by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Living on a lake has many advantages, the peacefulness of the view being the primary one. We are privileged to enjoy beautiful sunsets most evenings right out our back window. When we moved here seven years ago, we purchased a 3-seater personal watercraft. It has been...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week was educational for me. It has been clearly demonstrated to me that addiction is not only, even not primarily, a matter of substance-use; it is a matter of people-use. To paraphase a trite old popular song, “People. People who use people… are the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 8, 2012 | Ministry, poetry
JourneyI was on a journey, in a hurry,Not really sure of the destination,Knowing only that it was somewhere Other than where I’d been. I met and passed many along the way.Finally, one Traveler came alongside.He paced Himself to my stride.He engaged me in conversation....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 27, 2012 | names, status
This week I received an email from a pastor who is in leadership in our denomination. She was inviting me to serve on a non-profit board operated by our denomination. In the meeting minutes that covered board nominations, I was listed as “Rev. Cathy Byrd.”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
3/20/12- My Conversations with GodFifteen years ago this week I began a new journey. I heard the voice of God. It was jolting, though an exciting and invigorating experience, too. He spoke to me in a moment of worship, an odd moment early in the morning as I drove up...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 29, 2012 | change
There are those moments in time in which one stands aware that there is a change coming. Perhaps it is not so much a change in one’s circumstances, exactly, but more a change in one’s perspective. I am on the eve of one of those moments. Tomorrow marks a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 17, 2012 | Calling, preparation
When I began to feel the Lord moving me from one vocational arena to another in 2003, from sales to ministry, I began a journey of preparation. It required getting up to date, technologically, and learning to maneuver online learning. Columbia College’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 10, 2011 | letters, persuasion, Philemon
PHILEMON: A GENTLE AND GRACIOUS PERSUASION By Cathy Byrd1. Introduction Philemon, a brief occasional letter authored by the Apostle Paul while in prison, provides counsel to specific people on the practical matter of dealing with Onesimus, a runaway slave. At the same...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve been pecking away now for over three years at requirements for ordination as a deacon in the United Methodist Church. I have finally gotten within sight of the “light at the end of the tunnel” . It is a great feeling to know that it’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Years ago I was a sales representative with a major consumer goods corporation. At the time there was a new way of moving products from manufacturer to retailer, skipping warehousing. They called it “just in time delivery”. The advent of large superstore...
