by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 9, 2015 | Ministry
There was a series of television commercials that featured sports figures and others who had just completed a win or accomplishment in which they were asked, “What’s next for you?” The answer was, “We’re going to Disney World!” Last week, with receipt of the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 7, 2015 | Prayer
A friend and I were talking recently about sudden “insights” that come out of seemingly nowhere, but which she and I both acknowledged knowing are from the mind of God. It can be somewhat disconcerting to suddenly know something that you have no reason to have known...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 2, 2015 | spiritual life
What a blessing it is to have a close spiritual friend, actually a couple of them or a handful of them, with whom one can share the joys and hurts of life! There are some of us, (okay, Sisters, you know who you are) who process emotions and seek understanding by...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 27, 2015 | Truth
How Honest Are You? By Ansley Roan Take this quiz to check your honesty quotient. Circle the number of your response. Give yourself 1 point for each #1 response, 2 points for each #2 response, and 3 points for each #3 response. Q1. You’re online and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 27, 2015 | Truth, Twelve Step recovery
Do you or someone you know have a problem with telling lies? Are the lies to avoid consequences? (Blaming others, lack of personal responsibility for behavior) To make oneself look better than she is? (self-centered, even narcissistic) To put others down? (insecure,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Do You Desire to be Told of Your Faults?’ How early Methodists practiced small-group accountability. John Wesley and his friends were appalled at what the Church of England had become. In the words of Wesley historian Kenneth Collins, the church “had grown...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 25, 2015 | discipline
This is a process for dealing with people who are violating moral conduct rules and creating problems in community (family, church, etc.) A Biblical Process for a Conflict Resolution Model Matthew 18:15-17 One thing that is clear in the Lord’s teaching is the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2015 | brokenness, Emotional Literacy
Wounded or Broken? by John Coblentz (Gleaned from the June 1998 newsletter of Deeper Life Ministries) In the Bible we read about a “wounded spirit” and also about a “broken spirit.” In some ways the meaning of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 19, 2015 | poetry, sanctification
Meditation on Isaiah 6. Seeing the difference between God and oneself. I’ll gladly be a stump, Lord With trunk and branches gone Bare and stripped of anything… To which I’m holding on. No leafy new growth twig Or thick and sturdy limb Shall be exempt...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 16, 2015 | Truth
Recently I have had to deal with a habit of lying by some students in the Titus 2 program. This is a fundamental pre-requisite for recovery. One must be willing to accept the requirement to live according to truth….telling it, living it, and calling out those who try...
