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....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2022 | love
In February 2018 our pastor preached a series of sermons on relationships. The final message was on relationship with ourselves. The quality of our life is dependent on relationships. We are told to love others as ourselves. We try to hide our lack of self-Love in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2022 | holiness, Priests
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 17, 2022 | memories
Bill or I are continually hunting something…..phones, glasses, eye drops, dog leashes, wallet, shoes, jackets, etc. So, I’m still lying in bed when Bill wanders through the bedroom. He pokes around at the bedside table, apparently looking for something. “Whatcha...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 17, 2022 | persecution
When the Lord liberates you from something, walk away and don’t look back. But until then, you have to persevere in obedience with the assignment or the obstacle. I haven’t found that persevering is particularly peaceful unless you learn to transcend it and just keep...
