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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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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 26, 2020
- 2 min
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen: Review
The five Bennet daughters of Longbourne Estate have their life's goal laid out by society and their meddling mother, in equal parts—to...
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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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nikiflorica
- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
***AuthorTube Special*** The Wordiness Conundrum
Starting a BookTube channel this year has been an adventure, but unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, I'm no longer...
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nikiflorica
- Dec 5, 2020
- 2 min
The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Roger Lancelyn Green: Review
Once a lord, now an infamous outlaw, Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest seeks justice for the poor by robbing the rich and cruel. Along with...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Joy to the World
God's was the first voice I heard when I woke up this morning. He didn't speak through words, but He was among the first thoughts in my...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Glorify Thy Name
I had a beautiful weekend. My brother gave his life to Christ, my other brother from a couple of provinces away was here to witness it,...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 21, 2020
- 2 min
Unblemished, by Sara Ella: Review
Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school unscathed. That is, until...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Problems, Prophets, and Progress
We think of progress as something linear—an arrow from present to future, improving all the time, always a step ahead of where we were...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
And Bob's Your Uncle
I do not have a spontaneous bone in my body. I mean that in the most literal sense. I am not impulsive. I hate making decisions and...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
Constellations
Since making the spontaneous decision to start a brand new project for National Novel Writing Month, I've been thinking a lot about...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Oathbringer, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
The Knights Radiant have returned—just in time for the end of the world. (Read full description here.) There's no question that I had...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
NaNoWriMo and Me
It's National Novel Writing Month, and I'm a roiling blend of nerves and excitement and dreams of a finished product by the end of one...
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nikiflorica
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
How Great is Our God
In our effort to have a relationship with God, to know Him and His Son on an intimate, personal level, I think there is a pitfall we...
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nikiflorica
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Strength and Endurance . . . But Mostly Endurance
One of my favourite verses in the New Testament is: "The one who endures to the end will be saved." (Matthew 24:14) Not because it's...
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