by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2016 | Prayer, Uncategorized
“Prayer…….is rebelling against the status quo of a world going awry. It is refusing to come to terms with an unjust, dark and evil world, as if it were all we were meant to have, as if there was no one or nothing that could change it; prayer is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 20, 2016 | evangelicalism, experiences, Prayer, self examination, self-awareness
I have been a member of the Confessing Movement almost since its beginning. Below is its preface to a UMC post about The General Conference’s vote to defer decisions about the sexuality petitions until a plan could be offered by a commission to be appointed by...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2016 | Prayer
“……the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous person availeth much…..” As I think about prayer, there are a number of things that challenge me. Keeping a prayer journal or prayer list, written or mental, of all of the prayer needs...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 7, 2015 | Prayer
A friend and I were talking recently about sudden “insights” that come out of seemingly nowhere, but which she and I both acknowledged knowing are from the mind of God. It can be somewhat disconcerting to suddenly know something that you have no reason to have known...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 23, 2015 | Prayer
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2015 | Prayer, Trust
A few weeks ago I was asked to do something as a counselor that would have challenged and stretched me greatly. It was a counseling challenge on several points. I was not afraid of the challenge itself, although the circumstances were quite a bit out of my general...
