by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | counseling
I participated in a continuing education online webinar today on addiction and “mindfulness”. Here are some definitions from some who practice and teach it: Rick Hanson- “the practice of knowing what’s happening in the mind without getting hijacked by it”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | spiritual gifts
I have had quite a few conversations this past two weeks about the gift of tongues as a result of writing about one young lady’s experience of it in two different venues and with two very different outcomes. Because I have not personally experienced this gift in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | symbols, Trivia, woundedness
3/26/16 Chalked names on sidewalks….creating “pain” and “intimidation”. Students at one of the most elite universities in the South….looking for a reason to protest. Looks like they found it. From one news report: “Like...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | funeral
3/26/16 I found out today that someone I respected and loved died last weekend. It’s been such a busy week, I missed the news if it came across my view at all. Grieving for her death, but grateful that I know where she is now….celebrating Easter with the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | witness, writing
Bill had shared this story about “Faith Moving Mountains” with some friends. I was curious about the origin of the story. Here’s what I found about the church from which the story grew. The “anonymous” video appears below the actual...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | writing
From 3/25/17 There was a day I decided that some people undertake writing a book under influences of considerably less noble motivation than I would have thought. A young lady who’d been in recovery for a few months and whom I’d only recently met had...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | Wisdom
Your direction, not your intention, determines your destination. Andy Stanley From ” The Principle of the Path”. It’s not enough to WANT to follow Christ, you have to actually DO it and strive to STAY on the path. That’s a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | nature
from 3/25/19 Now that the reconstruction work on the seawall, dock, and fence are complete, we are able to begin serious work on restoration of the yard. I hauled dirt to fill in low spots, transplanted 3 shrubs to new locations, and repotted a few plants. A...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | culture
I was in Dothan, just south of the Walmart when traffic headed north backed up because of a multi car accident. I could see at least 5 LEO vehicles in the median and left lane and a tow truck in the left lane. I was already in the far right lane. Maybe 30-35 cars were...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | nature
Now this is cool….. Terrie McCook DePerro and I sat on the beach today and talked about the earth’s water cycle as it moves about the planet, watering, cleansing, renewing the earth…. It is the circulatory system, the heart and pulse of the earth....
