nikifloricaApr 183 minI'm Tired. But Aren't We All?"To every thing there is a season" (Ecc. 3:1). Life is made up of seasons. Seasons of abundance and seasons of want, seasons of...
nikifloricaApr 33 minWhat Is Wrong With You? You Should Be Better!At a recent church event, I was praying for a friend with a few others when the focus shifted suddenly to me and my struggles. What...
nikifloricaMar 212 minThough I walk through the garage, I will fear no evil. . .My puppy, Reggie, is afraid of the garage. She loves going outside, bounds down the stairs no problem, trots out the garage door like the...
nikifloricaFeb 143 minPsst. I Have a Valentine For You.Excluding the candy swaps in fifth grade, February 14 has never really been on my radar, but the older I get the more my heart goes out...
nikifloricaJan 243 minA Favourite WishI've been grappling lately with what C.S. Lewis calls "favourite wishes"—dreams or desires that are close to our hearts but must be...
nikifloricaNov 15, 20213 minSo What's the Deal with Me?I don't normally let more than a week slide by between posts, but I don't normally let myself off the hook in general, so this could be a...
nikifloricaOct 25, 20213 min"When Everything Gets Easy""I pull you close to me when this life cuts deep But when everything gets easy it's easy not to keep you first." (Riley Clemmons, "When...
nikifloricaOct 18, 20213 minThankful-Coloured GlassesChristianity asks us to do a really hard thing when it comes to how we feel about ourselves. On one hand, we need to be brutally honest....
nikifloricaSep 13, 20212 minEph'pha-tha.The moment I saw this Hebrew phrase on the page of Mark 7, I knew I had to blog about it. I knew because I felt called out by it....
nikifloricaAug 9, 20214 min"Hurry Up and Wait"Surprise—I'm still here! Although normally I try to post blogs even while I'm on vacation, this year, I decided to give myself a break...
nikifloricaJul 12, 20213 min5 Reasons to Just Watch The Chosen Already!!I'm a passionate person. When I love something, I want other people to love it, too. And when that thing happens to be edifying,...
nikifloricaJul 5, 20212 minSay Yes.I talked last week about the human will. Well, I'm still talking about it. In Luke 18, Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. It was near the end of...
nikifloricaJun 14, 20212 minBack on YouTube! And How That Miracle HappenedThe title says it all. After a little hiatus to get myself organized and listen for God's guiding voice, I'm resurrecting the ol'...
nikifloricaJun 7, 20212 minPrayer Doesn't Rhyme With FailureI had a rough day last week. A Thursday, but if we're being honest, I wasn't feeling very Thankful. Some new-ish responsibilities at work...
nikifloricaMay 10, 20212 minReason, Prayer, and Why They Go Together Like PB and JMay 6th was the National Day of Prayer and Day of Reason—a thought-provoking combination. Benjamin Franklin once said, "The way to see by...
nikifloricaMay 3, 20212 minThe Worker's PrayerI recently saw a post that said something along the lines of, "Be the best at whatever you do," and it struck me as slightly far-fetched....
nikifloricaApr 19, 20212 min107, At Wit's EndLost, chained, a fool, or at wit's end. Which one are you? Try finding yourself in the spectrum of Psalm 107's desperate people. Are you...
nikifloricaApr 5, 20212 minHappy Resurrection! What Now?I shy away from blogging on Easter weekends—probably because the greatest point in history needs no commentary from a first-year geek at...
nikifloricaMar 29, 20212 minA Word for the Worst DaysLadies, you know what I'm talking about. Those days when the world drizzles in shades of grey, everything is sob-worthy, and the future...
nikifloricaMar 15, 20213 minLifeboats and Tigers and Fears, Oh My!“I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary ... It...