by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 30, 2023 | Faith, spiritual journey, story
I’m bingeing movies about CS Lewis tonight……. The Most Reluctant Convert The Life and Faith of CS Lewis Shadowlands Surprised By Joy I had read some of his works but I had not known how profoundly his Mother’s death when he was nine, having had...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 29, 2023 | experiences, spiritual life
“We put so much stock in our own felt experience of the grace of God that we lose touch with the actual fact of the grace of God. It is not our feelings that save us. It is the facts and our faith therein. It is the ephemeral up-and-down nature of our feelings...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 26, 2023 | Bible Study, reading
My friend, Pat Sabiston, is a published author. We talk about books and the activities that go into and arise from such an endeavor. But often we talk about one particular book, The Bible. We both find God’s Word wonderfully inviting and revealing and we enjoy...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 25, 2023 | Ministry
From May 25,2019 I had such a sweet phone conversation yesterday with a young lady getting ready to start an accelerated BSN program in another state. She was referred to me by a friend who had worked with our program. This young lady has been volunteering with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 25, 2023 | Bible Study
Seen on Twitter: What’s your favorite “how to read the Bible” book? Several folks were weighing in with various authors’/theologians’ names or titles. My first thought: the Bible itself…. accompanied by prayer for Holy Spirit illumination and conversation with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 21, 2023 | Bible Study
From 5/21/2018…. I had a sweet conversation with someone recently who shared with me that she had realized that all these years she’d been reading the Bible in a very simple, literal sense only and missing some of its meaning and richness and personal...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 21, 2023 | spiritual battle
From 5/21/2019 Someone told me today that he envisioned me as marching on the gates of hell with a water pistol. I’d had another describe my efforts in spiritual battle as being more like a fly on the rump of a stallion. LOL! I guess others see my efforts in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2023 | memories
From a year ago..continuing to adapt and appreciate my townhome … (CBB 5/17/2022 ) “Full moon’s light shining in my window at 4:20 am…… a reminder of God’s goodness. It has no light of its own but reflects that of the greater light....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2023 | nature
I saw a picture this week of what was reported to be the upper and lower jaws and teeth of megalodon compared to that of a much smaller contemporary great white shark and was reminded of some reflecting on the mystery of megalodon’s existence and extinction from...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2023 | experiences
(A spiritual) “experience isn’t a possession to be coddled and stored, it’s an encounter with the indwelling Spirit that thrusts us further and deeper into the world……..John Wesley often asked his friends this question: “Is Christ...
