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Change of Plans
Well, at 7:00pm today by my calendar, I would have been conducting a signing/reading/meet-and-greet at The Bookshelf in downtown Guelph ....
nikiflorica
Apr 7, 20202 min read


Power, Love and a Sound Mind
What's our knee-jerk reaction when we hit an unforeseen bend in the road? When the teacher assigns that horrendously stressful group...
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Apr 1, 20202 min read


A Message from the Prophets of Old
I'm fascinated by the concept of ancient prophets. Men and women selected by God to be the mouthpieces of divine messages—often outcast...
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Mar 30, 20202 min read


Look at the Birds
These are exceptional, surreally strange times, but maybe it takes an exceptional, surreally strange time to get our undivided attention,...
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Mar 24, 20202 min read


A Lantern Clear and Ready
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine—how often have I sung those words in Sunday School over the years? Almost every day, I...
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Mar 18, 20202 min read


Fear Not; I Will Help Thee.
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. ~Isaiah 41:13 Sometimes I feel as if I'm...
nikiflorica
Mar 10, 20202 min read


True Romance
Like it or not, our society is saturated with the concept of romance. In February especially, we tend to be bombarded with commercialized...
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Feb 27, 20202 min read


When Transformation Takes Its Time
The Bible tells us that if anyone is in Christ, he or she is a new creature—that through him, our old selves pass away and we are made...
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Feb 17, 20202 min read


My Peace I Give Unto You
The world outside my window this morning was blanketed in peace—gentle snow falling in heavy, silent flakes, a crisp white drapery over...
nikiflorica
Feb 13, 20202 min read


The Rest of the Way
"The Lord's gotten you this far, He'll take care of you the rest of the way." These words glowed from the page of Frank Peretti's, This...
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Feb 11, 20202 min read


Addicted to Kingdom Work
The King James Bible can be challenging to interpret at times, but I've often found that the wording in this translation can reach out...
nikiflorica
Jan 28, 20202 min read


Thankful Thursday (except, you know, on a Friday)
Sorry, folks, I know I haven't been overly active in the blogging/social media world this week, but exams have thrown a wrench in my Heir...
nikiflorica
Jan 24, 20202 min read


Thesis from Jesus
Exam week. Crunch time. An onslaught of assignments and summatives crammed into the same stressful, high-intensity seven days. Among...
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Jan 20, 20202 min read


Verse of the Month: The Armour of Light
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light....
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Jan 14, 20202 min read


The Night Hope Was Born
In sifting through ideas for today's snowy Saturday Spotlight, I couldn't seem to decide on one that befit the theme of the season. With...
nikiflorica
Dec 21, 20192 min read


Come and See Jesus!
At the start of the semester, a friend of mine took the initiative to resurrect a Christian club at our high school from a group that had...
nikiflorica
Dec 17, 20192 min read


Verse of the Month: Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them...
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Dec 10, 20192 min read


Blind and Blurry
Sometimes answers come slowly, through doubt, like an ice-blurred windowpane that melts into clarity one steady droplet at a time. We...
nikiflorica
Dec 4, 20192 min read


The Perfection Problem
It's always been a tendency of mine to lapse into perfectionist habits, but the grade-pressure of senior year has hardly improved the...
nikiflorica
Nov 26, 20192 min read


Cutting Spiritual Clutter
Sometimes when the hectic pace of life kicks up a notch, it's the most fundamental things that get abandoned first. Take cleaning for...
nikiflorica
Nov 6, 20192 min read
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