by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | action, scripture, sermons
June 24, 2018 Sermon: “Formidable Enemies” Responsive reading: Psalm 9 Leader: The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. People: Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | scripture
Written 7/2/2015: My understanding of Rev. 13:1-14:20: First beast (from the “sea)- represents moral depravity, evil, systems or philosophies of thought -The “sea” is the place of Leviathan- which is fearsome and evil -This beast is fearsome...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2022 | scripture, Wisdom
The meme above is from a beautiful second cousin of mine in Oklahoma… Robyn Baldwin Langston From thoughts in my own journal 12/13/03: …..I was in prayer for a weekend retreat and as a part of my prayer time, I re-read the story of the walk to Emmaus. When...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2022 | mind, miracles, scripture
Reflection on the view from beneath a cross versus Jesus’ view from atop it……(published 6/17/2022 CBB) Christian writer and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon, put out a challenging post today as her Psalm of the morning …. Psalm 88. She...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 18, 2022 | scripture, theology
The Holy Spirit of Christ in our spirit that transforms our soul IS God present, abiding in us, just as it was in Jesus. The difference is that Jesus was born to the body of man with the equipping to attain to the full measure of that reality from the beginning...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2022 | scripture, Worldview
“in heaven and on earth and under the earth”….that’s an odd phrase, don’t you think?. What does “under the earth” mean, especially in light of the other two phrases with which it appears (in context, so to speak.) Is this a...
