Question from my 42 year old daughter: I’m wondering if you can help me with in the next couple of days. I’m working on the essay I started a couple of years ago about the quilt Granny Boyd made that...
When I began teaching the Bible and biblical principles to adults, I would tell class members that some people approach their faith journey as tourists on a group excursion who trust others to set the agenda, select the sites, and determine the schedule. The only...
“I Pity the Fool” Cathy Byrd 9-10-17 In their seminal book “Boundaries”, published 25 years ago, Cloud and Townsend listed the ever-broadening, socially-expanded opportunities one encounters in life to learn to accept “no” from others that arise as one grows and...
“Jesus wept.” (John 11:35) “Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb.” (John 11:38) These little verses come in the midst of the story of Lazarus’ illness, Jesus’ delay, Lazarus’ death, Martha’s and Mary’s...
Devotional time this morning….. Someone told me one time that we give as much of ourselves as we can understand to as much of God as we can understand. When we grow in Christ, knowing him and making him known, we come to see and know ourselves with greater...
Today I heard at Catholic Charities and confirmed with a call to Bethel Village that the women’s emergency shelter function ls closing at BV in 3 weeks or less. That will create quite a burden on other ministries in town and probably on law enforcement and Life...
“Wisdom begins in wonder.” -Socrates A few years ago a friend gave me a book entitled “Recapture the Wonder” by Ravi Zacharias. In it he invites readers to “break free from the weariness and cynicism of life to enjoy God’s amazing...
Contentment- 1Timothy 6: 2-10 These are the things you are to teach and insist on. 3 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4 they are conceited and understand nothing....
I’ve been blogging now for over 12 years. Prior to that I was a regular journaler. I have a metal trunk full of journals filled with memories……far too many for my feeble brain to retain close to mind. But I cherish them, all of them, even the painful...
I’ve been thinking about “good” today. As in Scripture when the rich, young ruler came to Jesus in Matthew19:15-22 “Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” 17 “Why do you ask me...
