by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 20, 2005 | Diversity
I am participating in a Disciple 1 Bible Study. Tonight’s video introduction included several comments about the inclusiveness of Scripture, how it’s available to everyone and applicable to everyone. The speaker referenced, among others, the Ethiopian...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 18, 2005 | Psalm 4:8
You may recognize the title of this post as a line from a jingle for an over the counter sleep aid that was marketed years ago (Sominex). I had considered that being middle aged must include a nearly constant attentiveness to the quality of one’s sleep. I find...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
A friend of mine had serious shoulder surgery and has been horizontal on my sofa now for 36 hours. She is far from going home, it seems. Maybe in another 36 hours, when she’s due to return to the doctor’s office for bandage change and recheck, she’ll...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
The women’s event at the little country church went well. I felt comfortable there among them, a very loving and welcoming group. My cold didn’t interfere too much with my efforts to speak. The pastor was very appreciative and complimentary of what I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 11, 2005 | Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 5:1-5, Romans 8:28
For about 8 or 10 weeks our Sunday School class has been working through a curriculum called “Tough Questions: Why is there evil and suffering in the world?” In this time with war, terrorist threats, and natuaral disasters like tsunamis and hurricanes...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
In 1997 the first sign of a pending spiritual and emotional battle was a car trip during which I was singing and praising the Lord for the beauty of the early dawning day. As I did so, I said, “Surely the Lord has created the beauty of this earth for His glory...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
The last two weeks have been a blur. I worked a men’s retreat the weekend of August 26-28. There was a hurricane moving into the Gulf of Mexico so my husband, who works at a TV station, had to stay home to help with the round the clock weather coverage...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
I have a friend who is a retired pastor. He was our family pastor for about a year when our children were young. Through the years we’ve come to realize what a profound impact he had on our spiritual formation during that year that we were under his care. He...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
The legendary (?) story of Lady Godiva (whose name means ‘gift of God’), the beautiful wife of Leofric III (968 – 1057), Earl of Mercia and lord of Coventry, is an interesting one. The people of Mercia were terribly burdened by the earl’s oppressive...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
Sometime back I heard a radio preacher comment that satan is not creative. He doesn’t need to be. The tools he has he uses very effectively. There is no need for any new ones. This week I was ambushed. Satan used a tool on me that he has used very effectively...
