I have fond memories of time spent with family. Being together with cousins and siblings and other extended family for a holiday gathering reminded me of how those memories came about…….through time spent together…. through meals shared over the family table, through...
12-1-2019 Advent sermon, First Church of God-PC CBByrd HOPE, PEACE, JOY, LOVE Romans 15:13-17- “May the God of HOPE fill you with all JOY and PEACE as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit.” This week we...
Thinking About Real Love Two Essential Elements of Love In God’s Image I’ve had several opportunities recently to reflect on the subject of “love”.. mostly in regard to Advent themes and the love of God for us and the call for us to love God AND love...
When a man and woman get married, if each brings priority of life in Christ to the relationship and manages to negotiate the currents and stay in the boat, they are probably able to understand quantum mechanics. Last night Bill and I watched Einstein’s Quantum...
There was a time in my life, after I made a full surrender of all of who I believed myself to be to all I believed I knew of God, that God began to show me great and wonderful things in the Word. I was humbled and awestruck by the things God would speak to my heart...
I received a message recently from a Facebook friend who asked this: “Cathy, you had a post awhile back regarding a young man, I think, with addiction problems that had died and how God sometimes calls people home, releasing them from their misery – does that...
Romans 15:13-17- “May the God of HOPE fill you with all JOY and PEACE as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit.” This coming week we will shift from October to November. Have you realized there are only 61...
Pastor Craig Carter, has asked our church staff to share our “big picture” prayers for ministries and missions. Some have already shared about their “big picture” hopes and prayers. Over the last week I keep coming back to one thought that...
Someone had contacted me about a post I had put on Facebook quite a while ago about dealing with the death of a young man. She had a young person in her life who had suffered the loss of someone she loved and this FB friend of mine wanted to share that post with this...
Shared at Carillon Beach Community Chapel on Sunday, October 20, 2019 10:00 a.m. at a Service of Remembrance. Titus 2 Partnership’s home, like so many others in the path of the storm was battered and broken on October 10, 2018. In the first few days after Hurricane...
