by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2025 | Faith, Teaching, Truth
“If you are in a “full of sorrow, kind of moment right now,”know that sorrow is not the end of your story. John 16:20 is a reminder to stay faithful. God will turn your tears of sadness into tears of joy. A lasting and permanent kind of joy, a joy that the world...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 14, 2025 | spiritual growth, Teaching, Truth, work
I’ve been pondering “goodness” recently as part of exploring the topic in the Fruit of the Spirit. This article from October 14,2023, discusses hedonism vs. eudaemonism. Excerpted from an article by Matthew Little, “Hedonism Vs. True Happiness” in Epoch...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 23, 2024 | Spiritual abuse, transparency, Trust, Truth
(CBB-3/23/2016) Titus 2 and a substance abuse recovery student who’d come to us following a traumatic event elsewhere are pleased that an investigation by regional and state authorities resulted in an apology to her for what she experienced and assurances that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 23, 2024 | Temptation, Truth
Hint: When someone tells you not to “tell anyone” about something they have done to you or someone else that causes harm, unless it is accompanied by a sincere apology and assurance that it won’t happen again, tell them you will not keep their...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2024 | change, Truth, understand, Wisdom, writing
After attending Seedbed’s New Room Leaders Gathering in February, I realized that using the language of “personal surrender” had worn thin with me in talking to adult discipleship students….. The language of “consecration” of self (as we...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 17, 2024 | scripture, Truth
Some say seeing is believing. Christ says believing is seeing. John 11:40: “Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” What a difference a simple paradigm shift can make! One either believes and follows Christ or...
