by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 19, 2015 | God's will, Uncategorized
From a Journal post 5/22/11: The last week has been a time of self-reflection. Last Tuesday we had a group of women from Port St. Joe United Methodist Church visiting at Bethel Village. As Billy Fox was talking about the proposed BV expansion, which has been delayed...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
We provide mental health support, including approved use of basic mental health medications and access to mental health services. We are not, however a mental health facility. When someone’s primary mode of self presentation is to tell me how their multiple...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 20, 2015 | Spiritual Warfare, Uncategorized
I often hear Christian friends refer to certain difficult circumstances in their lives as “spiritual battle” or a “spiritual attack”. They seem sure that satan is the hand behind their difficulties. Yet, we also know that nothing can come...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Do You Desire to be Told of Your Faults?’ How early Methodists practiced small-group accountability. John Wesley and his friends were appalled at what the Church of England had become. In the words of Wesley historian Kenneth Collins, the church “had grown...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
A dozen or so of us have been working through a study of Living the Will of God. As part of my preparation for leading that study, I have been reading J. Ellsworth Kalas’ The Will of God in an Unwilling World. It’s very concise and readable. From J. Ellsworth Kalas,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 22, 2015 | Mental Health, mind, Uncategorized
It May Not Be What Happens…..It May Really Be What You Think About What Happens It’s not what happens; it’s how you perceive and respond to it. We’ve heard this adage for years. At least with regard to one’s ability to persevere through trials and bounce back...
