by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2022 | The Church, witness
from October 27, 2017- posts about UMC It is the time of year when many churches set their budgets for the following year and conduct their stewardship campaigns. Among Methodist friends I am hearing more and more people (of the ones who have chosen to remain in local...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 20, 2022 | doctrine, The Church, theology
Let Me Say That Again By Dr. Maxie Dunnam Most ministers have a preaching style with practices that are common in their delivery of the sermon. Somewhere along the way in my preaching, I developed a practice of emphasis and repetition using the recurring phrase, “Let...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 17, 2022 | The Church, worship, Worship and Worship Aids
My schedule today took me to contemporary worship at 9:30. The sermon was a touchdown, an out of the park home run, a message straight from God’s Word to my heart…. It was about something I pray for all the time. Tears flowed. I rarely put on makeup for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 17, 2022 | The Church
Thoughts about “Church”- Ekklesia- Greek word for congregation, church Ecclesiology- originally it meant the furnishings and liturgies of the church. Now it generally means the study of the church, beliefs about the church, and how the church is intended...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 17, 2022 | Mental Health, The Church
from 7/17/21: A friend posted a very good, sensitive, and encouraging post about being understanding and kind to people who take mental health medications. This has been one of my soapbox issues for many years. Telling people that if they “took care of themselves”, or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 27, 2022 | The Church
At www.spiritandtruth.life Matt Reynolds’s diagnosis and prescription for the current state of the Church seems to sum up the same thing that the Lord has taught me and confirmed again and again through the last 32 years as a born-again evangelical believer....
