by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2026 | Gratitude, Teaching, Uncategorized
Wisdom from Dr. Curt Thompson, whose work inspires and guides me. 1/8/26. CBB “Gratitude is far more than a seasonal sentiment. It is a practice that literally reshapes our brains and our relationships.Gratitude doesn’t arise effortlessly. It’s cultivated...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
CBB. 1/2/23 A year ago, after the Webb Space Telescope launch, I wrote this based on multiple news reports….. “NASA has hired a team of theologians, led by Reverend Dr. Andrew Davison, to guide humankind through potential worldview-shattering information that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
This it a liturgy I pulled together years ago for our Titus 2 students, first as a celebration for completing 12-step work, then as a way of reflecting on the changes they had made in the year closing and embracing the New Year with hope and anticipation….. Worship...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 19, 2025 | community, generosity, Gratitude, lifestyles, Uncategorized
From 12/19/21. CBB A friend of mine died recently. Many knew him and those who knew him well knew him as a generous and kind person. Many people had stories of him coming to the aid of someone by providing for or making contact on someone’s behalf to provide for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2025 | authority, blessing, Faith, Uncategorized
“I see a gray-sky morning, but I know the sun is still shining and I believe a rainbow lies just over the horizon. I choose to live out of what I know and believe, not what I see.”. CBByrd. 11/12/18
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2025 | Aging, Comfort, pets, Uncategorized, writing
My little Bitsy Shih Tzu is so smart…she makes me laugh! I decided she and I would share a diced apple for breakfast, one of our usual travel treats. And I thought, “I’ll just start with the apple bits here at the kitchen table to give her the two syringes of cardio...
