by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 19, 2025 | childhood memories, redemption, Teaching, The Church, time, Worldview
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,” replied the angel, “and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason he shall be called the Son of God.”Luke 1:35 This is the beauty and majesty of the Advent story and the angel’s Annunciation to Mary for us:...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2025 | experiences, significance, Worldview
Seems to me we should aspire to be post-resurrection Peters regarding faith in Christ but Doubting Thomases regarding faith in man’s institutions—which means poking fingers in the sides of both liberals and conservatives. ……Be salt, not sugar. Report sensational facts...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | spiritual journey, Trivia, Words and Writing, work, Worldview, writing
A friend and I were talking about journaling, writing for one’s self and other readers, privately and publicly. She is a professional published writer. I’m just a WordPress amateur blogger. I have no publishing ambitions, I’m just preserving thoughts for teaching...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | time, understand, Wisdom, Worldview
I was driving to our daughter’s new residence after a year of Covid isolation and realized I needed to refresh my memory of how to get there from I-65. The last time I’d been to their home, it had been by way of US Hwy 31 and State Route 280. So I called her to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | small delights, Spirituality, understand, Wisdom, Worldview, writing
Today’s date “11/11”. (CBB 11/11/25) I remember a Sunday morning when a young grade school friend walked into my church office and noticed the digital clock on my desk showed 11:11 as the time (which it does twice daily!) He exclaimed, “Quick, make a wish!” I asked...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 6, 2025 | appearances, mind, Spirituality, transcendance, Wisdom, Worldview
Simple, but not easy…… truth. For years I have understood that life in the physical realm is created to mirror and reveal the spiritual realm. Mankind’s obsession with its own capacity for freewill and the presence of an anti-God enemy happy to deceive mankind warped...