by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 10, 2017 | love, Uncategorized
This TED talk provides an interesting view of how our culture talks about “love.” In a recent conversation with a young woman contemplating a relationship, her emotions were obviously being tugged at. The perspective presented here is VERY interesting. In our...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 8, 2017 | Entertainment, questions, Recreation, Uncategorized
NOTES on The Shack: The Shack was a good movie, redemptive and insightful about the nature of good and evil, which is not to say that it’s entirely correct. The work of forgiveness was shown realistically as a difficult but necessary task. It does, however, play...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 2, 2017 | community, Pain, peace, Uncategorized
Alone I stood upon a towering hill And all around the world was still And I was all alone. Then every friend I ever knew Passed slowly by and from my view Until at last there was but one Who did not laugh and turn and run And leave me all alone. It seemed so strange,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2017 | culture, spiritual formation, Uncategorized
In the early 2000’s, as I began my formal training in Christian Education, I discovered several models of Faith Developoment. One that resonated with me most was that of John Westerhoff, in the book, “Will Our Children Have Faith?” (New York:...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | Trust, Uncategorized
3/24/17 I am reading a small book- Psalms Playlist – a Seedbed.com published book that I purchased recently when Dr. Sandra Richter was here for our Renewal Conference at Lynn Haven UMC. I am delighted by the concept that J.D. Walt and Dr. Timothy Tennent of Asbury...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Excerpt from James MacDonald- Walk in the Word devotional: 3/24/17 CBByrd “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee...
