by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2009 | The Church, tradition
I’m in the midst of teaching a series of Sunday School lessons on the twelve apostles to our senior adult Sunday School class at my church. I am using William Barclay’s “The Master’s Men” and William McBirnie’s “The Search for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2009 | doctrine, Quadrilateral, scripture, Truth
Recently I was included in a conversation about the “Wesleyan Quadrilateral” – Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience. The phrase was coined by Albert Outler, who later regretted that he had phrased it the way he did, as it has led to a lot of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 24, 2009 | responsibility
When my Mom and Dad lived in Atlanta, my Mom got rearended several times in fairly quick succession. Generally, we think that getting rearended puts the liability always on the party that does the rearending. However, after the second or third time, the insurance...
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...
