All Posts By: Byron McCoy
MORNING SONGS
I rise to spring sounds of birds singing airy notes from black branches silhouetted before a navy sky. The world is not light, but it is less dark. The sounds seem as if coming from the depths of a wooded forest, but it is only a few trees in the yard and hedgerows in […]
AN ANSWER
I don’t know how one can view a sunrise over a natural world and not believe in a Higher Power. Maybe we don’t call It God (though I do), but Something exists to give order to all that cannot be explained without faith. If we are to believe our present scientific theorem—that the […]
A BRIGHTER WORLD
Maybe I’m a fool, but doesn’t it sometimes take a fool to believe a better reality; and if a fool lives this better vision outright, can he not guide others into his belief? I’ve lived in the portrayed presence of our Today. I don’t buy its darkness anymore. I’ve discovered something more. It is […]
SIMPLY KNOWING YOU
Everyone matters. We all have good to give. Recognize it. Share it. Help good grow.
A WEEK LATE
“The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.” That was last week’s responsorial psalm. I don’t know how many times I’ve said it in my life, recited these words without thought—hundreds I would guess—but this time was different. Without Mass as a worshipping body, I read the words from a Missal. […]
WISHING THIS
Brightening another’s day does the same to our own. I hope it’s a beautiful day, weekend, and Mother’s Day for all.
REASONS
“Why do you do it?” his friend asked. “Why do you keep writing and sharing when no one asks you to?” “If I knew, I probably wouldn’t have to write,” Ryan hesitated, thinking before continuing to speak. “I want the Goodness I feel from it. I don’t need it for me. I just […]