NIKI FLORICA

I think it would alarm me if I actually knew how much time I spend with my head down, watching the road ahead of me. On walks, I barely...

Imagine this. You have a dream about something you've been dreading. It goes badly. You screw up, or the whole shebang goes south in the...

When you stop to count them, a TON of spiritual traits boil down to good ol' fashioned acts of will. Prayerfulness. Forgiveness....

I'm usually pretty good at laughing at myself. You know, when the stakes are low. When things get stressful, though, and nobody else is...

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...

Meet Dudley, Myrtle, and Rudy, the three happy snowmen mascots of this Thankful Thursday post. Technically, I should be studying for my...

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...

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...

I've always known what it's like to have Someone in my life who would never let me down. You'd think after all this time I'd figure out...

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...

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,...

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

I must have been three, maybe four years old when I went with my grandparents to pick this adorable pup from its litter mates. Since that...

Despite the mountain of bookish research I could be doing at present, I'm taking a brief respite to enjoy this fine Thankful Thursday...

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...

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...

"The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be...

This past Saturday I had the pleasure and honour of attending a book signing hosted by a wonderful family friend. It was my first signing...

One temptation that seems prevalent in our luxury-cushioned first-world is the urge to dwell on ourselves. Whether it's that nagging...