by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 29, 2006 | books, conflict, The Church
I read Bennett J. Sims’ book Servanthood: Leadership for the Third Millenium for a class. In it he tells of one of his pastorates in Maryland where they undertook a construction campaign, using a well known architect. The architect planned a starkly modern...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 19, 2006 | Daniel 4:10-12, Ezekiel 31:6, Matthew 13:31, Matthew 6:30, mustard seeds
Last evening I was working on a paper for the Chrisitian Education certification class I am taking. My assignment was to write about my life experiences in molding my call to and practice of ministry. As I thought about my faith and how it developed, I realized that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 15, 2006 | books, Suffering
I recently re-read The Wounded Healer by Henry Nouwen as part of a certification class in Christian Education. This book has been part of my personal bookshelf for about 8-9 years, since an experience of “woundedness” that profoundly affected my view of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 5, 2006 | Teaching
Today I began a new adventure. I had my first preparatory session that initiates an online Christian Education paraprofessional certification program that I enrolled in. In 1977, when I completed my postgraduate internship in Medical Technology, I’d said...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2005 | Christmas
This year, as in recent years past, there is a lot of hullabaloo over the use of the traditional Christian greeting “Merry Christmas”. The politically correct forces have rallied from Madison Avenue to the county courthouse to assure that no one would have...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
In the last two weeks I’ve been notified that my boss of eight years, who also hired me for my current job, has accepted a promotion to another position. I am feeling some anxiety as I wait to meet my new soon-to-be boss. I’ve enjoyed a good relationship...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 29, 2005 | Psalm 37:3-5, Trust
The last couple of weeks’ discussions at our depression impact group have centered around the issue of connection with other people and trust. John Ortberg had published an article that stated that healing begins with connection- to God and to others. We...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 13, 2005 | 1 John 2:16, Genesis 3:6-7, Matthew 4:2-10, Temptation
The Lord seems to teach me about His word by giving me a “ponderable” (as opposed to an imponderable). One ponderable I’ve contemplated is Jesus’ temptation after His baptism. I had heard a radio evangelist preach about that once and he said...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 5, 2005 | Uncategorized
Today I was visiting with a friend and talking about events that occurred in 1997. Remembering the things that were going on in my life then and considering how much has changed about me since then, I am struck by how little the outward circumstances of my life have...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 29, 2005 | mysticism
In Monday night’s Disciple I class the subject was ‘wonder’ and the topic of mysticism came up. I was pressed on the issue and confessed to being ‘mystic’. Today both of my online devotionals address the issue. I sent out a note to all...
