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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 13, 2022 | change, spiritual life
In the Seedbed Daily Text today, June 13, JD Walt introduces us to the concept of interpolation in regard to Pentecost: Interpolation- “the insertion of something of a different nature into something else.” ……a lovely, evocative word with Latin...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2022 | healing, healthy churches, mind
In a Facebook post that asked how mindfulness had helped readers with depression I responded,” It didn’t… spiritfulness did.” Another reader asked, “May I know how this is done?” My reply: “It’s an ‘order of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | healing, miracles
June 9,2014; Lump……. prayers……..then, no lump……..and a prayer of gratitude! Pastor Jim Luther always challenges us not to just blow off such events…..we are witnesses to the power of prayer and the recipients of miracles far...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | change
June 9,2016: My friend, Rev. Terry Weber-Rodriguez shared this: “Yes my dear Cathy this is you. You go girl friend.” You never get into something to test the waters, You go into things to make waves. From Michael Frost Photo credit Tim Soerens...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | family, pets
June 9, 2016: pet memories I wrote earlier today about our kitty, Patti, who died. She’d come to us from WMBB. I just remembered that her friend, our little male- Squeaker, also came from WMBB! He was a stowaway under the raised floor of the control room. One...
