by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 2, 2022 | spiritual life
“The Christian world view is revelational, Trinitarian and redemptive. It is within this world view and theology of faith, hope and love that Christian priests and lay people minister.” “From the Church’s perspective, the crisis, the prompt and the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 28, 2022 | spiritual life
A wonderful thought for today……. “After every heartbeat comes a moment of rest. In that split second, the heart is silent. In our heart’s rhythm of beating and rest is a lesson; there is a time to be active and a time to rest. “There is the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 13, 2022 | spiritual growth, spiritual life
I read a post about the UMC’s apparent loss of enthusiasm for evangelism evidenced by how many churches have had no professions of faith in any recent year and voicing the hope that new expressions of Methodism would renew the practice of evangelism and bring...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 30, 2022 | spiritual life
This is imagery worth considering. When we cross the “continental divide” of our spiritual life we will no longer question or doubt God. We may question or doubt our own strength or honesty before God…. I had gotten this from somewhere recently and the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2022 | delight, desires, family, spiritual life
I had written about my experience of having God direct my attention to a beautiful fresh plowed field and hearing Him say, “This is you!” Plowed Fields Many of us have been journeying in an online FB community foreign g a devotional by JD Walt of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 30, 2022 | attributes of Christ, spiritual life
When he sets you free, he decides how you will be known. He gives you your name…… his name….. and you are now free FROM the past, but also free TO live into the fullest of what he created you to be from the beginning.