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Happy Resurrection! What Now?
I shy away from blogging on Easter weekends—probably because the greatest point in history needs no commentary from a first-year geek at...
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nikiflorica
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
A Word for the Worst Days
Ladies, you know what I'm talking about. Those days when the world drizzles in shades of grey, everything is sob-worthy, and the future...
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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
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
Writer Diaries, #1
I thought I knew exactly what God wanted me to do. When I set out to write my first "real" novel (excluding its epic mermaid precursor),...
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nikiflorica
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Lifeboats and Tigers and Fears, Oh My!
“I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary ... It...
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nikiflorica
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
I Need You to Carry On
I'm trying to start a new habit. I love going for walks down my country road when my head feels crowded with the things of this big ol'...
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nikiflorica
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Anelthalien, by H.A. Pruitt: Review
Kindle is sick of being unexceptional—that is, until a mysterious necklace transports her to the world of Anelthalien, where suddenly,...
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nikiflorica
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Life Lessons from a Rubber Band
Life threw me for a loop this week, y'all. One minute I'm rolling along, feeling reasonably in-control of my routine, and the next I'm...
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nikiflorica
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
Let's Talk Toast... and Jesus
Funny thing about toast—when you smell it, you want it. Ever notice that? I mean, there was a time when I would sooner eat dirt than...
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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 16, 2021
- 3 min
Writer Probs: Doing the Next Right Thing
One thing I've been awful at since day one—discerning God's will when I don't know how to move forward. Especially in the publishing...
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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 5, 2021
- 2 min
The Gospel Truth, by Caroline Pignat: Review
Born a house slave on Whitehaven Plantation, Pheobe knows how to watch and listen and hide secrets away where no one will find...
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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 14, 2021
- 2 min
How Was Your Productive-in-Its-Own-Way Thursday?
Now, I typically don't write my Thankful Thursday posts at eight o'clock on Thursday night, but when life hands you lemons and a busy...
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nikiflorica
- Jan 12, 2021
- 3 min
When Caring Is Inconvenient
It's remarkably easy to give someone the impression that we care about them. We all know the proper protocol: paint our faces in the...
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nikiflorica
- Jan 6, 2021
- 3 min
***AuthorTube Special*** The Wordiness Conundrum: Part II
So, here we are. It's 2021, we have a mountain of writing goals for the year ahead and an arsenal of new strategies to tackle them with....
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