by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | reconciliation, redemption, Worldview, writing
“…. there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). Genesis 2:24: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2022 | Ministry
I knew my sixth decade would bring challenges, just as each new decade of life has. Last week I bit down on a dried banana chip for breakfast as I drove to work and I broke an incisor tooth just to the right of my front teeth. I was able to get in to see My dentist at...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2022 | Ministry
There are some ironies that are just too rich to ignore. Today the final one of what had been several banging and ill-fitting doors closed in my life, despite my efforts to fit it for use. I had scheduled a celebratory bonfire with a few close friends to dispose of a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 7, 2022 | grandmother, home
The History of ‘APRONS’ by Robyn Markham I don’t think our kids know what an apron is. The principle use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 6, 2022 | childhood memories
Cousin Victoria Baxley and me ( in the bandana skirt and top) drinking from aluminum dippers at the well pump of Antioch Primitive Baptist Church in Barbour Co., AL about May 1963.
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 6, 2022 | self care
“Lock your wheels down and put on your 9mm girdle! And walk like you own it!” Quoted from a post by a friend who is a private investigator in a major Southern city. She was commenting on having to be in a rather unsavory area of her city….. I had...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 6, 2022 | scripture
Studied Isaiah 5 as part of a study of the book of Isaiah using Dr. Sandra Richter’s materials…Isaiah 5 is the parable of the vineyard and we were comparing it to Jesus’ parable of the vineyard in Matthew 21. WOW! At the end of Matthew 21, we read...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | delight, God's attributes
I saw a post on Facebook by a friend referencing her “favorite daughter”. I smiled, as I know she only has one daughter! Then I remembered another post on fb a few days ago, allegedly a mother’s post that went like this: “My children argue...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | Covenant, culture, sleep
I love reading Jill Carattini’s devotional from Ash Wednesday of 2014 and her reference here to Lauren Winner, another thought provoking writer: Sleep and Ashes The Christian Vision Project was an initiative that began three consecutive years with a question....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | joy
3/5/16… A dance recital photo was posted on social media of the daughter of a friend. I can so relate to her feelings of joy in watching her child dance. Our daughter Charlotte danced from the time she was two and on into her college years. I never could quite...
