by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2025 | experiences, significance, Worldview
Seems to me we should aspire to be post-resurrection Peters regarding faith in Christ but Doubting Thomases regarding faith in man’s institutions—which means poking fingers in the sides of both liberals and conservatives. ……Be salt, not sugar. Report sensational facts...
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 | Oct 26, 2023 | significance, Simplicity, Teaching
I have often reminded discipleship students that, “It’s the little things”……….They reveal where our heart and mind are focused. Sarah Westfall writes about this truth in her “Liturgy of Little Things” in her HUMAN...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 23, 2023 | significance, writing
From 7/23/2021 Irony and humor…. As I scrolled tonight I saw a report of a recently discovered secret library of 84,000 manuscripts uncovered behind a wall in Tibet going back a 1000 years …. Followed immediately by this ad: “The Dos & Don’ts of Records...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 5, 2023 | lake, significance
I’ve always loved this story of how pilots out of Eglin use the Blue Lake crosses as a landmark! And how once, when they were turned out to conserve energy and money the Air Force contacted Blue Lake and asked that they be turned back on, reportedly even...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 21, 2022 | culture, significance, story
SERIOUSLY????? I picked up a quarter and just glanced at it. It was a 2020 National Park edition. What did I see on it?? A fruit bat and her pup!!! You can’t plan an irony this shocking and illustrative of the fact that there is something maliciously amiss in...
