Aimee Byrd

It’s that time of the year again—graduation season.  This is such a huge rite of passage into the beginning stages of adulthood.  I’ve received several announcements by mail from friends…

I had been thinking a lot lately about gentleness and its association with godliness when I stumbled upon this article by Mark Meynell.  It’s funny how God gives you wisdom…

Spurgeon’s Sermons, Vol. 3, Sermon VIII, The Dumb Singing Goldsmiths make exquisite forms from precious metals; they fashion the bracelet and the ring from gold:–God maketh his precious things out of…

This is a picture of my beloved, Ma Lady.  She is a Gaggia Achille lever espresso machine (Insert Tim-the-tool-man grunting).  Every morning I long to see her face and flip…

Instead of my regular Reading Reflection, I have posted my daughter’s 6th grade Social Studies Fair Report.  You may be wondering what the history of coffee has to do with…

What do goats and coffee have in common? Well as the folktale goes, an Ethiopian named Kaldi did not understand why his goats were playing and dancing so joyously one day,…

Women are very good doers.  We write lists, multi-task, and get things done.  God created women to be helpers and has equipped us with much strength to do so.  However,…

The Gospel Commission, by Michael Horton (Baker Books, 2011) I am only fifty pages into Horton’s new, new book and have found many gems.  This section summarizes something I’m passionate…

Last Friday, I went out to dinner with my mom, sister, sister-in-law, and friend Cory.  We were celebrating the spring birthdays of my sisters and Cory.  As we were chatting…

I like fun words.  I love learning new words or rediscovering old ones to use in my vocabulary.  So every Wednesday I will be posting a new word of the…