by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many people, particularly those with lives disrupted by chaos and trauma, have experienced spiritual encounters that invoked fear and confusion. Neither fear nor confusion are from the Lord. There are three spiritual entities one must learn to discern…. Holy Spirit,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
December 24, 2024 Thoughts after leaving the candlelight communion service tonight at Christ Methodist Church, Montgomery, AL: Rev. Misty Barrett tonight related a story from the Christmas when her son, now 21 years old, was 6 and in a school Christmas...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sitting in my sunroom in the late afternoon I can hear Montgomery’s trains in the northern industrial area running. In a while the bugle sounds and National Anthem will signal the end of the day at Gunter/ Maxwell Air War College just down the road. Neighbors on my...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I was growing up there was a large tea olive tree that grew on the north side of our porch. Its fragrant flowers became a soothing balm for my adolescent emotions. In August I toured a garden home that I would soon purchase and to which I have now moved, When I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
The need for emotional literacy- to recognize, identify, experience, communicate and respond to feelings in a way that facilitates connectedness is a human need….. connectedness to self, others, and God. Humans have also been given an extraordinary accompanying,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
If someone is disappointed in me, they were looking to the wrong source for their happiness or security to start with…. Look to God in Christ. If you see Christ’s fruit in me, go and let him do the same in you! Then we can celebrate our shared life in Christ! Affirm...
