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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


The Mundane is the Mission: Thoughts from Telephone Book Club
Yesterday marked my first trip to campus in a few weeks, and I was reluctant to go. Having mostly online classes allows me to stay within...
nikiflorica
Oct 6, 20212 min read


Brand of Light, by Ronie Kendig: Review
Kersei Dragoumis of the planet Drosero thought an unwanted marriage was the worst fate imaginable . . . until an inexplicable tragedy...
nikiflorica
Oct 1, 20212 min read


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


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


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


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


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


Earth Quaking, by H.A. Pruitt: Review
Whisked from their lives into a quest to save the world of Anelthalien, Kindle, Ella, Andrew, and Tad have been hanging on to their...
nikiflorica
Sep 4, 20212 min read


Meet Phebe the Messenger
I've read Romans, like, a bazillion times. Not because I'm more studious than the next gal, but because I'm mildly obsessive and decided...
nikiflorica
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Let's Talk About My Most Epic Failure Ever
I bombed my first driver's test. And, no, before you say, "Oh, I failed, too!" believe me when I say that mine was probably worse. In...
nikiflorica
Aug 26, 20213 min read


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...
nikiflorica
Aug 24, 20213 min read


Sisters of Sword and Song, by Rebecca Ross: Review
"After eight years, Evadne will finally be reunited with her older sister, Halcyon, who has been serving in the queen’s army. But when...
nikiflorica
Aug 21, 20212 min read


Icebergs, Islands, Sheep, & Wolves—Pick Your Metaphor
Humans were not made to be islands. Or icebergs. Or lone wolves. Pick your metaphor—they all mean the same thing. We're not designed to...
nikiflorica
Aug 18, 20212 min read


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...
nikiflorica
Aug 12, 20212 min read


"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


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


Here's an Idea.
Ideas. Why is that such a scary word? Don't get any ideas. She's been filling her head with ideas. I think sometimes we forget that life...
nikiflorica
Jul 22, 20213 min read


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


The Queen's Resistance, by Rebecca Ross: Review
After surviving a revolution that will finally put the rightful queen on the Maevan throne, Brienna struggles to find her place as the...
nikiflorica
Jul 16, 20212 min read
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