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  • Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People? Is That the Right Question?
    Life & Faith

    Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People? Is That the Right Question?

    ByJody Lee Collins March 15, 2018January 27, 2026

    “Harbor me in the eye of the storm I’m holding on to the love you swore.”  -John Mark McMillan, Love You Swore The other day on Instagram I asked: “How is it we never wonder why good things happen to good people? Or why good things happen to bad people?” My reflections were a version…

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  • A Grief Observed
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    A Grief Observed

    ByJody Lee Collins November 4, 2015January 27, 2026

    I came as a witness, the extra listener, to deflect and defend, maybe decide what this grief will look like. The suited man at the table tells us there are options for this sort of thing. My daughter L holds a tissue, I poise my pen at the paper before me. Burying a child is…

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  • Words with Friends or How Messaging Saved Our Lives
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    Words with Friends or How Messaging Saved Our Lives

    ByJody Lee Collins February 6, 2014January 27, 2026

      I wrote in this space a few weeks ago about my precious daughter and the complications she was having with her first pregnancy.  After many hard weeks and doctor visits, specialists weighing in with good news and bad, Jesus saw fit to take the baby boy home.  Thursday we have a service to remember…

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My heart overflows with a noble theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. 45:1 NAS

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