by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have been puzzling, struggling, and picking away at a problem for a couple of months. But life was so busy throughout Advent, I didn’t have the energy or the time to work through it. I did seem to find snatched moments to stew about it. ...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 4, 2012 | 2 Thessalonians 3:10, Colossians 3:23, Exodus 34:21, Genesis 1:26-28, witness, work
Some have surmised from Scripture that working is part of the “burden” of the consequence of the fall of man, due to his disobedience of God. But when one observes correctly, Adam and Eve were given duties by God to perform before their disobedience, to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
I reveiwed the archives of my blogging on this site, which has gone on since 2005. I realized that my blogging was fairly consistent for several years- several entries most every month of the year. Then in 2011, the number of blogs dropped precipitously and this year...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Living on a lake has many advantages, the peacefulness of the view being the primary one. We are privileged to enjoy beautiful sunsets most evenings right out our back window. When we moved here seven years ago, we purchased a 3-seater personal watercraft. It has been...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week was educational for me. It has been clearly demonstrated to me that addiction is not only, even not primarily, a matter of substance-use; it is a matter of people-use. To paraphase a trite old popular song, “People. People who use people… are the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 8, 2012 | Ministry, poetry
JourneyI was on a journey, in a hurry,Not really sure of the destination,Knowing only that it was somewhere Other than where I’d been. I met and passed many along the way.Finally, one Traveler came alongside.He paced Himself to my stride.He engaged me in conversation....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 27, 2012 | names, status
This week I received an email from a pastor who is in leadership in our denomination. She was inviting me to serve on a non-profit board operated by our denomination. In the meeting minutes that covered board nominations, I was listed as “Rev. Cathy Byrd.”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
3/20/12- My Conversations with GodFifteen years ago this week I began a new journey. I heard the voice of God. It was jolting, though an exciting and invigorating experience, too. He spoke to me in a moment of worship, an odd moment early in the morning as I drove up...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 29, 2012 | change
There are those moments in time in which one stands aware that there is a change coming. Perhaps it is not so much a change in one’s circumstances, exactly, but more a change in one’s perspective. I am on the eve of one of those moments. Tomorrow marks a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 17, 2012 | Calling, preparation
When I began to feel the Lord moving me from one vocational arena to another in 2003, from sales to ministry, I began a journey of preparation. It required getting up to date, technologically, and learning to maneuver online learning. Columbia College’s...
