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  • Where is Home? A Hobbit-y Treatise
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    Where is Home? A Hobbit-y Treatise

    ByJody Lee Collins December 29, 2014January 27, 2026

     “If everyone valued home above gold, this world would be a merry place.”  Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, Battle of the Five Armies   Home is where we are welcomed, where laughter flows and prayers are offered around the table, where silly photos are snapped in the kitchen and grown-ups dance to music from The Nutcracker…

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  • Note to Self–Sabbath on the Page #4
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    Note to Self–Sabbath on the Page #4

    ByJody Lee Collins November 17, 2014January 27, 2026

    More thoughts from my Deck Time, prompted by ‘God in the Yard’ (Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us)**, an ongoing full stop in the middle of my days. There’s a scientific rule, I think, about forward motion–the more intensely and quickly an object is moving, the harder it is to slow down.  Something like…

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  • When the Words Fall Apart
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    When the Words Fall Apart

    ByJody Lee Collins October 28, 2014January 27, 2026

    The Seattle rain is doing its October thing–pouring, puddling, splattering–and the cold gray world matches my mood. A windstorm blew through last night and fractured one of the oldest trees in town….an apt picture of the chasm created again by the world gone crazy with pain. Three hours north of me last Friday, a high…

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  • Female Faith Poet-Barbara Crooker
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    Female Faith Poet-Barbara Crooker

    ByJody Lee Collins October 27, 2014January 27, 2026

    Barbara Crooker is a quiet soul and a richly talented woman. I first heard Barbara’s “voice” via a broadcast of ‘Prairie Home Companion’ when Garrison Keillor read one of her poems. I continued to discover her voice and work as it appeared in various publications, Rock and Sling, Christianity and Literature, The Christian Century, Spiritus,  and…

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  • My Faith Heroine {Biana}
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    My Faith Heroine {Biana}

    ByJody Lee Collins October 22, 2014January 27, 2026

    This blog post is part of  Michelle DeRusha’s #MyFaithHeroine contest, in connection with the release of the book 50 Women Every Christian Should Know. Find out how to participate here.  ~~~~~~~~ I went into labor with my daughter Leah on a waterbed at my friend Biana’s (bee-onna) house 35 years ago.  I was watching the ‘Sound of Music’ and wanted to…

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  • Oh, Word of God, How do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
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    Oh, Word of God, How do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

    ByJody Lee Collins October 20, 2014January 27, 2026

    I love studying God’s Word, but I need help. And encouragement. Beth Moore’s Bible Studies do that. Our women’s group is going through ‘Children of the Day’ (I and II Thessalonians) right now and the words and Spirit are fresher than they’ve ever been. This week Beth challenged us to write a letter to a friend,…

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  • Hunting for Red in October, 3rd Edition
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    Hunting for Red in October, 3rd Edition

    ByJody Lee Collins October 12, 2014January 27, 2026

    Our summer was VERY long here in the Pacific Northwest and it’s been harder to find the beauty of red that I’m used to this time of year…So I really did have to hunt. (You can see my first two ‘Hunting for Red’ posts here and here.) this plant is called a ‘burning bush’ plant…

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  • Shining Light into Dark Places–Porn use in the Church
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    Shining Light into Dark Places–Porn use in the Church

    ByJody Lee Collins October 8, 2014January 27, 2026

    Perhaps the greatest tool of the enemy of our souls is to keep our addictions and problems in the dark. Actually, it IS his greatest tool. In Christian circles we have deemed it acceptable to talk about overeating and gluttony–there is Weight Watchers or we can enroll in Jenny Craig.  There are support groups for…

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  • "Let’s Go Outside!"–a Playdate with God
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    "Let’s Go Outside!"–a Playdate with God

    ByJody Lee Collins September 29, 2014January 27, 2026

    I’m recuping from a terrible cold and sinus infection, drowsing through the days with a head full of stuffed cotton.  Yesterday I started feeling myself again–Today? Well, I’m almost back to normal. Hallelujah!  I can go play outside. And it’s a beautiful day to play.  My friend Laura Boggess coined the phrase ‘Playdates with God’…

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  • On Losing (and finding!) my Wedding Ring
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    On Losing (and finding!) my Wedding Ring

    ByJody Lee Collins September 22, 2014January 27, 2026

    So I misplaced my wedding rings last week. And then I found them. After I stopped looking for them. Of course. Turned around and found them on my little outside table next to my favorite chair, where I’d plopped myself after a long day at school. I hate it when I lose things like that…

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