by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 28, 2025 | books, change, community, culture, free speech, generations, healing, leadership, religious movements, Spiritual abuse, spiritual growth, Spirituality, Teaching, Uncategorized
“The human condition is not one of problem solving, of wanting to know better in order, then, to do better, but rather, to be human is to not to see that which is right in front of you.” Anne Kennedy, Demotivations, at Substack, on the horror of Nigerian genocide of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 6, 2023 | leadership, Teaching, Wisdom
This brief meditation below on Proverbs 29:2 comes from an Emmaus friend who has shared her morning meditations with some of us through email for years. For maximum impact go read the entire text of Proverbs 29. It is enlightening. God always knows what one needs....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 10, 2022 | leadership
I had received a call from a respected leader asking if I was available to serve on a planning team. I replied I’d be happy to and was told that my name was to be put in nomination for the team. I told the individual that I harbor no illusions about...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2022 | leadership
From August 26, 2016 I am working on a Bible study on the book of Joshua. In doing so, I am reflecting on the leadership attributes that made Joshua great and successful. The Titus 2 ladies shared a devotional from God’s Little Devotional Book (page 198-199). It is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | leadership, missions, Movies
I have often told my students that God will use all of us…. some will be good examples. Others will be horrible warnings…. Eric Liddell’s experience as an Olympic runner was told in the movie Chariots of Fire. “We are all missionaries. Wherever we...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 6, 2022 | Cultural Issues, justice, leadership, listening
Reflection on current events from Jan 6,2021: Dan Bongino made an interesting observation tonight…. What happened when BLM/Antifa were raging in Washington, vandalizing and setting fire to a church next door to the White House and rampaging against the White...