by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 22, 2022 | Ministry, pearls
A devotional writer, JD Walt, challenged his readers with a story of his encounter on the sidelines of a sports field when a woman near him suddenly collapsed to the ground. When he hurried to assist her he realized she was inebriated and unkempt, likely an...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 19, 2022 | God's will, Grace
I love today’s Special Sunday Seedbed Daily Text devotional! It is from E.Stanley Jones’ “In Christ.” This is my reflection on Jones’ insights, withsome insertion of my SELF-talk as I read!…… “…..we must...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2022 | transcendance
6/15/22 From one year ago today – 6/15/22 “…….the very point in the universe where heaven and earth are joined has now become the life and witness of the reborn believer.” Firebrand Magazine In 2008, when THE UMC changed its member vow to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2022 | The Church
I attempted to listen to today’s emailed SDT with the emailed version. The title on diversity and the text do not match the “listen” link’s content. The listen link is a repeat of yesterday’s SDT….. I went to the SDT website and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2022 | mind, miracles, scripture
Reflection on the view from beneath a cross versus Jesus’ view from atop it……(published 6/17/2022 CBB) Christian writer and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon, put out a challenging post today as her Psalm of the morning …. Psalm 88. She...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 15, 2022 | Suffering
June 15,2016 The news reports emerging from the investigation of the Orlando Pulse bar shooting are as horrifying as the reports of the shooting itself. The shooter himself was reported to be gay by his ex-wife and others? That she knew about his plans and said...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 15, 2022 | Prayer
I have often heard Dr. Jim Luther, who was on staff at our church for about 15 years, invite prayer requests during a worship service. He has said, “There are two prayer requests that the Lord will always answer immediately and with “yes”…....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 15, 2022 | reconciliation, Teaching
In various books about improving one’s relationship with God I read statements like this, “When you hear the words Father God, what do you imagine God is like? Are you able to differentiate God’s qualities from those of your father?” In one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 14, 2022 | family
Guns don’t kill people. Haters kill people. And if they don’t have guns they’ll do it with knives, box cutters, pressure cooker bombs, vans of fertilizer, poison Tylenol, tire irons, or anything else they can get their hands on. When guns are...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 14, 2022 | discipleship training
(6/14/21) Dr. Henry Cloud (of “Boundaries” Cloud and Townsend fame) makes the case for why personal discipling is needed in small groups and individually to help individuals learn HOW to read and engage with Scripture personally (and with the illuminating...
