by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 24, 2016 | reconciliation
When a group of people attend a ministry conference, the conversations during breaks or over a meal are likely to include discussion of theological insights gleaned from the conference sessions. Such was the case Thursday. I was sharing lunch with a pastor and we...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 23, 2016 | Power, Prayer
Those who forget the lessons of the past, or those who never learned them, are doomed to repeat them. I saw a photo meme tonight on Facebook that said, “If you blame Obama for our racial divide, hit LIKE.” I didn’t hit LIKE. I don’t blame...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 23, 2016 | Prayer, preparation
Today’s New Room Conference workshops that I attended were on prayer. I know that the Lord has had me working with a mentee on prayer in recent months most likely because of the oftentimes weak quality of my own prayer life. It has been an ebb and flow kind...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 19, 2016 | righteousness, sermons
Sermon- Carillon Beach Community Chapel – 9-18-16 Scripture Reading: Ephesians 4: 1-6, 11-16 I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 17, 2016 | addiction, Lifestyle Choices
Over the years that I have been working with individuals who are homeless and women in recovery I have learned a lot about the food stamp economy. There are individuals who survive satisfactorily, in their current way of thinking, on the things they can buy with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 14, 2016 | disappointment, women in ministry, work
Over the last 40 years I have worked in a variety of corporate environments dominated by men- in an office full of cotton brokers, in medical laboratories with male supervisors and owners, in field sales with major corporate organizations, in commercial insurance...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 14, 2016 | miracles, perseverance
Students at Titus 2 and others of us this week have been considering ‘resilience’. Resilience is defined as “the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; ability to recover readily from illness,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 9, 2016 | boundaries, discipleship training
I use the Priscilla Shirer YouTube video entitled “Who’s Your Daddy” (link below) with our Titus 2 ladies as we talk about the attributes and character of God and what each one knows about God. A significant goal for our program is to enlarge each student’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 31, 2016 | communication, community, conflict
Fighting Fair Recently I had an incident of conflict with a student whose repeated disregard for instructions had become so critical that she was at risk of being dismissed from Titus 2’s residence, which I knew would be disastrous for her given other circumstances of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 29, 2016 | healing
I have recently read Dr. Chauncey Crandall’s “Touching Heaven”. He, a cardiologist and born again Christian, began exploring the many ways of healing- spiritual, physical, mental, relational, etc.- as he began to see the power of God at work among...
