by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 21, 2022 | storms
it’s been 3 1/2 years now since Hurricane Michael. If is even now a topic of conversation, as grief over losses associated with season continues. From 2/21/2019…. 4 months after Hurricane Michael… Over Simple Supper last evening at church...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2022 | God's will, Grace
I am in one of those weird spots in which I know God is doing something…. I can feel it in my bones…(Yes, I’ve gotten old enough to feel things in my bones!) There are definitely some things stirring. Can’t put my finger on it, but I’m...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2022 | Daddy, Gifts
Years ago Daddy bought Mother an emerald ring. As I recall it was 1973. He mailed it to me in Montgomery to our home on Moye Dr. Billy was a newborn. When it arrived I had no idea what to think. Recently, she gave it to me. It’s a bit fancier than what I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2022 | love, service
“When you’re willing to wade into someone else’s troubles to help that person hold up under the weight, two things happen. First, he or she receives desperately needed blessings in the form of aid, support, and love. And second, you fulfill God’s command to love...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2022 | family
The graveside service for my Aunt Betty Bryant in Tallahassee today was well attended by family and friends. from Alabama, Georgia, and the North Florida area. The skies were blue and the sun was warm, with a gentle breeze. A canopy of old oaks hung over the site of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2022 | Cultural Issues
2/20/2018 True story as heard told by a pastor about his wife….She almost didn’t marry him when she discovered he owned guns, he said. it was so totally contrary to the way she, a pastor’s daughter, had been raised. Until a night when she was home...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 19, 2022 | grief
Ten of us were at the Women’s Grief Gathering at Lynn Haven UMC today. This was our 4th monthly meeting. We explored ways in which we think about the presence of our grief with us through the lens of metaphors….. similar to the ways in which the Bible...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 19, 2022 | love
Freedom in Christ…..Not freedom FROM, but freedom TO exercise wisdom and godly choices. The higher responsibility to which grace calls the faithful is the Spirit of the Law, which is much higher than the Letter of the Law. This is what Christ means by saying He...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2022 | Temptation
2/18/2019 i attended a theology and science workshop sponsored by Hope Hull UMC at which Dr. Curt Thompson talked about brain development. He describes the initial neurological development in humans as “reptilian”….it is the basic. elemental...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2022 | conflict, culture
“…..while Christ teaches us the value of love over violence, the power of life over death, he never strayed away from necessary conflict. Disciples rebuked, Pharisees chastised, a temple cleared of money changers…these are also pictures of Christ....
