by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2023 | significance, Simplicity, Teaching
I have often reminded discipleship students that, “It’s the little things”……….They reveal where our heart and mind are focused. Sarah Westfall writes about this truth in her “Liturgy of Little Things” in her HUMAN...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 23, 2023 | significance, writing
From 7/23/2021 Irony and humor…. As I scrolled tonight I saw a report of a recently discovered secret library of 84,000 manuscripts uncovered behind a wall in Tibet going back a 1000 years …. Followed immediately by this ad: “The Dos & Don’ts of Records...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 5, 2023 | lake, significance
I’ve always loved this story of how pilots out of Eglin use the Blue Lake crosses as a landmark! And how once, when they were turned out to conserve energy and money the Air Force contacted Blue Lake and asked that they be turned back on, reportedly even...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 21, 2022 | culture, significance, story
SERIOUSLY????? I picked up a quarter and just glanced at it. It was a 2020 National Park edition. What did I see on it?? A fruit bat and her pup!!! You can’t plan an irony this shocking and illustrative of the fact that there is something maliciously amiss in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2022 | homelessness, self worth, significance
Reflection from this date in 2015… “I am tired tonight, but it is a good tired….The day was fun and productive. Students are happy and safe. One young lady who has been with us a week told me tonight as she and I went to get her some groceries that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 28, 2022 | healing, significance
A tale of two perspectives: #1: posted by Rene Evans: This is attributed to Dr. Fauci. The facts about the respective diseases are easy to check.  From Dr. Fauci: “Chickenpox is a virus. Lots of people have had it, and probably don’t think about it much once...