by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | blessing in ordinary miracles
One morning morning as I put gas in my car, I looked down and saw a penny on the ground by the door of my car. I smiled and picked it up. I had seen a story on the internet in the past and, as God would have it, when I got back to my office that particular morning a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | pets
from 3/29/16 For all of us who have lost beloved pets, the story below is a treasure! Bill and I had to part with many beloved animals through our 48 years together. Our last dog, Winston , died the Monday after Christmas on 2021. I have our last remaining...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | The Church
Anyone who’s been around us “church people” (or any kind of people, for that matter!) for any length of time know about “people pleasing” and “tickling ears”. While clergy may have enjoyed a sense of “control” over...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | The Church, theology
One of my devotionals this week asked where am I this Lent season with the way our world is- apocalyptic anxiety, apathetic indifference, or eschatological hope. JD Walt in a seedbed.com daily text this week wrote: “Rather than interpreting the Word of God in light of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2022 | action
Five years ago, a former Titus 2 student commented on a report of another student’s experience with learning to stand up for herself: “My ordeal wasn’t as serious as hers. I remember the day clearly when you told me I could stand up for myself. With...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2022 | The Church, theology
In recent weeks I have read numerous opinions by various theologians and pastors whom I respect regarding contemporary issues that challenge us as Christians and as a church. Each strives to bring sound reasoning and passion to bear on subjects like same-sex marriage,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2022 | addiction
In a note from a friend, she shared that her pastor had preached a sermon on “the hells that can be present in one’s life and how they burden others around them.” Oh, my. I hope that was simply the perception of the listener and not the whole gist of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2022 | Suffering
Simply admiring Jesus and being a member of a church does not constitute being a Christian. It is obedience in following him that defines a Christian. Francis Chan told of one leader of a group of underground house churches in China who said that Westerners seem to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2022 | recovery
This was from six years ago…… I’ve had this almost exact conversation more than a few times. “Last week I was talking with someone who had experienced disappointment in some people because they didn’t let her do what she wanted. They held her to a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 28, 2022 | Pain, Prayer
A memory from Mar. 27, 2014: “May 1983- 2 couples died in a plane crash near Montgomery, AL in route home from a vacation…..Gloria Galloway was one of those people. She was a classy and kind lady, someone I admired. She and Michael left behind two children....
