by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 17, 2022 | emotions, time, witness, worship
Heard: “Emotions don’t make you any less holy; they make you more human.” We use emotions to cry out for help, just like Peter, who cried out to Jesus, “Help me!” as he sank in the waves. Calling out for more of Jesus doesn’t mean...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 14, 2022 | Ministry, Teaching, Titus 2 Partnership, witness
Driving today in moderately heavy after-school traffic- Me: (out loud to the driver of the red car in the center lane) I see your signal. Come on in. I’ll give you space to merge into this lane. (as several other cars zipped right by her.) Student: You always do...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 1, 2022 | witness
9/1/2014 It’s amazing what a little bit of discipleship will do! In a very brief time of working with someone, her faith begins to grow and the Holy Spirit begins to bring forth fruit in a little sapling…..as the fruit grows, others begin to see it and ask...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 26, 2022 | Teaching, witness
Sean Dietrich this week wrote about boiled peanuts. His memoir made me smile as I, too, have stopped many times at roadside vendors and bought a bagful to eat while traveling in Alabama! It also reminded of a talk I gave at a retreat in 2001 that I began with a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | witness, writing
Bill had shared this story about “Faith Moving Mountains” with some friends. I was curious about the origin of the story. Here’s what I found about the church from which the story grew. The “anonymous” video appears below the actual...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | Wisdom, witness, women in ministry
1 Peter 2:13-21 and 3:1-7, among other scriptures, has been used by some to keep women in abusive relationships – as if that is where Jesus is calling them to suffer for Him.Jesus is not calling women to passively enable an abuser to remain unchallenged and...
