by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’ve posted several things by Charles Spurgeon recently. Also, I refer to various Baptist, Presbyterian, and other theologians/pastors from time to time. Just to clarify, I’m not a Calvinist, but align with Wesleyan Arminianism…. And, like Wesley,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
I will have been blogging for 10 years this summer. It began after Lynn Haven UMC moved to the Transmitter Rd. location and Pastor Nic Gibson told me I needed to start a weblog, so I guess he’s to fault whenever someone finds my random thoughts annoying. It...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
“The word, “plan,” is, in the Greek, oikonomia – economy. It means an order, an administration, a way of “keeping house” that flows from a set of priorities through a bank of resources into a new order on earth, one that reflects the way things are in heaven....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Christianne Squires is a trained spiritual director who shares her thoughts and insights through a weblog and online community called “Still Forming Land.” I have been a subscriber to her blogs for a while and find them often thoughtful and challenging. This one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 14, 2015 | change, Uncategorized
A year ago this week, after what seemed like the disastrous culmination of a difficult six months, as it became clear that the end was coming in an area that had been fulfilling and productive, a new journey began. As one ministry friend told me, sometimes it is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
For years I was aware of my grandmother and at least two of her four sisters from time to time having yard sales together. They would gather at one another’s homes, gather their excess items or handmade crafts or rooted plants they had cultivated and spend the...
