by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 22, 2022 | childhood memories, culture
A SILENT TRAGEDY There is a silent tragedy that is unfolding today in our homes, and concerns our most precious jewels: our children. Our children are in a devastating emotional state! In the last 15 years, researchers have given us increasingly alarming statistics on...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 21, 2022 | Career, culture, Teaching
I was sitting next to a friend at a luncheon and the subject of teachers with guns in schools came up. She, a former teacher, said, “They took the Bible out of the classroom. Then they took paddles away from the teachers. Now they want to give teachers...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 21, 2022 | culture, theology
At Saturday’s Women’s Grief Gathering on February 19,2022, we talked about the therapeutic value of laughter during our discussion time. This article by Jonah Goldberg, who is quite funny himself, points out some interesting historical perspective on humor...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | Covenant, culture, sleep
I love reading Jill Carattini’s devotional from Ash Wednesday of 2014 and her reference here to Lauren Winner, another thought provoking writer: Sleep and Ashes The Christian Vision Project was an initiative that began three consecutive years with a question....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | culture, Power
People are ( and have been for a while) going way out of their way to criticize one another’s choices politically based on “Christian” faith. I doubt Jesus could be said to have agreed with the brutal empire that ruled Judah and all the environment in his world at the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2022 | conflict, culture
“…..while Christ teaches us the value of love over violence, the power of life over death, he never strayed away from necessary conflict. Disciples rebuked, Pharisees chastised, a temple cleared of money changers…these are also pictures of Christ....
