by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 14, 2021 | Scripture Studies
John 14:9-21 “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 4, 2021 | scripture, Teaching
A Soul Character Study 1-13-21 Before the “Law” was given to Moses at Mt. Sinai, there was the character of God and God’s revelation of himself to his creation by what God did, what God said, and upon what (or whom) God showed his favor or discipline. God was,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | communion, spiritual life
I had written recently about a bit of squeamishness about the crucifix… it bearing the body of Christ……. While God’s mercy and grace expressed in Christ’s willingness to die for my sins is a measure of his love and a cause of great gratitude by me, it is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | spirit mind and body, Teaching, Uncategorized, Worldview
I receive an online newsletter called “Sounds True”. I look at it from time to time to get the drift of what’s being peddled by the popular culture as “Truth” to ears that want to be tickled…… today it offered a free video by a renowned Zen master called...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | spiritual life
Morning musing……. Does it really matter to you whether or not Jesus Christ returns in the flesh, upon the clouds, or on a white horse? If we believe and live as if his Holy Spirit, HIS Holy Spirit DNA, in us is enough, the transformation in us and in the world will...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | Bible Study, sanctification
Such a flawed instrument of your love and grace, Lord…….. like David, in 2 Samuel 6. There are so many things here to observe about David that are unbecoming…. After he defeated the Philistines, he went marching off “as to war” to regain God’s Ark in Judah but God...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | Trust
I will NOT quit…….. trusting that God has a plan. I will keep trying everything I can to keep the boat afloat in the storm ….. while we wait for that plan to become clear….. Including jettisoning the ballast, lowering the sails, breaking away...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | spiritual life
One might well ask…… Am I desiring to walk circumspectly in love, with grace and wisdom by Christ’s side as his bride, sharing faithfully and fully in all things in our life? Or do I just want to date Jesus and have him turn his Living Water into the best wine every...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | Cultural Issues
“An Earth Constitution (or a global social contract very much like it) is in fact a presupposition of the newly discovered holism of humanity and civilization. If we want a future on this planet, we must abolish both capitalism and nation-state sovereignty and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | communion, spiritual life
A worship lesson from Luke 15: 11-32- Me: “ I’m no longer worthy!” God:” Quickly, Bring out the Best!” Many years ago I knelt at an altar at Blue Lake Campground’s Wesley Chapel for the first of what would become many trips to that altar over the next 25 years. Once...
