by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | Aging
Bill has said for a while now that he has begun to observe that our culture in general begins dismissing people who are “of a certain age”. The opinions of those who are no longer actively engaged in producing obvious economic value to others may be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | courage
2/24/18 Another School Shooting All the conversation in the most recent news cycle about failure of courage on the part of some who hid instead of defending our children reminds me of times when I was deciding whether or not to apply for a concealed carry permit at a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | religious movements, The Church
As reports come out this week from a meeting of the UMC General Committee on General Conference which is rumored to be being planned for later summer, it reminds me of three years ago ….. when some were optimistic enough to believe the stalemate in the divide...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | memories, Methodism
Sent by a friend: GARRISON KEILLOR ON “METHODISTS” We make fun of Methodists for their blandness, their excessive calm, their fear of giving offense, their lack of speed, and also for their secret fondness for macaroni and cheese. But nobody sings like...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | culture, Power
People are ( and have been for a while) going way out of their way to criticize one another’s choices politically based on “Christian” faith. I doubt Jesus could be said to have agreed with the brutal empire that ruled Judah and all the environment in his world at the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | peace
Mission accomplished……. Sometimes something happens that just lets one know without a doubt that an effort was all worthwhile even though difficult. God’s peace had rested upon me with such a powerful presence… Then I heard about a particular...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2022 | redemption
Questioning the ways of God is an exercise in futility….. we are especially clueless in trying to “read” his redemptive will in the midst of man’s bad decisions…..in a Genesis study a group was discussing Hagar, pregnant in the desert after she ran away...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 23, 2022 | joy
2/23/2015 Saturday I was wearing a couple of glass bead bracelets. One of the Titus 2 ladies was looking at the bracelet and said, “The two clasps look like an owl!” Sometimes fun things just happen!
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 23, 2022 | Wisdom
Proverbs 25:11 “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” It is a surprise and a humble joy when one’s words “fit” the place of need or yearning in another’s heart, especially for those who are called to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 23, 2022 | God's will
From 2/23/2016 I have told discipleship students many times, “God WILL use us. We will either be a good example or a horrible warning for others.” Unfortunately, each of us has probably been used in each one of those ways at some point or another. 2...
