by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 25, 2024 | Words and Writing, worship, writing
My words for pondering, praying, pouring over, and pursuing this year are “incarnation” and “calm.”. It seems the two are intertwined in my mind. God had been impressing the word “incarnation” on my heart throughout Advent and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 8, 2023 | witness, Words and Writing
From 11/8/17….. Everything has changed since this post… “Connecting with others helps us live out our faith as we allow God’s love to bring us together as one body of Christ. Embrace the opportunity to connect through prayer, community,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 11, 2023 | story, Truth, Words and Writing, writing
“Everybody acts out a myth, but very few people know what their myth is. And you should know what your myth is, because it might be a tragedy. And maybe you don’t want it to be.” Jordan Peterson This reminds me of something I have said often to students:...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 18, 2022 | Truth, used by God, Words and Writing
One never knows what simple phrase may be the thing that completely reorients a person’s thinking. For me it was a simple phrase by a pastor over 25 years ago: “We give as much of ourselves as we can understand to as much of God as we can...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 10, 2022 | Words and Writing, Worldview
From a favorite writer, Jill Carattini, 12/10/2014 Salvation or Sentimentality? “Who has understood the mind of the LORD?”(Isaiah 40:13) This God who moves among people, touching all of life and history is certainly not the quiet and tame being we often imagine. God’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 17, 2022 | Truth, Words and Writing
Sometimes I hear people carelessly use this phrase, “your ways are not our ways. Your thoughts are not our thoughts”, to direct us toward the “what” of God’s will and work in a circumstance is a scripture I have pondered a lot. The...
