by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 11, 2009 | conflict, discipleship training, spiritual formation
As I reviewed the list of labels that I’ve attached to my blog posts, I see that there are 8 on discipleship training and 5 on conflict, as well as 5 on spiritual formation. Most other topics have only 1 or 2 posts. Based on what I’ve observed in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 11, 2009 | Psalm 4:8, sleep
Many people apparently struggle with sleeplessness. I have always said that I could “sleep hanging on a nail.” For the most part, I have not had difficulty sleeping in any kind of circumstances.With the birth of a new Emmaus community I have been...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 8, 2009 | shoes, Simplicity
Every few years I just happen to have the time and opportunity to hit the 70% off end of summer shoe sale at a local department store. I have written before about my considerably curtailed former bad habit of having tons of shoes. Since I implemented a practice of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 4, 2009 | pets
We are cat people. We have two adult cats that have called us their people for about 7 and 4 years, respectively. They mostly reside outdoors, except on the coldest days of winter when they’ll slip in and sleep under our bed. Then we have a new 10 week old...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 3, 2009 | homelessness, Ministry, missions
Goodness, the times are hard! Everyday the Panama City Rescue Mission is getting calls from families who are losing their apartments or homes and needing emergency shelter while they regroup. As the Women and Families Manager, the responsibility for overseeing their...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 1, 2009 | reading
In my last post I noted that a book entitled “Unfashionable” had caught my interest and I was looking forward to reading it. Well, I didn’t get around to it over the weekend and now I’m into my first module for my first course in basic graduate...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 28, 2009 | The Church
My Mother brought me a slim little book with a nondescript black jacket and the puzzling title “Unfashionable”. I thought to myself, “What in the world is this about?” She said she thought I would enjoy it. When I opened it I found a quote by...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 28, 2009 | 2 Kings 4:7-9, miracles
This morning on a national Christian radio program, the husband and wife team were presenting questions about “miraculous pregnancies” in the Bible and inviting listeners to call in with answers. The segment I heard was about Elisha and the Shunemite woman...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 19, 2009 | experiences
In the course of teaching on service and spiritual gifts, I often refer to Rick Warren’s S.H.A.P.E. format- spiritual gifts, “heart” (or passion), abilities, personality, and experiences.One of the things that I think is so important in that process...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 16, 2009 | appearances, smiling
I had written in February (Be careful of the appearances you give…2/10/09) about becoming aware of how I seem to appear to others to be always busy and how that contributes to the appearance of unapproachability to people. It’s been on my mind more and...
