by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 15, 2022 | reconciliation, Teaching
In various books about improving one’s relationship with God I read statements like this, “When you hear the words Father God, what do you imagine God is like? Are you able to differentiate God’s qualities from those of your father?” In one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 8, 2022 | Teaching
I am so very blessed to have been raised in a family in which a commitment to being in church/VBS/Sunday School was made by our parents. There was a spiritual foundation that came from my early training that I was able to build on as an adult. (Hmmmmm, I think God...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 12, 2022 | stones, Teaching
This is a stone from a field on the homesite where my maternal grandfather’s family lived in Barbour County, AL. I had discovered the significance of “standing stones” ( also called “Ebenezer”- stone of help) during a study 15 years or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 12, 2022 | Teaching
Proverbs 24:32, “I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw.” King Solomon, a very wise man, said, “I go out looking for lessons. And from what I see, I apply my heart to the things that I see around me all day.”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 31, 2022 | Teaching
I receive messages and calls regularly from people who have not found the comfort and guidance they were seeking through traditional counseling or from church leaders (or at a price for counseling they could afford to sustain!) When I hear some of the experiences, it...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 21, 2022 | Career, culture, Teaching
I was sitting next to a friend at a luncheon and the subject of teachers with guns in schools came up. She, a former teacher, said, “They took the Bible out of the classroom. Then they took paddles away from the teachers. Now they want to give teachers...
