by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 30, 2022 | nature, storms
From 5/30/2019, after Hurricane Michael Lord, How did I miss them? I was so busy five minutes ago crying in the prayer garden, wailing out in grief, lamenting all the weeds, how they seem to be the only things really flourishing, bemoaning how the trees are...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 28, 2022 | healing, Mental Health
Mental Health and the Church: “Jesus didn’t wait for a crowd of perfectly well adjusted disciples to turn up; he appointed a real mixed bag of personalities, in spite of their weaknesses and struggles. There’s a place for everyone in the Church and it breaks my heart...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 27, 2022 | Grace, grief
5/27/14 by Joni Byrd Saying Goodbye with Grace I am studying for a degree in counseling, and in a textbook, I recently read a statement about hospice care that really caught my attention. The book stated that it is often during the last days, hours, or even minutes...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 27, 2022 | perfection
From 5/27/2014 Has anyone else noticed how many Facebook posts show up with pictures and platitudes that seem to be excusing people for not being “perfect”? Some are humorous. Some are poignant. Some are combative. There are plenty of various types that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 27, 2022 | spiritual battle
In February of this year, 2022, Peter J. Bellini wrote a series of three articles for Firebrand magazine entitled “Thunderstruck: The Deliverance Ministry of John Wesley.” He cites various writings by Wesley on demonic encounters and classifies them...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 25, 2022 | theology, Truth
“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors” From 12/13/2003 This phrase, a motto used by the United Methodist Church since 2001, had grated somewhat on my nerves when it was rolled out as the denomination’s motto. It had appeared to me that it reflected a little too...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 21, 2022 | desiring God, doubt
29 was a hard end-of decade year for me. I remember it fraught with a lot of self doubts. At 29 I also did something totally out of character, a biggie, on the level of a violation of one of the Big Ten, something that my church background said would send me to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 21, 2022 | experiences, mind, sleep
We emphasize healthy sleep habits at Titus 2. Four years ago on a social media site I asked a question: “Is it just me or has anyone else ever experienced this?…..Today I laid down on a quilt on the floor of my office for a short cat nap, feeling very...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 21, 2022 | Bible Study
I had a sweet conversation with someone who shared with me that she had realized that all these years she’d been reading the Bible in a literal sense only and missing some of its meaning and richness. She said she has begun to recognize that there is spiritual...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 21, 2022 | Prayer
Thinking about prayer: I re-read through Myles Munroe’s book on the power of prayer one weekend. Although a controversial evangelical figure who died in 2014, I found his writing on prayer to be insightful. I began collecting prayers years ago. I have a book of...
