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 | Feb 16, 2026 | Imagination, Teaching, Temptation, Worldview, woundedness
2/16/26 I was looking as Facebook post memories and the one below popped up….. 2/16/23 CBB Perhaps why satan is portrayed as a snake in the garden????? Interestingly, as Dr. Curt Thompson talks about brain development, he describes the initial neurological development...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 15, 2026 | change, Teaching, Wisdom, writing
2/15/2020. CBB May I just say this metaphor offered by my friend, Deborah Ann Holstine, is RICH!!!! It is a beautiful biblical exercise in visioning one’s own transition from victimization and bondage in sin to victorious living in Christ! We use Bridges’ diagram on...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 31, 2026 | Holy Spirit, Teaching
CBB. 1/30/26 was truly a day in the Spirit…….starting with an 8 a.m. class discussion with recovery students about dreams, one that was even a visual preview that appeared exactly aligned with the lesson I was about to teach! As I had gotten in the car Gridsy morning,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 28, 2026 | attributes of Christ, love, Teaching
Following is part of a sermon on Advent themes-hope, peace, joy, and love- that I wrote 12/6/19… as I have been pondering on how diversely, narrowly and even incomprehensibly some define “love.” “Consider Love. What do we know about the love of God?...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 28, 2026 | Bible Study, Teaching, witness, Worldview
1/28/26. CBB Our Sunday School class at Christ Methodist Church Montgomery, AL, has been digging into Jonah. This morning as I read, I was struck by how Jonah knew God’s sovereignty over all circumstances AND he knew God’s goodness, compassion, mercy, patience, and...
