by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 3, 2026 | communication, community, discipleship training, discipline, spiritual formation, spiritual growth
This is your introduction and invitation to the WAKE UP CALL from seedbed.com, with JD Walt and friends. It is an online devotional, and offers an international community of Christ followers that has fed me and many others for years. Join us! Visit the Facebook...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2026 | brokenness, children's ministry, doubt, redemption, spiritual growth, Wisdom, worship
2/15/26. CBB Today in church, Wendy Askew, who does children’s ministry at Christ Methodist Church-Montgomery, shared about a time she was talking to children about the feast in heaven. She was having them imagine being in heaven at the feast, what they would be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 19, 2026 | spiritual growth, spiritual life
From Rich Villodas on Twitter: “Until the Church consistently leads people to the wilderness (i.e. prayer, solitude, silence, reflection, repentance, etc.) to confront our own demons, we will project our demons back out into the world, and fail to see that some...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 6, 2025 | conflict, spiritual growth, Wisdom
The spirit of offense is rampant among our children….such evil, such tragedy. How many of them have heard and seen verbal and physical violence in the home? Disrespect? Rejection of authority? Have no skills for impulse control or conflict resution? No willingness to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 14, 2025 | spiritual growth, Teaching, Truth, work
I’ve been pondering “goodness” recently as part of exploring the topic in the Fruit of the Spirit. This article from October 14,2023, discusses hedonism vs. eudaemonism. Excerpted from an article by Matthew Little, “Hedonism Vs. True Happiness” in Epoch...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 9, 2025 | Mental Health, mind, self care, self worth, spiritual growth, Teaching, Uncategorized
“My therapist told me something that hit harder than I expected: She said: “People-pleasing isn’t really about pleasing others. It’s about controlling their perception of you.” And then she looked at me and said: “It’s what happens when fear starts driving—fear of...
