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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...
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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
- 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
- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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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
- 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
- Apr 14, 2021
- 2 min
Under the Fig Tree
"This was done for you." Season 2, Episode 2, The Chosen. Nathaniel sits under a fig tree with a stack of failed dreams in his...
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nikiflorica
- Mar 24, 2021
- 2 min
I Got Slapped in the Face Today (and Other Thoughts)
Don't you just love it when your daily devotion reaches out to slap you in the face? I certainly do. Well, mostly. Some of the time. It...
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nikiflorica
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
I Will Seek Truth
I am a Truthwatcher. I know because the very thorough results from my "Official Knights Radiant Order Quiz" told me so, and we book nerds...
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nikiflorica
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
Jesus Laughed.
I can happily say that my new favourite show is officially The Chosen—not only marked by quality acting, sweet costumes, killer...
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nikiflorica
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Troy, Gabriella, and the Terrifying Future
Anyone who's watched High School Musical or the Teen Beach Movie or any such Disneylicious teen drama know that at some point or another,...
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nikiflorica
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
The "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...
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nikiflorica
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Squirrel Mentality (and Why We Need It)
Squirrels get a bad rap. I know from experience—watching my family's ongoing bird-feeder vs. squirrel feud of feuds—but I can't help...
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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
- Jan 4, 2021
- 3 min
Here's What We Know About 2021
So, I could write an entire post on the ups and downs of 2020 and its multiple dimensions of weird/difficult/sobering/painful/illuminatin...
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nikiflorica
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
Here's What I've Learned About Expectations
I think it's fairly safe to say that we've all had expectations drenched in a cold wave of reality. Human beings are creative. We're...
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nikiflorica
- Dec 21, 2020
- 3 min
A Cumulation of Clarity
A day or so ago, I entreated heaven for clarity. I've struggled for a long time with the desire to use my passions for the Lord, but my...
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nikiflorica
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Snowmen Smiles
Meet Dudley, Myrtle, and Rudy, the three happy snowmen mascots of this Thankful Thursday post. Technically, I should be studying for my...
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nikiflorica
- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
Ahikam's Lead
Jeremiah—what a book. I mean, really, what a story. Like so many of God's prophets, he was thrown into a role he felt ill-equipped for,...
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