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nikiflorica
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Sealed in His Name
There is something so nostalgic about snail mail. A couple days ago, I received a card in the mail from a friend, and it just infused my...
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nikiflorica
May 28, 20202 min read
For Lack of Spare Minutes
When time slows down, it gives us a breath to slow down with it and savour our circumstances. To look at the little things and see what...
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nikiflorica
May 26, 20202 min read
Wait for It, Wait for It . . .
"Waiting" carries so many connotations—tension, expectation, worry, time, patience, impatience, hope, fear—but if we're being completely...
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nikiflorica
May 18, 20203 min read
Tattered Scraps of Truth
Jesus ... can take the tattered scraps of truth we brought to that flopped conversation, and use them to plant a seed in that person ...
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nikiflorica
May 14, 20202 min read
From Failure Vortex to Victory
Failure is one of the most unpleasant phenomenons to grip our world since Adam and Eve's fall in the Garden of Eden. Whether magnanimous...
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nikiflorica
May 12, 20202 min read
One Step, One Decision, One Challenge at a Time
When we travel, we tend to plan. That's just good old-fashioned thinking ahead. We may not know exactly what each leg of the journey will...
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nikiflorica
May 4, 20202 min read
When "Humble" Goes Too Far
The book of Numbers tells us that Moses was extremely humble, "more humble than any other person on earth in his time" (Num. 12:3) in his...
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nikiflorica
May 1, 20204 min read
Exclusive Interview with Artist Behind "Two Ways" Inktober Art
I hope you enjoy this exclusive interview with Brent Florica, the artist and author behind Sketchbook B and The King's Library! 1. Where...
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nikiflorica
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Shout It, Sing It, Weep It If You Have To
It's one thing to be convicted and motivated by a devotion. It's quite another to seize that conviction and follow through when the...
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nikiflorica
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Off the Safe Path
I've been thinking a lot about courage. It's not something I have in abundance, and in truth, it's not a trait that I often think to...
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nikiflorica
Apr 16, 20202 min read
The Worst Three Days
In the past, I've been pretty quick to judge the disciples for their lack of faith throughout the gospels. I mean, as Christians of...
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nikiflorica
Apr 14, 20202 min read
How Are Those 2020 Goals Coming Along?
Well, I don't know where the first three and a half months of this year have gone, but it's probably time to check in on those spiritual...
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nikiflorica
Apr 11, 20202 min read
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Review
Bilbo Baggins is a very respectable hobbit: he lives in a fine, cozy hobbit-hole and never does anything unexpected. So when the wizard...
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nikiflorica
Apr 1, 20202 min read
Power, Love and a Sound Mind
What's our knee-jerk reaction when we hit an unforeseen bend in the road? When the teacher assigns that horrendously stressful group...
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nikiflorica
Mar 30, 20202 min read
A Message from the Prophets of Old
I'm fascinated by the concept of ancient prophets. Men and women selected by God to be the mouthpieces of divine messages—often outcast...
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nikiflorica
Mar 24, 20202 min read
Look at the Birds
These are exceptional, surreally strange times, but maybe it takes an exceptional, surreally strange time to get our undivided attention,...
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nikiflorica
Mar 21, 20202 min read
Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve: Review
London is on the hunt—one of the great Traction Cities that prowls the desolate Hunting Grounds in search of towns to devour. To young...
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nikiflorica
Mar 18, 20202 min read
A Lantern Clear and Ready
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine—how often have I sung those words in Sunday School over the years? Almost every day, I...
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nikiflorica
Mar 14, 20202 min read
The Forgetting, by Sharon Cameron: Review
In the city of Canaan, seemingly peaceful life is overshadowed by the Forgetting—the terrifying phenomenon every twelve years in which...
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nikiflorica
Mar 10, 20202 min read
Fear Not; I Will Help Thee.
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. ~Isaiah 41:13 Sometimes I feel as if I'm...
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