by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 22, 2022 | writing
(8/21/22) A well known pastor has been known by many for his use of a phrase: “The Spirit of Jesus in me greets the Spirit of Jesus in you and brings us together in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen.” This week I was listening to one of the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 12, 2022 | sermons, writing
I spent a significant part of today working on a sermon for Sunday at Carillon Beach Community Chapel. Rev. Terry Rodriguez is out of town for a couple of weeks, so she has graciously given me the privilege of filling in for her.. I had started three different times...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | witness, writing
Bill had shared this story about “Faith Moving Mountains” with some friends. I was curious about the origin of the story. Here’s what I found about the church from which the story grew. The “anonymous” video appears below the actual...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | writing
From 3/25/17 There was a day I decided that some people undertake writing a book under influences of considerably less noble motivation than I would have thought. A young lady who’d been in recovery for a few months and whom I’d only recently met had...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2022 | Prayer, spiritual life, writing
Bill shared part of his morning study group’s discussion on Judges: Principles of Victory: “The right prayer might not be, “Lord, take this away” but “Lord, use this as a way through the brokenness of my life right now, to shine Your...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | spiritual growth, writing
Building Positive self- identity and resilience are skills we work on ….. From 2018: A conversation on resilience by Sharyl Sandberg and Adam Grant: Adam: There’s research suggesting that journaling can be really helpful in this process (of building self...
