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What Is Wrong With You? You Should Be Better!
At a recent church event, I was praying for a friend with a few others when the focus shifted suddenly to me and my struggles. What...
nikiflorica
Apr 3, 20223 min read


Though I walk through the garage, I will fear no evil. . .
My puppy, Reggie, is afraid of the garage. She loves going outside, bounds down the stairs no problem, trots out the garage door like the...
nikiflorica
Mar 21, 20222 min read


Losing Our Balance
I watched my favourite author give a lecture yesterday. As a full-time writer (wow, what beautiful words), he has the luxury of writing...
nikiflorica
Mar 10, 20223 min read


Child of the Dragon Prophecy, by Effie Joe Stock: Review
A future foreseen. A past forgotten. The savior child of the Dragon Prophecy is born. Find the full blurb here! Being part of the launch...
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Mar 5, 20222 min read


Hard to Love, Yet Called to Love
It's easy to look at the early church and wonder what advantage they had, that loving one another seemed to come so easily. We see...
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Feb 23, 20223 min read


Psst. I Have a Valentine For You.
Excluding the candy swaps in fifth grade, February 14 has never really been on my radar, but the older I get the more my heart goes out...
nikiflorica
Feb 14, 20223 min read


No. 300
300 blog posts seems like an unfathomable number. I can hardly believe I've done this 299 times —sat down at my computer with nothing but...
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Feb 2, 20222 min read


A Favourite Wish
I've been grappling lately with what C.S. Lewis calls "favourite wishes"—dreams or desires that are close to our hearts but must be...
nikiflorica
Jan 24, 20223 min read


Just Be Myself? Yeah, Right.
The benefit of being a hard-core introvert is that, by existing within the confines of my comfort zone for most of my teenage years, I've...
nikiflorica
Jan 18, 20224 min read


The Key to Meditating... Does Anyone Have It?
We're taught to meditate on the Word of God. Joshua 1:8 tells us to meditate therein day and night; Psalm 119:15 tells us to meditate in...
nikiflorica
Jan 11, 20225 min read


A Message from the Stars
I kind of have a thing about the night sky. I mean, one of my latest projects is called Operation Stars, my first book cover featured not...
nikiflorica
Jan 6, 20223 min read


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


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


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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Dec 14, 20212 min read


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


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


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


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


"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


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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