by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 20, 2025 | lifestyles, seasons, writing
What an utterly beautiful winter solstice weekend in the Heart of Dixie! I bought a new Burford Holly and planted it. (Not prickly!). And I planted a Peggy Martin Rose I’d bought around Thanksgiving and wove it into the garden arch. I refilled bird feeders and got a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 19, 2025 | community, generosity, Gratitude, lifestyles, Uncategorized
From 12/19/21. CBB A friend of mine died recently. Many knew him and those who knew him well knew him as a generous and kind person. Many people had stories of him coming to the aid of someone by providing for or making contact on someone’s behalf to provide for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 19, 2025 | childhood memories, redemption, Teaching, The Church, time, Worldview
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,” replied the angel, “and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason he shall be called the Son of God.”Luke 1:35 This is the beauty and majesty of the Advent story and the angel’s Annunciation to Mary for us:...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 9, 2025 | conflict, decisions, healing
I have been journeying alongside a young woman for about 7-8 years. I have some responsibility for her that arose out of her broken family history and having no one on whom to lean. She has developmental disability and some emotional and spiritual traumas. We’ve...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2025 | Ministry, Titus 2 Partnership
The is a post from December 2021, when I recognized the changing marketplace for addiction recovery as a result of “Obamacare.” I knew then it was time to consider future changes coming to my ministry. Now, with those changes behind me, I find myself just as busy,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2025 | healing, Ministry
“If we cared more about the source of a person’s pain than their reaction to it, we might have a better chance at speaking truth to the lies, light to the darkness, and Christ to the evil.” Copied from an observed Twitter post.
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2025 | Facing fears, Ministry
“Names of Jesus used by the demons: Son of God (Mt 8:29) Jesus of Nazareth (Mk 1:24) Holy One of God (Lk 4:34) Son of the Most High God (Lk 8:28) Even the demons recognize Jesus as incarnate—truly God, truly man.”Posted @ Twitter by Dustin Benge Today a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 1, 2025 | Ministry, Titus 2 Partnership
11/2,11/5 Transportation provided for disabled woman to visit family out of state following personal emergency 11/12 Completed Meals on Wheels monthly route 11/6 Referral of a young mother from jail to long term recovery program 11/1 $500 Financial grant for emergency...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’m here, in Panama City Beach, Florida, finding my way as I come to a place where “family” may be found again, having returned from the far country of exile that was Hurricane Michael and COVID-19, where my husband died, like a modern day Naomi. I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 19, 2025 | Christmas, family, generations, tradition, worship
Speaking of crèches and Christmas traditions, one person told me that instead of “Elf On A Shelf” her family would hide the Jesus figure from their creche’ daily until Christmas morning when He would be found in the manger on the mantel! What a great Christian...
