by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2024 | giving, stewardship, The Church, True Religion, witness
Adam Grant writes about “empathetic distress”, also called “compassion fatigue”……It is common for people to experience, especially those who work in helping professions- healthcare, social services, counseling, ministry, etc. And it also...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 7, 2022 | doctrine, God's will, The Church, True Religion, Trust, witness, Worldview
Some ask, “Why is The UMC breaking up.” It’s being cleaved….. in my observation and my sincere opinion is that it is an act by none other than the hand of God. “Cleave- split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 4, 2022 | Teaching, True Religion
Colossians 2:18- “Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.” In a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 28, 2017 | Faith, True Religion, work, Worldview
From the Facebook page of Cathy Byrd on 1/3/17, commenting on a news article about Bart Campolo’s abdication from Christianity and his new “Church of Atheism”……exalting friendship, community, and being and doing good: Tony Campolo’s son, Bart, has eschewed...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 26, 2015 | giving, Gratitude, theology, True Religion
There have been criticisms of Christian evangelicals as being so focused on personal holiness that they have been neglectful of social holiness….of acts of mercy, compassion, and justice. As I am studying this morning I am hearing the Apostle Paul speak...
