by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2024 | holiness, judging, lifestyles, mercy
Shaming evangelicals……. How recently can one repent and be forgiven by Christ and be accepted in Christian community, given the opportunity to begin living into a more righteous way of life? A minute? A day? A month? A year? 10 years? What measure of time, of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
“What people are really asking when they’re asking if a word is real, they’re really asking, “Well, how many brains will this give me access to?” Because I think that’s a lot of how we look at language. A word is essentially a key...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2024 | sanctification
Francis de Sales”Purging the soul is a lifetime effort. There is no reason to be upset by our imperfections, for perfection is nothing more than fighting against them. How can we resist them unless we see them? How can we overcome them unless we face...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2024 | knowing, listening, Power
“Limiting information is how one leverages power.” quoted from the government consultant who crafted a large government program and later talked about how stupid the American people are and can be hoodwinked into accepting anything if you can limit the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2024 | boundaries, culture, Prayer
Why “no alcohol on beaches” is a good thing during Spring Break….. from a 3/14/2015 post: “I heard about a sad account of a young lady assaulted by two guys with intent to rape her yesterday at PCB. Everyone involved was drinking. She got away but...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2024 | change, Truth, understand, Wisdom, writing
After attending Seedbed’s New Room Leaders Gathering in February, I realized that using the language of “personal surrender” had worn thin with me in talking to adult discipleship students….. The language of “consecration” of self (as we...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2024 | books, reading, Wisdom
Reading Adam Grant’s 2021 book, “Think Again.”. The book is an “invitation to let go of knowledge and opinions that are no longer serving you well, and to anchor your sense of self in flexibility instead of consistency. If you can master the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2024 | giving, stewardship, The Church, True Religion, witness
Adam Grant writes about “empathetic distress”, also called “compassion fatigue”……It is common for people to experience, especially those who work in helping professions- healthcare, social services, counseling, ministry, etc. And it also...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2024 | change, Comfort, God's will, growth, home, journaling, Lent, life change, marriage, questions, seasons, spiritual journey, Trust
When have you felt God direct you to make a change in your life? Did you struggle with any doubt or were you confident in the change? In August 1992, my husband, Bill, had a job opportunity and was ready for a change of venue . After praying about the situation, he...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 7, 2024 | change, Wisdom, work, writing
Jesus is enough.Seen this week and posted:(words written on a torn scrap of brown paper sack) “Father, forgive me for the times I craved a seat at a table you would have flipped.” Principle discovered in “downsizing:” While my physical...
