by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 16, 2015 | communication, desiring God
I write from time to time about “thoughts upon awaking”, the things that I find at the front of my mind as soon as my eyes are open. This morning it was “The Wizard of Oz” movie….of all things. I haven’t seen it in years. But somehow it played into my pre-awaking...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 16, 2015 | Cultural Issues
I had studied the information cited below on children’s status in ancient cultures in human development and social science classes through the years. It is also well documented that Methodists worked in the 18th century to eliminate child labor abuses and foster...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 9, 2015 | recovery
Over the last year Titus 2’s ministry has received several gifts of jewelry. Most of it has been costume or vintage jewelry, although some gold chains were received from one donor. Sale of some of the pieces has provided over $450 of income to the ministry. Several...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 9, 2015 | recovery
In an article in a recent professional publication, William L. White, MA, an addiction counselor for 26 years, writes about a 17 year study in Illinois communities of traumatized women whose addiction led them to abuse or neglect their children. Project SAFE...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 7, 2015 | redemption, spiritual life
Titus 2 ladies know well the lasting scars that consequences of poor decisions and sinful behavior have. For many of them, they have come to believe that there was no way to get beyond them. They did not understand the power of Christ’s redemptive work on the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
“The word, “plan,” is, in the Greek, oikonomia – economy. It means an order, an administration, a way of “keeping house” that flows from a set of priorities through a bank of resources into a new order on earth, one that reflects the way things are in heaven....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 4, 2015 | change
Thoughts on Titus 2 Ministry’s Theory of Change Principle observed: “All behavior is purposeful. Everyone does what they do because they perceive that it works.” Until it no longer provides the “payoff” they are seeking, they will not begin...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 1, 2015 | spiritual life
It is interesting to consider the things that are on one’s mind and heart upon arising. Bill was telling me about his dream. It was about real people Just a brief cameo moment in which he recognized them. But it is a family that we hardly know in a distant...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 29, 2015 | Emotional Literacy
A severe mercy? “Practically speaking, disillusionment is the loss of illusion. In terms of larceny, then, it is the equivalent of having one’s high cholesterol or a perpetually bad habit stolen. Disillusionment, while painful, is evidence which shows the myths...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Christianne Squires is a trained spiritual director who shares her thoughts and insights through a weblog and online community called “Still Forming Land.” I have been a subscriber to her blogs for a while and find them often thoughtful and challenging. This one...
