by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Over Simple Supper last evening at church Bible study some of us were comparing progress in storm recovery and celebrating small victories for various families. We were also observing that, now four and a half months into this process, many are feeling very tired. The...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Dr. Curt Thompson on Lent: “As I have been reflecting on and anticipating this season in the church calendar, it occurred to me how beautifully and mysteriously our observance of Lent maps on to our day to day experiences, as well as the whole of our lives. Not...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Today’s (2/21/23) Wake Up Call from seedbed.com is an important word for us in our faith journey or pilgrimage. And one particular paragraph JD shares really speaks to me. I think it bears repeating. “Mountain top experiences cannot be contained. They must be received...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
From 2/22/2016: CBB “LOL! I just realized the reason I haven’t been motivated to write an annual “Christmas letter” to send out to family and friends in Christmas cards the last couple of years, as I had been accustomed to doing for quite a few...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 21, 2026 | change, heart of God, scripture, seasons, Uncategorized, writing
Thank you Mary Nicholson Rue, for sharing this meme below. I was just enjoying the early bloomers yesterday and thinking this very thing!! “I love being a February Girl! February…..On the cusp of a new season,Revealing glimpses of something new,Restoring hope……...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2026 | Imagination, Teaching, Temptation, Worldview, woundedness
2/16/26 I was looking as Facebook post memories and the one below popped up….. 2/16/23 CBB Perhaps why satan is portrayed as a snake in the garden????? Interestingly, as Dr. Curt Thompson talks about brain development, he describes the initial neurological development...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2026 | brokenness, children's ministry, doubt, redemption, spiritual growth, Wisdom, worship
2/15/26. CBB Today in church, Wendy Askew, who does children’s ministry at Christ Methodist Church-Montgomery, shared about a time she was talking to children about the feast in heaven. She was having them imagine being in heaven at the feast, what they would be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2026 | forgiveness, scripture
I’ve told more than a few students at Titus 2..,. There’s lots of places where we are told to come to God in repentance, knowing he loves us unconditionally and ask for and receive God’s forgiveness. Likewise, we are to love and forgive others. But I can’t find any...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 15, 2026 | change, Teaching, Wisdom, writing
2/15/2020. CBB May I just say this metaphor offered by my friend, Deborah Ann Holstine, is RICH!!!! It is a beautiful biblical exercise in visioning one’s own transition from victimization and bondage in sin to victorious living in Christ! We use Bridges’ diagram on...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 15, 2026 | Prayer, timing, writing
2/15/22 CBB The lame beggar and others by the pool waited and listened for the sound of angels stirring the water, hoping to be the first to respond and to receive the blessing of healing. Such is the way in the world. Always some waiting and listening for a sign and...
