by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 20, 2025 | lifestyles, seasons, writing
What an utterly beautiful winter solstice weekend in the Heart of Dixie! I bought a new Burford Holly and planted it. (Not prickly!). And I planted a Peggy Martin Rose I’d bought around Thanksgiving and wove it into the garden arch. I refilled bird feeders and got a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2024 | change, Comfort, God's will, growth, home, journaling, Lent, life change, marriage, questions, seasons, spiritual journey, Trust
When have you felt God direct you to make a change in your life? Did you struggle with any doubt or were you confident in the change? In August 1992, my husband, Bill, had a job opportunity and was ready for a change of venue . After praying about the situation, he...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 7, 2024 | seasons, spiritual life, writing
My words for 2024 are “incarnation” and “calm.” The Titus 2 ladies and I are using E. Stanley Jones’ devotional work entitled “In Christ” this year, exploring what it means to BE “IN CHRIST.”. Incarnation has...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 28, 2022 | seasons, timing
This article came to me over 10 years ago. I saved it at the time because its timing spoke to me…. From a publication called “Explorations”, Liturgical Ministry 2003 Living by Seasons “I was enjoying an hour with a new friend last winter,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 1, 2022 | seasons
9/1/2014 Just saw this on friend’s page…..”September is the new January!” For years my life revolved around my children’s school year schedule. The nine months of the school year had its own rhythm. Even now, years after they are no...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | seasons, Wisdom
Lovely Lenten reflection on wilderness space…. “Old Testament references hint at the fact that the wilderness is also a place of intimacy where God speaks to us very tenderly those things he has been wanting to say to our souls: ‘Therefore I will now...
