by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 13, 2015 | Facing fears, Faith, healing, Pain, spiritual life
Joni Eareckson Tada, who has known her share of pain- physical and emotional- shares this poem by Miss Margaret Clarkson, a woman who was bedridden for years with chronic pain: Lord Jesus, King of pain, Thy subject I; Thy right it is to reign: Oh, hear my cry, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 5, 2014 | doubt, Faith
At age 29, in a rash and impulsive moment, I did something totally out of character, a biggie, as in willful violation of one of the Big Ten, something that my background of being raised in the church said would send me to hell. I was angry, confused, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2009 | Assurance of faith, evangelicalism, Faith
A Christianity Today online book review of the 2008 book, The Advent of Evangelicalism: Exploring Historical Continuities, edited by Michael Haykin and Kenneth Stewart introduced me to a quote from David Bebbington’s Evangelicalism in Modern Britain, published...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 14, 2008 | Faith
Several years ago a friend of mine suddenly went blind, with no other symptoms. She was rushed to the hospital where it was discovered she’d suffered a stroke. Gradually she regained about 30-40% of her vision. A news report came out this past week about a pilot...
