From time to time I am called “mean” and “cruel” for speaking the truth I observe. People want to act like they are truth-tellers…they detest being lied to…… but you TELL them the truth and they bow up, call you mean, and have...
When he sets you free, he decides how you will be known. He gives you your name…… his name….. and you are now free FROM the past, but also free TO live into the fullest of what he created you to be from the beginning.
One Sister-Friend heart to another: “Even though we hardly ever talk, I always feel close to you. We have been through a lot together! “ Her Sister-Friend’s reply: “Sister-Friends are like that. But Christ says those who are joined thru His Body enjoy fellowship that...
2 components of extroversion: assertiveness and enthusiasm. I’m high in both. Which makes me a burden and a total “extra grace required” for many introverts. If I’d known this in my 20’s and 30’s and been more guarded about being...
Oct 9,2016 Sermon at Carillon Beach Community Chapel by Cathy Boyd Byrd, UMC Provisional Deacon Today we examine a miracle, up close and personal. Naaman was a military leader of a powerful nation which defeated Israel. To his king, Naaman was a great man. He was...
My prayer of St. Columba was posted on Wednesday morning as Hurricane Ian ambled toward the southwest Florida peninsula. It had popped up on my FB history for that date from a few years ago. What delicious irony and a brilliant red thread of history and grace God...
9/28/2022…. Taliban “refugees” sexually assaulting female US military troops ON OUR OWN bases here in the US. ….. Do you not see the degradation and disdain they are showing for our nation, everything about our way of life, including any professed faith in God,...
Be thou a bright flame before me, Be thou a guiding star above me, Be thou a smooth path below me, Be thou a kindly shepherd behind me, Today – tonight – and for ever -St Columba (?521-597) Irish monk and missionary in...
Jill Carattini, devotional writer, reminds us that God’s ways are not our ways, his thoughts are not our thoughts…….I’ve had a revelation of sorts this morning upon arising. At first glance it was somewhat disturbing. But upon reflection, it...
From 9/28/2016; There are some, I expect, who wonder why I, at 62, continue to explore new “vistas”, pursue new goals, and continue going after ministry activities and opportunities with passion and energy…..because that’s who God made me to...
