by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 10, 2022 | Faith, love, righteousness
Someone posted a meme in social media about the mark of Christianity being the ability to love Judas as well as Jesus. I actually have considered that before. If satan had to ask to sift Peter, then he would have also had to ask permission of the sovereign God to sift...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2022 | Bible Study
This morning’s Wayside topic: setting out on journeys…..from “Bible Notes by the Wayside” by Rev. Horatio Hackett, written in 1852 following several months of travel in the Holy Land. He writes about the story of Jesus’ parents starting...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2022 | emotions
Speaking of Pixar’s new film “Inside Out”, consulting psychologist Dacher Keltner answered this question: What did the film get right? “Well, I think that the film really got a couple of big ideas about emotions right. One, [emotions] are...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2022 | brokenness
Brokenness is a regular theme at Titus 2 Our women are always surprised to find that it is the starting point of the Kingdom of God, the first of the Beatitudes, the point of entry for the Kingdom of Heaven. Have you considered that the Gates of Heaven are made of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2022 | joy
shared on FB 7/8/2020 Don’t know who wrote this but it’s a great laugh…and who doesn’t need a laugh right now? Long read but worth the laugh😉. #😷or⚰️ Dear Diary 2020 Edition, In ❄️ January, 🔥 Australia caught on fire. I don’t even know if that fire was...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2022 | Bible Study
One of my very favorite devotional writers- Jill Carattini always challenges one to think! And one of my favorite topics….the revelation of God in Christ! Minds Upset Wherever one might be in declarations of belief, God is so often not the God these declarations...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2022 | grief
So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 7, 2022 | culture, family, perseverance
A Blank Book of Pages The first school in which we enroll, and the most important in shaping our future, is our home. A casual view of modern TV shows might lead us to believe that parents don’t matter. I contend that nothing matters more. When Benjamin West was a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 7, 2022 | Ministry, missions, righteousness
I described myself in a social media setting as as “molded by Wesleyan theology, love the Word and Spirit, believe social holiness arises from personal holiness and am called to spread scriptural holiness to the world.” I was asked what’s the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 6, 2022 | Bible Study, growth, healthy churches, mind
“Luke Timothy Johnson said once that expecting folks to fall in love with scripture through the historical-critical method is like expecting someone to fall in love with someone via autopsy.” From Father Everett on Twitter Dissection and examination may...