by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 22, 2022 | Aging, Ministry
For a year and a half I led a group of women who went twice a month on Tuesday afternoons to spend an hour telling humorous stories, singing songs and visiting with residents at Mathison Retirement Center.. This is a report from our visit on 7/22/2014: We (4 Merry...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 7, 2022 | Ministry, missions, righteousness
I described myself in a social media setting as as “molded by Wesleyan theology, love the Word and Spirit, believe social holiness arises from personal holiness and am called to spread scriptural holiness to the world.” I was asked what’s the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 6, 2022 | Ministry
God’s place…God’s time….I visited with a couple of families with members having surgery this morning and decided to have lunch at the hospital cafeteria, which I have never done before while on such a mission. I had on my LHUMC clergy name tag....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 22, 2022 | Ministry, pearls
A devotional writer, JD Walt, challenged his readers with a story of his encounter on the sidelines of a sports field when a woman near him suddenly collapsed to the ground. When he hurried to assist her he realized she was inebriated and unkempt, likely an...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 7, 2022 | Ministry
In Scripture we do not observe Christ serving the Pharisees…except in the dark of night when one came to him to acknowledge that he recognized Christ’s authority and to ask questions….Mostly we see Christ, as he was in their presence over meals, in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 4, 2022 | Ministry
From 5/4/2018 One of more than a few “aha” moments that have converged this week is this: I am not a “social justice warrior”. That is the work of people with causes/issues for which to battle. I am an advocate whose task is to battle...
