by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 31, 2022 | change, Holy Spirit
from 3/31/2021 Winnow: blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff….. to be blown through by a wind …. When I felt discontent building as I adjusted to widowhood in the lakeside home where Bill and I had lived for 16 years, and in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 31, 2022 | communion, God's attributes
Haley Blauch writes a thoughtful and enlightening explanation of the relationship between the Triune Godhead and prayer that demands a level of vulnerability many in the feminist movement have difficulty understanding and implementing in relation to God. As one who...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 30, 2022 | God's will
I happened across a social media post by a pastor I know in another state… “Wondering what God’s will is for your life? Love God, neighbor, and self with your whole heart and all your actions. Inside of that, God’s will is for you to just do what you want. No tea...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 30, 2022 | Faith, spiritual growth, theology
Some have mocked the distress and angst supposedly expressed by evangelicals over so many young people’s “deconstruction” of their faith and why it is essentially not a rejection of Jesus, but is rejection of institutionalism and politicalization of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | blessing in ordinary miracles
One morning morning as I put gas in my car, I looked down and saw a penny on the ground by the door of my car. I smiled and picked it up. I had seen a story on the internet in the past and, as God would have it, when I got back to my office that particular morning a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | pets
from 3/29/16 For all of us who have lost beloved pets, the story below is a treasure! Bill and I had to part with many beloved animals through our 48 years together. Our last dog, Winston , died the Monday after Christmas on 2021. I have our last remaining...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | The Church
Anyone who’s been around us “church people” (or any kind of people, for that matter!) for any length of time know about “people pleasing” and “tickling ears”. While clergy may have enjoyed a sense of “control” over...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | The Church, theology
One of my devotionals this week asked where am I this Lent season with the way our world is- apocalyptic anxiety, apathetic indifference, or eschatological hope. JD Walt in a seedbed.com daily text this week wrote: “Rather than interpreting the Word of God in light of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | action
Five years ago, a former Titus 2 student commented on a report of another student’s experience with learning to stand up for herself: “My ordeal wasn’t as serious as hers. I remember the day clearly when you told me I could stand up for myself. With...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2022 | The Church, theology
In recent weeks I have read numerous opinions by various theologians and pastors whom I respect regarding contemporary issues that challenge us as Christians and as a church. Each strives to bring sound reasoning and passion to bear on subjects like same-sex marriage,...
