by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2025 | Ministry, Titus 2 Partnership
The is a post from December 2021, when I recognized the changing marketplace for addiction recovery as a result of “Obamacare.” I knew then it was time to consider future changes coming to my ministry. Now, with those changes behind me, I find myself just as busy,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2025 | healing, Ministry
“If we cared more about the source of a person’s pain than their reaction to it, we might have a better chance at speaking truth to the lies, light to the darkness, and Christ to the evil.” Copied from an observed Twitter post.
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2025 | Facing fears, Ministry
“Names of Jesus used by the demons: Son of God (Mt 8:29) Jesus of Nazareth (Mk 1:24) Holy One of God (Lk 4:34) Son of the Most High God (Lk 8:28) Even the demons recognize Jesus as incarnate—truly God, truly man.”Posted @ Twitter by Dustin Benge Today a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 1, 2025 | Ministry, Titus 2 Partnership
11/2,11/5 Transportation provided for disabled woman to visit family out of state following personal emergency 11/12 Completed Meals on Wheels monthly route 11/6 Referral of a young mother from jail to long term recovery program 11/1 $500 Financial grant for emergency...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 28, 2025 | change, home, spiritual journey, status
I’m here, in Panama City Beach, Florida, finding my way as I come to a place where “family” may be found again, having returned from the far country of exile that was Hurricane Michael and COVID-19, where my husband died, like a modern day Naomi. I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 19, 2025 | Christmas, family, generations, tradition, worship
Speaking of crèches and Christmas traditions, one person told me that instead of “Elf On A Shelf” her family would hide the Jesus figure from their creche’ daily until Christmas morning when He would be found in the manger on the mantel! What a great Christian...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 19, 2025 | Ministry, story, timing, Titus 2 Partnership, Trust
I watched a video recap of the 2025 Summit by CCPL (Center for Christianity and Public Life) where our middle granddaughter is now employed, having transitioned from 9 years of working as a reporter and editor with several news organizations in D.C. covering the U.S....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 17, 2025 | Gifts, life change, loneliness, memories
Ten years ago I was posting about loneliness at holiday season and organizing “Neighbors’ Cookie Swap event in Lynn Haven. It seems to be a perpetual and pervasive experience in our culture today. A mere five years later I was widowed. The next year our daughter...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 17, 2025 | Beatitudes, Teaching
God spoke words of comfort and hope to me over 20 years ago through the Beatitudes of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. In them He revealed a rich and beautiful path for moving from my brokenness (“poverty of spirit” Matt. 5:3) and reliance on things of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 14, 2025 | affirmation, Aging, crafts, family, Gifts, grandmother, Granny Boyd, Gratitude
When I was a teenager, my paternal grandmother crafted a quilt for each of her grandchildren, with the help of her sister, Aunt Omi. She hung a large quilting frame from the ceiling in her cozy den area adjacent to her spacious kitchen. I fondly remember seeing them...