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Negativity Stinks... And Other Reasons to Smile This Christmas
Maybe this goes without saying, but isn't negativity the worst? I mean, you're just rolling along, enjoying God's grace and goodness, and...
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nikiflorica
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
We Are the Messengers Now
All right, y'all, who watched The Chosen Christmas Special on Sunday? If you did, please accept my fist bump through your computer...
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nikiflorica
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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nikiflorica
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
Thankful-Coloured Glasses
Christianity 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....
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nikiflorica
- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
A Tidbit for the Trodden Down
trodden: walked on . . . crush[ed] or flatten[ed] with the feet . . . pressed down into the ground. (Google) Who's feeling pressed down...
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nikiflorica
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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nikiflorica
- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
Eph'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....
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nikiflorica
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
Bad Dreams Are Good for Something
Imagine this. You have a dream about something you've been dreading. It goes badly. You screw up, or the whole shebang goes south in the...
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nikiflorica
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 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...
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nikiflorica
- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
When the Tyrant Comes for Tea
"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the...
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nikiflorica
- Jul 20, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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nikiflorica
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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nikiflorica
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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nikiflorica
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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nikiflorica
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
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....
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nikiflorica
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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nikiflorica
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Life Lessons from a Rubber Band
Life threw me for a loop this week, y'all. One minute I'm rolling along, feeling reasonably in-control of my routine, and the next I'm...
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nikiflorica
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
It's Not All Your Brain's Fault
I don't abide by everything in my psychology course, but here's a fun fact (at least as I understand it): between ages 15 and 25, the...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
NaNoWriMo and Me
It's National Novel Writing Month, and I'm a roiling blend of nerves and excitement and dreams of a finished product by the end of one...
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