by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 30, 2017 | desiring God, Emotional Literacy
Or, consider another option: On more than one occasion, I was told by some of those examining me for clergy ordination that I was not “self-aware” or I “lacked discernment.” They said this as if to say I didn’t...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2017 | scripture
“Tormenting spirit from the Lord” 1 Samuel 19:9 What’s Up With This? A friend asked me a question about King Saul having a “tormenting spirit” from the Lord….My first observation was that even the Lord’s Holy Spirit, at work convicting us in our conscience can be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2017 | culture, spiritual formation, Uncategorized
In the early 2000’s, as I began my formal training in Christian Education, I discovered several models of Faith Developoment. One that resonated with me most was that of John Westerhoff, in the book, “Will Our Children Have Faith?” (New York:...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | Psalm 23, singing
3/24/17 Here is another Psalms song the Lord taught me. It is Psalm 23 to the tune of the Welsh Blessing. In one of the older UMC hymnals the tune is the same one for the hymn “Sent Forth By God’s Blessing.” The Lord put that tune in my mind at one point and I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | Trust, Uncategorized
3/24/17 I am reading a small book- Psalms Playlist – a Seedbed.com published book that I purchased recently when Dr. Sandra Richter was here for our Renewal Conference at Lynn Haven UMC. I am delighted by the concept that J.D. Walt and Dr. Timothy Tennent of Asbury...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | evangelism
I received a call from someone who is in recovery and whose adult child and other family members are in recovery. The person is going to be meeting with a very young woman for whom she cares and who is in jail after having been arrested with her boyfriend for drug...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | blessing, books
I have a limited edition print (75/500) called “The Old Woman” painted by Mary Shelton Burson in 1982. The date on the print is 11/20/1990. You can see she is sitting in a wheelbarrow reading something. I bought it, probably in 1990, from a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | scripture, Truth
I realize that not everyone “hears” the Lord’s voice…feels the Spirit within their own spirit the way I do at times. One young lady with whom I am working is a very sensitive person and a new Christian. She is especially wanting the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | journaling
On Journaling 3-24-17 CBByrd I have been asked to lead a workshop on journaling next month for a group of Christian women. I have years of journals…But in recent years FB and the weblog...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Excerpt from James MacDonald- Walk in the Word devotional: 3/24/17 CBByrd “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee...
