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Keep Your Head Up
I think it would alarm me if I actually knew how much time I spend with my head down, watching the road ahead of me. On walks, I barely...
nikiflorica
Dec 28, 20212 min read
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A Roomful of People Like That
There is always a degree of discomfort in coming up against opinions that differ from our own. It's natural—and perfectly human—to...
nikiflorica
Dec 3, 20213 min read
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And the Walls Came A-Tumbling Down
For the past few weeks, sitting down to blog has felt like staring at a solid wall and trying to see through it. And no, I'm not...
nikiflorica
Nov 25, 20213 min read
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So 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...
nikiflorica
Nov 15, 20213 min read
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It's Simple. Right?
There's a quote in the film, God's Not Dead: "It's not easy, but it's simple." The "it," if I remember correctly, refers to doing the...
nikiflorica
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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"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...
nikiflorica
Oct 25, 20213 min read
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Doesn't Anyone Understand?
It's a bad time to have a cold. Not that there's ever a great time, but, well . . . y'all know what I mean. I don't get sick often, but...
nikiflorica
Sep 27, 20213 min read
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The War for Time
Crazy week, folks. Craaaazy week. Second-year has just begun and already there just aren't enough hours in the day; writing and...
nikiflorica
Sep 16, 20212 min read
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Let's Talk About My Most Epic Failure Ever
I bombed my first driver's test. And, no, before you say, "Oh, I failed, too!" believe me when I say that mine was probably worse. In...
nikiflorica
Aug 26, 20213 min read
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Some Thoughts on Ponies and Puritans
Yesterday I turned the last page of C.S. Lewis', Miracles. Maybe it's an English major thing, but trudging through Lewis' spiritual...
nikiflorica
Aug 24, 20213 min read
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Here'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...
nikiflorica
Jul 22, 20213 min read
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Ever Been to Emmaus?
I can't imagine a bleaker point in history than the days between Christ's death and resurrection. If I were with Cleopas and his fellow...
nikiflorica
Jul 20, 20213 min read
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Say 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...
nikiflorica
Jul 5, 20212 min read
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A More Excellent Way
Good ol' I Corinthians 13. Short and sweet and sharp as a dagger. Love is patient, love is kind, love doesn't envy, think highly of...
nikiflorica
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Will We or Will We Not
When you stop to count them, a TON of spiritual traits boil down to good ol' fashioned acts of will. Prayerfulness. Forgiveness....
nikiflorica
Jun 22, 20213 min read
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Prayer Doesn't Rhyme With Failure
I 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...
nikiflorica
Jun 7, 20212 min read
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A Message for the Gift-Giver (And Yes, That's You)
Some people have the gift of giving gifts. One of my O&Ds (oldest and dearest) has proved it time and time again, most recently when she...
nikiflorica
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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A Sliver of Perspective
Perspective is a gift. God knew we couldn't handle the full, grandiose scope of everything He's doing in our lives, so he gave us limited...
nikiflorica
May 18, 20212 min read
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The Worker's Prayer
I 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....
nikiflorica
May 3, 20212 min read
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107, At Wit's End
Lost, 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...
nikiflorica
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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