by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
I realize that it’s been six weeks since I posted. Graduate school has proven to be more time consuming than I had expected and I have been seriously reconsidering whether the time and effort to blog were worthwhile. A Christianity Today online magazine article...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 20, 2007 | Isaiah 1:18, Psalm 119:105, righteousness
Today I was rereading lesson 7 in the Beth Moore study, Breaking Free: Making Liberty in Life a Reality in Christ. This lesson is on obedience. Psalm 119:105 was part of the lesson’s reading. “Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 3, 2007 | Idolatry, marriage, self examination
“Idolatry is the universal human tendency to value something or someone in a way that hinders the love and trust we owe to God. It is an act of theft from God whereby we use some part of creation in a way that steals from honor due to God. Idolatry conflicts...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 3, 2007 | diets
I have been utilizing a popularly advertised mail order diet program for a couple of months and have lost 13 pounds. I am getting close to breaking a barrier that I crossed nearly five years ago! But I am feeling a little less confident, fearing that I’ll bump...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
As part of a graduate school course in counseling multicultural populations, I have been reading from an anthology of essays on various aspects of diversity. There is an essay by Holly Sklar, a Knight-Ridder op-ed columnist, entitled “Imagine a Country”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 8, 2007 | 1 John 2:16, Genesis 3:6, Matthew 4:2-10, Romans 8:13
“The enemy within” is the title of a book recommended to me by my daughter in law. She and I compare notes regularly on things we’re learning in our respective journeys of faith.As I was preparing for teaching at a Friday night Celebrate Recovery!...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
I have gotten started in a masters program at a local campus of an out of state university. The semesters are compressed into 9 weeks and the year consists of 5 semesters. It will enable me to complete my desired degree in less that a year and a half. But what a price...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 24, 2007 | reading, spiritual formation
For a number of years as I was growing in my faith, Dr. Charles Stanley’s teaching spoke to me with such power and conviction that it seemed he was reading my thoughts and preaching to me and me alone. It was eerie to me then that he always seemed to know just...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 7, 2007 | communion, decisions
“Dying moments, new beginnings” is a phrase that describes a communion celebration that many of us associated with The Walk to Emmaus will recognize. It defines what we, in our Christian lives, do again and again as we experience the regenerative work of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 5, 2007 | Childhood excitement, journaling, spiritual gifts
Jill Carattini is a senior writer for the Ravi Zacharias Int’l Ministries in Atlanta, Ga. I enjoy her columns greatly. She always seems to express so beautifully things that I have thought or felt.Her column today speaks of the delightful transparency of...
