by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 24, 2023 | persuasion, promises, questions, Teaching
Much debate has occurred over time limitations for legal abortion. Some states have adopted a 15 week standard limitation. Why is the 15 week limit on abortion so important? Because it legally defines and affirms the Judeo- Christian Holy Scripture’s definition of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 25, 2023 | Cultural Issues
Many have assumed that since the Dobbs case challenge and decision to return regulation of abortion to states that the issue is resolved. It is not. There are efforts to “enshrine the right to abortion”, with no limitations, into the US legal code through...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 24, 2023 | culture, decisions
From my 1960’s teen coming-of-age years until 1992, I was strongly pro-choice in my social views on abortion. In 1992, the Lord gently spoke in my spirit and I had a total 180 degree change of heart.. It resulted in significant changes in my thinking about a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 25, 2022 | Trust
My “coming of age” was the 60s and 70s… feminism, ERA, first generation college in my family, women’s liberation, Vietnam protests, “hippie” cool culture. I have borne children twice-1973 and 1975. With the first, at 18, I believed...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2022 | The Church
This morning as I contemplated my prayer life, I realized that 2 decades-long-standing matters of prayer for me have been the cause of pro-life and renewal in The UMC … Both of those prayer matters have broadened and matured into larger prayer foci for me. This...