by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 10, 2025 | conflict, counseling, discipleship training, reconciliation, redemption, sanctification, self examination, self worth, significance
In classes teaching women about identity, we reference two driving needs of humans, security and significance. Robert McGee’s book, Search for Significance, is helpful as part of this effort. Security is rooted in the need to feel loved and accepted unconditionally....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 15, 2022 | reconciliation, Teaching
In various books about improving one’s relationship with God I read statements like this, “When you hear the words Father God, what do you imagine God is like? Are you able to differentiate God’s qualities from those of your father?” In one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | reconciliation
On Secrets: “Some revelations stop relationships in their tracks. But others reveal the true person in our midst, the imperfect, limping, and often loving soul we cared about so much. And so we continue to care, and together we rebuild, this time slowly, on a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | reconciliation, redemption, Worldview, writing
“…. there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). Genesis 2:24: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2018 | emotions, family, reconciliation, redemption
Mother’s Day remembrances have a way of stirring tender and also sometimes painful memories in hearts. I recall a friend who years ago shared a story about a family member, a young girl, who was a lovely child and very sweet. She was also a child who, like myself, was...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 24, 2017 | reconciliation, recovery
“Living amends”…..walking the talk. A lot of people in recovery feel regrets, surrender resentments, and make apologies during Steps 8&9 in the Twelve Step process. That is one’s personal responsibility. In recovery, however, you cannot...
