by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 8, 2015 | spiritual growth, spiritual journey, spiritual life
I belong to an online community, “Still Forming”, that is directed by Christianne Squires, a Chistian spiritual director from Winter Park, Florida.. Her husband Kirk wrote to the community this week about his adventures in rescuing three turtles. I, too,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 2, 2015 | spiritual life
What a blessing it is to have a close spiritual friend, actually a couple of them or a handful of them, with whom one can share the joys and hurts of life! There are some of us, (okay, Sisters, you know who you are) who process emotions and seek understanding by...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2015 | spiritual battle, spiritual life, Spiritual Warfare
Pogo was right. “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Matthew 16:13-28 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 4, 2015 | Assurance of salvation, spiritual life
Revelation 2:17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 4, 2015 | counseling, spiritual life
One of my favorite Christian counseling educators is Edward Welch. Edward Welch, M.Div., Ph.D. is a counselor and faculty member at Christian Counseling Education Foundation. He writes about topics I deal with daily – addictive...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 31, 2015 | conflict, emotions, spiritual life
Thinking About PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)…..What Would Jesus Do? Another Christian counselor and I were discussing PTSD recently. We were observing how often it tends to be thought of in the context of combat-experienced veterans. But, as he and I...
