by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 14, 2009 | discipleship training
For several months now, almost every time I’m in the truck listening to Christian radio, I hear Slow Fade by Casting Crowns. It’s a powerful song about how insidious and subtle the intrusion of sin is in our lives. If we are not actively maintaining our...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
I am a busy person. I like being busy. And I enjoy the satisfaction of getting things checked off my to do list. But more and more I realize that I may just be giving off vibes that I am too busy for the people who actually are the more important part of my daily...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 10, 2009 | neighbors
In the early hours before dawn my husband had to catch a flight. Neither of us slept well, waiting for the 4:00am alarm to ring and preparing for the dash out the door. So, by the time the alarm rang, we were both up moving about, him getting dressed, me packing for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 6, 2009 | healing
I’m in the midst of my third cold in about as many months. It may be my imagination, but they seem to follow visits with grandchildren. Exposure to unfamiliar strains of cold viruses, perhaps? Maybe it’s just that, after months and months of burning the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 1, 2009 | pets
The cats, all four of them, have sensed the change in our household since Abby’s departure Friday morning. We’ve put away her beds and gathered up her snacks and toys. But it’s more than that.One of our older cats, Patty, is quite feral and does not...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 31, 2009 | pets
Last night was a long night for my husband and me. Our little 15 year old mixed terrier mutt, who’s been declining for the last year, awakened us shortly after midnight in great distress. She was obviously in pain. We got her and ourselves together and to the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 31, 2009 | Career
When I was in junior high and high school, I played basketball. I was pretty good, making the varsity team as a freshman. Later I was a cheerleader. I was reasonably athletic. But that was many years (and pounds) ago. Today I wear a pedometer and hope to achieve a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 25, 2009 | holiness
A couple of years ago a friend gave my husband and me really nice Mont Blanc pens. Bill’s is a ball point pen; mine is a cartridge fountain pen. I enjoy using it and generally keep it clipped inside my journal. Several days ago, I apparently left it lying on the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 18, 2009 | Career
In recent months, as I completed graduate school and UMC certification studies and sought employment opportunities, I had been feeling a nagging impulse to take the next step in the UMC church toward a local pastor license as a means to being legitimately entitled to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 18, 2009 | brokenness
In my job I work with individuals in substance abuse recovery. While in the program they take several classes on spiritual topics from books that are familiar to many – Purpose Driven Life, Crown Financial, Changes that Heal, Boundaries, etc. Several of them are...
