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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...
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nikiflorica
Oct 6, 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...
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nikiflorica
Sep 27, 20213 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...
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nikiflorica
Sep 16, 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...
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nikiflorica
Sep 13, 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....
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nikiflorica
Sep 8, 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...
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nikiflorica
Jul 28, 20213 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...
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nikiflorica
Jul 22, 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...
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nikiflorica
Jul 20, 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...
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nikiflorica
Apr 14, 20212 min read
Under the Fig Tree
"This was done for you." Season 2, Episode 2, The Chosen. Nathaniel sits under a fig tree with a stack of failed dreams in his...
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nikiflorica
Feb 10, 20212 min read
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
Jan 12, 20213 min read
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 4, 20213 min read
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
Nov 30, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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 17, 20202 min read
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
Oct 5, 20203 min read
Even the Fearful
I've done it! Finally! After too many years of eyeing it on my shelf, I have completed The Pilgrim's Progress and checked it off my...
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nikiflorica
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Reflections from the Swing
I'm sitting on the wooden swing in my backyard, under an aquamarine sky, the wooden slats warm and familiar against my back. Everywhere I...
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nikiflorica
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Time Keeps on Slippin'
I feel like I've spent way too much of my life watching the clock. Despite my early enthusiasm for it, I realized quickly as a...
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nikiflorica
Sep 8, 20203 min read
Applause for The Pilgrim's Progress
There are some stories we fancy we know so well that we don't bother to pick up the book—and for a long time, for me, that was The...
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