by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 11, 2023 | Suffering, Trust
From 8/11/2021…CBB Last year as the US Covid deaths began to mount in the summer, time and time again in prayer I asked God, “How much more, Lord?” I had the sense there was a point of critical mass at which point something significant would have been learned...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 7, 2023 | Trust, witness
I remember reading Helen Rosevear’s story in Dr. Charles Stanley’s In Touch Magazine many years ago. It still has power.Can you Thank Me? An interview with Helen Roseveare by Tonya Stoneman Helen Roseveare had just graduated from medical school when she...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 13, 2023 | theology, Trust
…”God’s words to Moses are — ‘I will take pity on whom I take pity and be merciful to whom I am merciful.” God does not owe me any explanations. His actions are based on His complete knowledge of individuals’ hearts, experiences,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2023 | transparency, Trust
The subject of “trust” comes up regularly in different conversations and contexts. Worth noting: From Len Wilson in “ministry matters” article from 2016: Prospect Theory is the idea that we fear loss more than we value gain. In other words, the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 19, 2023 | The Church, tradition, Trust
Where would the Methodist movement be today if John Wesley had failed to respond to circumstances and had failed to yield to the need of those to whom his movement was ministering, and deferring to the need of the movement in the American colonies rather than...
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...