by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 25, 2022 | Friendship
Wise words: In conversation a person said to me in a very thoughtful way, “I’m starting to see friendship differently. It is about being there and doing for others.” Indeed, friendship is defined by our willingness to “lay down our lives”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 25, 2022 | grief
Recovery is “a process of change through which people improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.” (US government, as defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.” In...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | Spiritual abuse, spiritual battle, Truth
2/25/2015: In discussing a situation in which I was fervently adamant and outspoken , a friend likened my actions to those of a “bull in a china shop” and said “people don’t like getting their china broken.” I replied, “I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
God has such a sense of humor! I laughingly joke about a survey to assess people’s response to Facebook posts and God sends me an article on how to do it with numerous resources to do it! How appropriate that such a resource would come from a UMC board, given...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | Aging
Bill has said for a while now that he has begun to observe that our culture in general begins dismissing people who are “of a certain age”. The opinions of those who are no longer actively engaged in producing obvious economic value to others may be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | courage
2/24/18 Another School Shooting All the conversation in the most recent news cycle about failure of courage on the part of some who hid instead of defending our children reminds me of times when I was deciding whether or not to apply for a concealed carry permit at a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | religious movements, The Church
As reports come out this week from a meeting of the UMC General Committee on General Conference which is rumored to be being planned for later summer, it reminds me of three years ago ….. when some were optimistic enough to believe the stalemate in the divide...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | memories, Methodism
Sent by a friend: GARRISON KEILLOR ON “METHODISTS” We make fun of Methodists for their blandness, their excessive calm, their fear of giving offense, their lack of speed, and also for their secret fondness for macaroni and cheese. But nobody sings like...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | culture, Power
People are ( and have been for a while) going way out of their way to criticize one another’s choices politically based on “Christian” faith. I doubt Jesus could be said to have agreed with the brutal empire that ruled Judah and all the environment in his world at the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | peace
Mission accomplished……. Sometimes something happens that just lets one know without a doubt that an effort was all worthwhile even though difficult. God’s peace had rested upon me with such a powerful presence… Then I heard about a particular...
