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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
A dozen or so of us have been working through a study of Living the Will of God. As part of my preparation for leading that study, I have been reading J. Ellsworth Kalas’ The Will of God in an Unwilling World. It’s very concise and readable. From J. Ellsworth Kalas,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 5, 2015 | religious movements
An interesting take on the Supreme Court majority opinion authored by Justice Kennedy: Another Perspective: Justice Kennedy’s Pursuit of Gnosis By Mark Tooley 7/1/15 Self-deification now works hand in hand with government’s therapeutic designs...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 2, 2015 | Lifestyle Choices
“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 28, 2015 | Cultural Issues
Pew Research Center on Family Structures Dec 2014 (Gretchen Livingston is a senior researcher focusing on fertility and family demographics at Pew Research Center.) “Less than half (46%) of U.S. kids younger than 18 years of age are living in a home with two married...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 27, 2015 | Addictions, Mental Health
In nearly 10 years of working with women with addictive behaviors, I have encountered fewer than a half dozen individuals whom I would consider to be bona fide “narcissists” according to the profile drawn here by Christine Hammond. When I have, however,...
