by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2010 | stuck
The holidays were joyous! Children and grands were all here at once…an abbreviated version of “cousins’ camp” that my husband and I both enjoyed greatly. The toy-of-the year in our household was Nerf guns. We made a couple of runs back to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 5, 2009 | cardinals, Christmas
I attended the 6th annual Festival of Trees this week here in Panama City, a fundraiser for the women’s residential addiction recovery program where I am employed. It was the most beautiful assortment of creative Christmas collectibles……trees,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2009 | Christmas
I just realized that it’s been weeks since I posted. I recall thinking, “Wow, it’s already the first of November.” Well, it’s now the 21st of November and we’re looking just around the corner at the first of December. I have got to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2009 | contentment
Today was a beautiful fall Sunday. It was cool enough to make being outside pleasant. After a morning of worship and study at church, we watched football for a while and I read between plays. Later, Bill sat outside watching two of our cats frolic and chase one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2009 | The Church, tradition
I’m in the midst of teaching a series of Sunday School lessons on the twelve apostles to our senior adult Sunday School class at my church. I am using William Barclay’s “The Master’s Men” and William McBirnie’s “The Search for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2009 | doctrine, Quadrilateral, scripture, Truth
Recently I was included in a conversation about the “Wesleyan Quadrilateral” – Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience. The phrase was coined by Albert Outler, who later regretted that he had phrased it the way he did, as it has led to a lot of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 24, 2009 | responsibility
When my Mom and Dad lived in Atlanta, my Mom got rearended several times in fairly quick succession. Generally, we think that getting rearended puts the liability always on the party that does the rearending. However, after the second or third time, the insurance...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 11, 2009 | conflict, discipleship training, spiritual formation
As I reviewed the list of labels that I’ve attached to my blog posts, I see that there are 8 on discipleship training and 5 on conflict, as well as 5 on spiritual formation. Most other topics have only 1 or 2 posts. Based on what I’ve observed in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 11, 2009 | Psalm 4:8, sleep
Many people apparently struggle with sleeplessness. I have always said that I could “sleep hanging on a nail.” For the most part, I have not had difficulty sleeping in any kind of circumstances.With the birth of a new Emmaus community I have been...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 8, 2009 | shoes, Simplicity
Every few years I just happen to have the time and opportunity to hit the 70% off end of summer shoe sale at a local department store. I have written before about my considerably curtailed former bad habit of having tons of shoes. Since I implemented a practice of...
