by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Ecclesiastes 7:8, 9 . . .. Do not hurry yourself in your spirit to become offended, for the taking of offense is what rests in the bosom of the stupid ones. In The Peacemaker by Ken Sande, he diagrams the various responses available to Christians in the midst of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 10, 2016 | pets, Uncategorized
We’ve had a sweet little female feral cat for 13-14 years, Patti. She was a runt that got abandoned on the roof of WMBB and when the operations crew went up to run her off, she jumped off into the shrubbery. She was pulled out of the shrubbery and dropped into a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I was a young adult, my Mother noted that listening to me one would think I had a really sad childhood. Many of the memories I voiced were about hurts and sadness, not about joys and fun. One thing I have observed is that life recovery students often express the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 5, 2016 | Truth, Uncategorized
My friend and sister in Christ, Karen White, is a John Maxwell-trained life coach. Her blog on “fact versus Truth” this week has me thinking….....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 31, 2016 | recovery, Suffering, Uncategorized
Lift High the Cross of Sin and Shame We Bear I had a long ride today to deliver a Titus 2 student’s children back to their grandparents. On the way over the kids and she and I talked about “nicknames” we’d had and how they came to be, as well...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 2, 2016 | recovery, redemption, religious movements, repentance, responsibility, self examination, self worth, self-awareness, The Church, theology, thorns, Uncategorized
Part of my call to ministry and passion in gifting is in addressing the social and institutional stigma directed at individuals with mental health diagnoses of depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, unresolved grief immobilization and others. I was blessed to have...
