by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2016 | decisions, emotions, Friendship, grief, growth
“Compassionate detachment is the ability to be present with a person while remaining separate from the outcomes of their predicament.” Last night at Depression Impact Group (D.I.G.) we talked about dealing with emotions when a friendship ends….based...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 22, 2016 | women in ministry, work
October 20, 2016 Imagine my surprise: “Rev. Byrd, I’m calling from Gov. Scott’s office……” This is news shared with Titus 2 board members and instructors! The faithfulness you all have shown has helped make Titus 2 something to be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 2, 2016 | story
“The truth of personal narrative is that being human can seem like an exercise in futility, sometimes right up to the last breath a person draws. The truth of personal narrative is that, no matter how compelling the story, no matter the suffering it entails, no...
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,...
