by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 6, 2017 | discipleship training, spiritual formation
Seeing this picture on a friend’s Facebook page reminded me that there was a morning last year when I was in prayer and I clearly felt the Lord speak to my heart the word, “Enough.” That was all. It has not been that unusual for me to hear a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2016 | Aging
Life from the Backside of 60 There is a meme that was making its round on Facebook that went like this: “In your 20’s you are annoyed that others talk about you. In your 40’s you no longer care that others talk about you. In your 60’s you realize no one was ever...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 8, 2016 | Aging, memories, Ministry
Zebras and Harness Racers….. In late summer of 2014 and for much of the next year I experienced a multitude of frustrations and confusion in attempting to connect with some individuals in ministry beyond my local community and church, I experienced a number of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2016 | forgiveness
What experiences in our lives inform one’s faith and practice of it? And is it any different for clergy as opposed to laity? Episcopal Priest Underwent Abortion to Finish Divinity School, Later Tanked Parish This is a disturbing report of a parish priest...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 28, 2015 | consolation, healing
It was a rough weekend. I found it necessary to dismiss one young lady who secreted beer into the house, drank it and got caught. That, in my experience, has been a very rare occurrence. She had been doing so well, but she let her anger get the best of her. Rather...