by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 19, 2022 | The Church
Some things can only be said from outside the system. Several trusted advisors (some of them pastors) have offered me comfort and encouragement for having been discontinued from provisional deacon status by The AWFUMC by observing that I am...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | religious movements, The Church
As reports come out this week from a meeting of the UMC General Committee on General Conference which is rumored to be being planned for later summer, it reminds me of three years ago ….. when some were optimistic enough to believe the stalemate in the divide...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 4, 2022 | counseling, Ministry, used by God, women in ministry, work
MThere was a time I visited a large couples Sunday School class years ago at a church. Their prayer request time took up most of the session and the burdens were significant for some. It became so oppressive and overwhelming to me I had to leave the class. Later on a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 8, 2021 | Life Recovery, Ministry
I and others have observed that religion is about belonging and behaving….. about affiliation with others and embracing the values and practices of the group. Life in Christ, Christianity, is about believing Christ is God and becoming Christlike through receiving the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 16, 2021 | God's call, ordination
3/12/17 by Cathy Byrd Some know that I received a second letter of discontinuation in as many years by the Board of Ministry of the Alabama West Florida on 3/8/17 after having gone once again before them to request ordination as a deacon. A number of people have...
