by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 13, 2022 | change, spiritual life
In the Seedbed Daily Text today, June 13, JD Walt introduces us to the concept of interpolation in regard to Pentecost: Interpolation- “the insertion of something of a different nature into something else.” ……a lovely, evocative word with Latin...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2022 | healing, healthy churches, mind
In a Facebook post that asked how mindfulness had helped readers with depression I responded,” It didn’t… spiritfulness did.” Another reader asked, “May I know how this is done?” My reply: “It’s an ‘order of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | healing, miracles
June 9,2014; Lump……. prayers……..then, no lump……..and a prayer of gratitude! Pastor Jim Luther always challenges us not to just blow off such events…..we are witnesses to the power of prayer and the recipients of miracles far...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | change
June 9,2016: My friend, Rev. Terry Weber-Rodriguez shared this: “Yes my dear Cathy this is you. You go girl friend.” You never get into something to test the waters, You go into things to make waves. From Michael Frost Photo credit Tim Soerens...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | family, pets
June 9, 2016: pet memories I wrote earlier today about our kitty, Patti, who died. She’d come to us from WMBB. I just remembered that her friend, our little male- Squeaker, also came from WMBB! He was a stowaway under the raised floor of the control room. One...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | discipleship training
Worth restating: Declaration “I am a Disciple” I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I am above and not beneath. I am the head and not the tail. I am the righteousness of God in Christ. I am accepted in the Beloved and His royal blood flows through my veins. I am a part of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | discipleship training
The Fellowship of the Unashamed I am part of the “Fellowship of the Unashamed.” The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | change, recovery
When someone has attempted to control a person all of her life by berating her and calling her “stubborn” because she won’t do what they want, how does she decide to give that over to God and what does God desire to put in its place? That was the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | Holy Spirit, time, Uncategorized
For those who have experienced the Emmaus Movement, I took away a sense of the “present” moment-ness of the Holy Spirit’s abiding as we were introduced to the “Fourth day” concept ( for me in 1992) …. that while our experience of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | boundaries
Boundary Setting in Relationships- There are occasions when meek, emotionally-controlled, wounded women come to Titus 2 who have been subjected to abuse in one or more forms- emotional, physical, financial, sexual, psychological, spiritual, or relational....
