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...