by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 26, 2010 | Aging
At 56 years old, I’m living my life and making plans as if I have plenty of time to realize the goals I’m setting. Just a few days ago I was talking to my husband about something in our home that we’d had a while…..25 years to be exact. As soon...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 25, 2010 | family
I’ve read before that our universe is in the process of expanding, everything moving outward from the center and enlarging all the time. Now I have a close, first hand experience of that myself.Just over a week ago our son and his family moved from thirteen...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2010 | service
For the last six weeks our church has been working through a spiritual growth campaign that our staff designed and implemented…..RENEW: Connect, Grow, Serve. This weekend is the grand finale, which we called cityREACH. Today about 400 of our church members...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2010 | family
This week we have learned that our son, daughter in law, and their three children, who had told us a few weeks ago that they were moving to our community, are actually moving across the street from us! They’ve had an eye on that house for a couple of years,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 19, 2010 | life change, Trust
The last time I posted I was just beginning the second semester of seminary classes in my candidacy for deacon. Reading for the class, which has 5 required texts, has occupied much of my free time. Now I find myself at mid-term, having turned in my mid-term exam and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2010 | Calling, Career
I completed my first semester of seminary courses required for deacon candidacy two months ago. The second semester began today with a course on the history of Methodism. It’ll go until early May. Then summer semester will begin. I can only manage one course at...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 9, 2010 | crafts, quilts, sewing
This past weekend I set out to start on a quilt. I had gone to a fabric store several weeks ago with a friend who quilts and crafts a lot and who had, incidentally, given me the pattern for this quilt. She helped me select the colors and cheered me on. I dutifully...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 23, 2010 | promises, Psalm 37:3-5, Trust
This scripture has become my “life scripture”, of sorts. I find myself referring to it often. God has used it to teach me many lessons. “Trust in the Lord and do good and you will live securely in the land; Delight in the Lord and He will give you...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 23, 2010 | funeral, hymn
Today I attended the funeral of a friend, a woman only a year older than myself. I’d known her for about 12 years, since coming to my current church. She had been involved in the church, especially in the activities of the youth as her own son was growing up....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 20, 2010 | cardinals, poetry
I bought a book of poetry simply because of the title, “Red Bird”, and have been pleased to find in it many delights! I’ll share the two that are responsible for its title: Red Bird – by Mary OliverRed bird came all winterfiring up the...
