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Miriam, by Mesu Andrews: Review
The children of Israel have suffered four hundred years of bondage to the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, clinging to El Shaddai's sacred...
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Jan 10, 20202 min read


Nana
This has been a holiday of goodbyes, and most painful of all was the unforeseen farewell to my great-grandmother, Nana, two days after...
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Jan 7, 20201 min read


Rook, by Sharon Cameron: Review
The world has shifted on its axis. Technology and machinery have been destroyed and thrust into Ancient history, replaced by a world...
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Jan 4, 20202 min read


Adventure Awaits in 2020!
Today (aside from being Tasnil the Usurper's birthday) marks the first day of a new year, a new decade, and what could be a new chapter...
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Jan 1, 20202 min read


A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens: Review
Ebenezer Scrooge is a tight-fisted, hard-hearted, money-hoarding businessman who scoffs at Christmas and everything it entails. He is...
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Dec 28, 20192 min read


An Ode to Buba
Yesterday I spent my Christmas morning at the vet clinic, saying goodbye to my well-beloved and precious little guinea pig, Truffle. It...
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Dec 26, 20192 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...
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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...
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Dec 17, 20192 min read


Blessed Book Signing!
This past Saturday I had the pleasure and honour of attending a book signing hosted by a wonderful family friend. It was my first signing...
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Dec 12, 20191 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


Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens: Review
Oliver Twist is born with no name between the walls of a government-funded shelter for the poor, and in minutes, he is an orphan. Named...
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Dec 7, 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...
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Dec 4, 20192 min read


Just a Pilgrim, Passing Through (late Thankful Thursday!)
I feel a bit like an alien. Not all the time, not every day, but some days and in some circumstances, it's true. In the times when...
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Nov 29, 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...
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Nov 26, 20192 min read


Friday Not-Fave: The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray is an exceptional young man who enamours everyone he meets with the air of innocence and purity belied by his beauty. And...
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Nov 22, 20192 min read


Cracking the Salienne Code
Despite having spent time with her through the many, many drafts of The Heir of Ariad, when it comes to Salienne (sah-lee-ENN) of the...
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Nov 20, 20192 min read


"Just Start Walking"
By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,...
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Nov 18, 20192 min read


I Confess!
In my Writer's Craft course, we've recently plunged into the poignant, elaborate, and at times frustratingly abstract realm of poetry. It...
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Nov 14, 20192 min read


"I Am Making You a Watchman."
“Now, Son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them from me.” ~Ezekiel...
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Nov 12, 20192 min read


Forest Born, by Shannon Hale: Review
Rin used to feel at home with the trees—as if they understood her, the way no one else could. But something has changed in the way the...
nikiflorica
Nov 9, 20192 min read
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