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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 17, 2009 | small delights
When I was a child, if a part of a piece of equipment broke, one sought out a replacement part. One didn’t have the financial luxury to simply replace the entire piece of equipment. Increasingly, it appears, our culture has developed a “disposable”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 14, 2009 | spiritual formation
Over the last couple of years there has been ongoing conversation among leaders in our church and with the pastoral staff about striking a balance between the needs of those among the ranks of “seekers”, nominal Christians, and new Christians in our church...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
I just returned to this blog site after a brief (?) break and realized it’s been 10 days since my last visit. Wasn’t yesterday New Year’s Day? Each week seems to fly by. A new job must have something to do with that. Every day is so full. I have to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 2, 2009 | Prayer
For years I have saved one year’s Christmas cards until the next year. I take them out right after Thanksgiving and review them once again. Then I make my card list for the current year and begin writing. After the holiday I take the prior year’s cards,...
