by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2023 | Ministry, witness
(On 10/26/22 I sent this to a spiritual director whose counsel and devotional teachings were having a significant impact on my life.) Re: …. awareness, attention in preparation for planting, to secure attunement, attachment, affection, abiding, and abandonment...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2023 | witness
This is a “mindfulness” coach’s perspective on taking charge of your life and making a change for the better. The definition of “recovery” , in her case,from PTSD. At the heart of this is basic cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT. This embraces the culture’s view of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 16, 2023 | witness
4/16/16 God makes use of everything….everything that happens to us can become a springboard that God will use. As I have shared with students and others through the years, however, sometimes God uses it as a good example…Other times he uses it as a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 6, 2023 | discipleship training, Teaching, Twelve Steps, witness
I am discipling a middle-age woman with no childhood experience of religious practice but a growing realization that the only way she is going to gain power over her addiction of 25+ years is through Christ. (She has been in 7 recovery programs and multiple detoxes in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 28, 2022 | redemption, scripture, spiritual life, witness
I love how God gradually reveals things about oneself, little tidbits of information and insights gleaned here and there over years, then one day just hits you with it: “This is you!” This morning I was meditating on His Word. Suddenly in my mind’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 10, 2022 | Suffering, Wisdom, witness
From Dec 10,2020 A friend introduced me recently to another widow friend of hers. We had a good time getting acquainted and sharing something of our experiences with one another. My friend who introduced us keeps telling me we need to start a group for the...