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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...
nikiflorica
Dec 21, 20213 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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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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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....
nikiflorica
Oct 18, 20213 min read
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To Consult My Compass
Sometimes I feel like a Lost Girl. Like I took a wrong turn at the second star on the right and ended up a thousand miles from Neverland,...
nikiflorica
Oct 12, 20212 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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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...
nikiflorica
Sep 21, 20212 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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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....
nikiflorica
Sep 13, 20212 min read
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Be Filled.
Want to hear a secret? Just kidding—it's not really a secret. I'm a smidge of a pessimist. Just kidding—it's more than a smidge. I think...
nikiflorica
Sep 8, 20212 min read
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"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...
nikiflorica
Aug 9, 20214 min read
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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...
nikiflorica
Jul 28, 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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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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