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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
Nov 15, 20213 min read
So What's the Deal with Me?
I don't normally let more than a week slide by between posts, but I don't normally let myself off the hook in general, so this could be a...
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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 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
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
Jun 7, 20212 min read
Prayer Doesn't Rhyme With Failure
I had a rough day last week. A Thursday, but if we're being honest, I wasn't feeling very Thankful. Some new-ish responsibilities at work...
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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
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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
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 22, 20202 min read
Floating
Sometimes we prefer our messages minced—into soft little bite-sized pieces that go down without much thought or pain or conviction....
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nikiflorica
Sep 14, 20203 min read
"Going Nowhere" & the Real Adventure
While sifting through blog ideas this morning, I came across one line in my daily devotion and knew I had found my Monday Musing....
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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
Aug 26, 20203 min read
Passion Is a Puppy
Passion is a difficult one. I understand the struggle, and I'm by no means past it. But if your passion is in the puppy years, like mine,
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nikiflorica
Aug 18, 20203 min read
100% His—Reaching for the Next Level
God is so much bigger than I've always known, and He's beginning to show Himself to me in ways I hadn't imagined before. I and people in...
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nikiflorica
Aug 13, 20203 min read
Life is Joy—And What To Do About It
Earlier this week, I blogged about the inevitable reality that life is pain, and that we have only two options in that regard: to suffer,...
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nikiflorica
Aug 5, 20202 min read
The First of Many Wonders
The past few months have taught me a lot about myself—for one thing, that I spend way, way too much time in my own head. Novel-writing is...
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nikiflorica
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Need a Reason to Rejoice? Keep Reading.
Tackling new or overwhelming undertakings in our lives can be exciting, but it can also be laden with baggage—fear and uncertainty, doubt an
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nikiflorica
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Because Prayer Works
Prayer works. Not always in the ways we expect, not always in the cookie-cutter outcomes we may look for, but God and His Holy Spirit are co
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nikiflorica
Jul 7, 20202 min read
Self-Hatred: That Dark Indulgence
To indulge, by definition, is to "allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of" something. And it really can be anything. We tend to think of...
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nikiflorica
Jul 1, 20203 min read
Here in the Land of the Living
We already know that getting through this life with our faith intact means eternal life, joy, and ecstasy in heaven. But God doesn't just da
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