by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries;...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 8, 2023 | Teaching, theology, Uncategorized
Are you ever listening to music on the radio and suddenly a word or phrase jumps out at you that leads you to something you hadn’t seen , heard, or considered before? This morning as I listened to a Christian station, a song “Graves Into Gardens” came on and I heard...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2023 | boundaries, communication, Uncategorized
There is only 1 Jesus Christ. He sacrificed himself for each of us and for all of us…. If you don’t like that I have boundaries that prohibit me from accepting responsibility for or making sacrifices on behalf of you or someone else against my will,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 17, 2023 | religious movements, scripture, trees, Uncategorized
I heard a sermon this week on the parable of the unfruitful fig tree. But for all my effort I cannot remember where or from whom I heard it. The message focused on the gardener’s appeal to the master who had told the gardener to cut it down for having borne...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Paul describes God as continually calling us to His Kingdom and glory. His calling on our lives is not merely occasional. It’s continuous, ongoing, and all-encompassing. God calls us to His glory in all the everyday details of our lives (1 Cor. 10:31). He calls...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
From Dec 17,2015 Question: What do a sci-fi horror B-movie and an individual employed in a local substance abuse program have in common? Answer: A reported covert, dark-of-night demonic exorcism in a church. Sadly, however, the apparent victim was in the throes of a...
