Psalm 27:13 “I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.” The alarming increase among children, youth, and adults of depression, suicide, and a variety of other mental health dysfunctions...
Years ago, as God began to call me toward a life of ministry, at one point I was praising him in song….I stopped and spoke out of the joy in my heart, “Surely God has created the beauty of this world for his glory and my delight!” In that very...
Several people, knowing my affection for cardinals, have posted photos of cardinals to my facebook page. I am very fond of cardinals… God used them to speak to me during a difficult time in our marriage. I had a dream early in the summer of 1997. I dreamed I was...
I have been writing, in small doses with short descriptive stories, about an experience that happened after a tumble into depression that went undiagnosed for over a year when I was in my early 40’s. After I shared with my doctor that “something just...
Anne Lamott’s personal page bio includes this: “Twenty-three years ago a very hung-over Anne Lamott stumbled into a small church and started what was to be a long journey towards sobriety and sanity. There were no instant miracles on that road, but many...
On March 26, 2012 I wrote about being asked to serve on the board of a local ministry and the surprise I felt in seeing my name in the minutes, being referred to as “Reverend Cathy Byrd” for the first time. As a commissioned deacon, I am allowed, even...
