by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 26, 2022 | trees
7/26/2016 I loved watching a TED talk today at lunch by Suzanne Simard about her 30 years of research in forests in Canada on how trees communicate with one another and transfer molecular nutrients through microrhizzal networks. I’m an arboreal...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 26, 2022 | Teaching, witness
Sean Dietrich this week wrote about boiled peanuts. His memoir made me smile as I, too, have stopped many times at roadside vendors and bought a bagful to eat while traveling in Alabama! It also reminded of a talk I gave at a retreat in 2001 that I began with a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 26, 2022 | Holy Spirit, sanctification
In writing about spiritual formation under the authority of the Hily Spirit, JD Walt, author of the Seedbed Daily text wrote: “There is a missing middle movement here. It is the Holy Spirit’s work of actuation. This will require the development of the most...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 26, 2022 | blessing, Grace, promises
Question from a friend: God told his people he’d restore what the locusts took and told Job he’d restore his joy and he also made promises to Abraham and Moses and others. Just because he did it for them doesn’t mean he’ll do it for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 25, 2022 | repentance
There was a news story a few years ago about a father who had exercised public “shaming” of his daughter who had habitually stolen from and lied to her parents and others. The teen was forced to wear a sign in a public area. Her father videoed it and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 25, 2022 | boundaries, communication
From Dr Henry Cloud Being emotionally present and connected while we are confronting another person is the first essential of a good conversation. It truly requires a work of grace in us. Being present refers to being in touch and in tune with our own feelings as well...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | childhood memories, Daddy
73 Reasons Why You Are Special To Me Because you set such a good example as a Father that it was easy for me to understand the concept of God as a Father. Because you woke us up in the middle of the night to give us a drink of water. Because you bought sacks...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | action, scripture, sermons
June 24, 2018 Sermon: “Formidable Enemies” Responsive reading: Psalm 9 Leader: The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. People: Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | scripture
Written 7/2/2015: My understanding of Rev. 13:1-14:20: First beast (from the “sea)- represents moral depravity, evil, systems or philosophies of thought -The “sea” is the place of Leviathan- which is fearsome and evil -This beast is fearsome...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
T.M. Moore of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview writes about the “third fruit” of hearing the Word of God……good works: “John Calvin wrote that a true church exists where the Word of God is preached and heard. Just because people...
