by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 30, 2009 | recovery, service, spiritual formation, Trust
When I chose to get state certified as a substance abuse recovery support specialist, I was essentially making two commitments – to develop and maintain a degree of professional competence through continuing education in addiction issues and to be available to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 17, 2008 | Trust
The holidays are a blurry memory already. A new school term has begun. The 2008 calendar is already showing signs of wear as appointments have been entered throughout nearly every month’s page. The next several seasons’ goods are stacked on...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2007 | Facing fears, Psalm 37:3-5, Trust
Did you ever have a moment when you felt yourself standing on a prominence with a clear view of two vastly different possibilities for your life without the slightest inclination of which one will be yours? That is the kind of day I had today.Just this week I’d...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 8, 2006 | Deuteronomy 5:33, Psalm 119:105, Trust
You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess. Deuteronomy 5:33.Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 3, 2006 | Salt, Trust
I had the privilege today to review a new Bible study series entitled SALT-Seven Areas of Life Trainings, A Comprehensive Discipleship Series. It’s a rather simple, straight forward, 28 lesson study that most anyone could work through in a day or two, with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 29, 2005 | Psalm 37:3-5, Trust
The last couple of weeks’ discussions at our depression impact group have centered around the issue of connection with other people and trust. John Ortberg had published an article that stated that healing begins with connection- to God and to others. We...
