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...
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...
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...
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...
Signed, Sealed, Delivered….for the benefit of Titus 2 Partnership, Inc.’s ministry to women, those in the community whom I serve, and my local church family. Although it was not by the means I had expected when I started the process 10 years ago, it is no...
