Welcome to Pastor Cathy's blog on life and faith!

Lately, I have been laughing at myself a lot. It helps. It’s far better than crying; better than feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, or angry. Yesterday I laughed at myself trying to put people into a breakout room on a Zoom call. Lord, have mercy! Earlier in the week, I...

In addition to the death of our own Tommy Uzzo this week, I was saddened to hear of the loss of Dr. Lorna M. Breeny, an emergency room physician here in our city. The caption of The New York Times article that appeared on Wednesday read: “Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated...

I am grateful for the birds that sing outside my bedroom window every morning. They are the best kind of wake-up call announcing the start of a new day and that the sun will soon rise, for which I always grateful. It doesn’t take long to add to that gratitude list: a...

One of my meditations this week included an excerpt written by Henri Nouwen: The cross is the main symbol of our faith, and it invites us to find hope where we see pain and to reaffirm the resurrection where we see death. The call to be grateful is a call to trust...

Sometimes when I am in North Carolina, I like to visit our family cemetery and spend time with my parents, sisters, grandparents, great grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc., etc. It is fascinating to see how many generations are there and the span of their lives...

This week, I have been meditating on Psalm 27. It is a song of confidence and triumph as David seeks deliverance from his many enemies who are surrounding him on every side. “I had fainted, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of...