by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 16, 2017 | brokenness
I’ve come to believe through observing many people that no one gets out of childhood without some scars resulting from the perception that they were not loved the way they wanted to be loved by one or more significant people in their lives…or even from...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 11, 2017 | sermons, witness
Luke 1:1-3 “Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 10, 2017 | love, Uncategorized
This TED talk provides an interesting view of how our culture talks about “love.” In a recent conversation with a young woman contemplating a relationship, her emotions were obviously being tugged at. The perspective presented here is VERY interesting. In our...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 8, 2017 | Entertainment, questions, Recreation, Uncategorized
NOTES on The Shack: The Shack was a good movie, redemptive and insightful about the nature of good and evil, which is not to say that it’s entirely correct. The work of forgiveness was shown realistically as a difficult but necessary task. It does, however, play...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2017 | Bible Study, blessing, evangelism, spiritual life
Lee Stroebel, author of The Case For Christ, talks about his wife’s conversion to Christianity and how he set out to disprove the Resurrection of Jesus in order to “rescue” her from the “cult” she’d joined. Her Christianity caused...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 2, 2017 | Faith, scripture
Not all ran away……. In a sermon listeners were called to reflect on Jesus’ sorrow as he approached Jerusalem in Luke 19:41-44 at the beginning of the final week of his life. Just before that in Luke 9:51-55 James and John had asked Jesus if they...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 2, 2017 | Ministry, missions
I wrote the post “A Church Observed”, included below, in February 2009. What I saw then and what I see now is very exciting….people in congregations across our community doing great things! But the potential is even greater for certain functions...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 2, 2017 | healing
It’s been “one of those days” when everything on my calendar went smoothly and God was so palpably present that it was……..sacred! Even a 25 minute car ride to take a young lady for lab work was precious….. conversation so intimate...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 2, 2017 | brokenness, woundedness
Having referenced the difference between Woundedness and Brokenness in a previous post on Loneliness and Aloneness, I suppose I should explain the difference for those who do not know. Here is something I came across nearly 20 years ago that helped me understand the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 2, 2017 | community, Pain, peace, Uncategorized
Alone I stood upon a towering hill And all around the world was still And I was all alone. Then every friend I ever knew Passed slowly by and from my view Until at last there was but one Who did not laugh and turn and run And leave me all alone. It seemed so strange,...
