Callie Boyd, Author at Prepare International

Discipleship, Family, Kingdom Kids, Parenting, PI Blog

Playing Around with PrayGround

It was much fun and an honor to write Playing Around with PrayGround. I wrote for both parents and children’s ministers. In Matthew, Jesus gets very upset with His…

Family, Kindgom, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning

It’s a Diamond: Gathering Stones

Gathering a Diamond There are so many other stones that I have collected for the Alter of Remembrance. A friend told me that she saw the makings of a…

Kindgom, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning

Gathering the Slippery Stone of Time

Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping . . . (a line in an old song). During transition time is critical and time seems to always be slipping, slipping away….

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50 years with God

50 Years With God This month 50 years ago, as a six year old, tagged as shy, I gave my life to Jesus. I asked Him to clean my…

Family, Parenting, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning

All Grown Up: Gathering Stones

All Grown Up This May marked the year that our youngest, our baby girl, graduated from the university. She graduated from Dallas Baptist University, Suma Cum Laude in a…

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A Little Stone

The Little Stone How can God use something straight from the pit of hell? Alzheimer’s or Dementia affects people in various ways. Some revert to a child and gentle,…

Family, Kindgom, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning

My Mom: Gathering the 1st Stone

My Mom Died The early part of this past May, my mom died, went to be in the arms of Jesus, after a bout of Alzheimers! The 1st stone…

Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning

Presence of God: Gathering Stones

Carrying the Presence of God So as I was asking God about how to ‘survive’ all the transitioning in my life right now. I felt like He took me…

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Helmets Are Always A Good Idea!

Take risks. Live life, don’t let life live you. These all sound so noble, but when you are so ‘anointed’ in the ability of goofiness, goofy things happen just…

Family, Missons, Perspective, PI Blog

From Empty Arms to Making God Smile

Soon after Randy and I were married, I became pregnant. Due to some wrong responses from us to some events at the church that we were on staff at…

Family, Missons, Perspective, PI Blog

Same Song (Empty Arms), Second Verse (His Kindness Leads to Repentance)

DISCLAIMER: This is ‘my’ testimony about the loss of ‘our’ baby and what God said to ‘me’. I believe that God uses what happened to me as a clear picture of…

Perspective, PI Blog

Bringing the Waves of Hawaii Home to the Desert of Texas for 2017!

Kauai met Randy and me with 18-23 foot waves on the North Shore. These waves boasted of unrelenting crashing of ominous power, beauty, and deafening rolls of thunder. We…

Author: Callie Boyd