by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2026 | discipleship training, Emotional Literacy, Ministry, righteousness, Teaching
“authenticity” . 3/10/21 Facebook post. CBB Gotta be real. No denial. Willing to admit our faults. Another valuable theme for Lent, it seems to me. A blog worthy of note: Keeping It Real: The Truth about Authenticity Sep 13 2012 by Megan HillDo we...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 19, 2026 | Idolatry, repentance, righteousness, Uncategorized
As I reflected on gold and silver and the value of grace and truth, I was reminded of this from Zechariah 13: Cleansing From Sin “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 5, 2026 | confession, heart of God, righteousness, stewardship, transparency, Wisdom
Character will always be revealed when money is involved. I’ve heard some sad and, at times, ridiculous stories about relationships ruined over financial expectations not being met… in families, among friends, within churches, neighbors, etc. But I, like any other...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 13, 2023 | repentance, righteousness
Alexander Solzhenitzen was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union with his writings, including “The Gulag Archipelago” in 1973. He was exiled from Russia in 1974 for his...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2023 | righteousness, spiritual life, Ten Commandments, theology, Wisdom
Someone asked me a few years ago about a quote attributed to Jesus, wanting to know the precise source and wording used in Scripture. The caller had heard the phrase at a funeral and wanted to remember exactly what it was this deceased friend had been heard to say...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 10, 2022 | Faith, love, righteousness
Someone posted a meme in social media about the mark of Christianity being the ability to love Judas as well as Jesus. I actually have considered that before. If satan had to ask to sift Peter, then he would have also had to ask permission of the sovereign God to sift...
