nikifloricaOct 6, 20212 minThe Mundane is the Mission: Thoughts from Telephone Book ClubYesterday marked my first trip to campus in a few weeks, and I was reluctant to go. Having mostly online classes allows me to stay within...
nikifloricaAug 24, 20213 minSome Thoughts on Ponies and PuritansYesterday I turned the last page of C.S. Lewis', Miracles. Maybe it's an English major thing, but trudging through Lewis' spiritual...
nikifloricaJul 22, 20213 minHere's an Idea.Ideas. Why is that such a scary word? Don't get any ideas. She's been filling her head with ideas. I think sometimes we forget that life...
nikifloricaJan 26, 20213 minThe "Hammering Process:" Too Hard, Too Soft, or Just Right?The 39 books of the Old Testament paint a picture of what C.S. Lewis calls the "hammering process—" centuries of God's hard-line training...
nikifloricaNov 17, 20202 minProblems, Prophets, and ProgressWe think of progress as something linear—an arrow from present to future, improving all the time, always a step ahead of where we were...
nikifloricaMay 4, 20202 minWhen "Humble" Goes Too FarThe book of Numbers tells us that Moses was extremely humble, "more humble than any other person on earth in his time" (Num. 12:3) in his...
nikifloricaOct 10, 20192 minPuddleglumThere are days when there is absolutely no mistaking it: I am under spiritual attack. Doubts swirling, fears roiling, Satan whispering...
nikifloricaJan 19, 20193 minThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisMy dear reader, It has come to my attention that many upon this earth have become so deadened to the workings of the spiritual world as...