http://www.nicolewick.com Nicole Wick Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:26:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Confession: Monday night I had the most filthy, dirty, pornographic dream about bread. Garlic bread, to be exact. Five large, warm, fluffy, cheesy garlic breadsticks with butter dipping sauce. It tasted so amazing I actually woke up drooling. Honestly, it was the closest I'll ever get to a wet ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/03/tough-questions-rating-sin/ I want to take a second to update everyone on what's going on in my world. ~ On April 5th I'll be doing the next XXXChurch Live event with Craig Gross. I'm totally excited about it. You can watch live on the XXXChurch website and ask questions in the live chat. ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/03/heres-whats-going-on/ J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is one of the greatest American novels of all time. Holden, the teenage character at the heart of this story, is struggling with life, and change, and people, and growing up. In the book he describes this dream to his little sister, ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/03/in-case-you-were-wondering-2/ I few weeks ago Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite were gracious enough to let me guest post on their awesome site. I was honored to share this post with the People of the Second Chance community. A few weeks ago when everyone was showing off their #RealMe on Facebook and Twitter ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/02/the-real-me-potsc-repost/ I’m writing this post from a few thousand feet as I fly from my hometown, Detroit, to Las Vegas for a business meeting. I’m an impatient person, so being forced to sit still for a four-hour flight cramped between the window and a stranger drinking cheap red wine is a ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/02/mundane-moments/ Let me start by saying that using this image made me really, really uncomfortable. I HATE that word and it upsets me when people use it. Hopefully it makes you uncomfortable too. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. We all know that saying. I would ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/02/sticks-and-stones/ A few years ago I took a women's issues class when I was working on my counseling degree. We were given a copy of the following essay titled "How To Be A Good Wife" from a home economics textbook written in 1954: Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/01/are-you-a-good-wife/ Craig Gross posted this on the XXXChurch site Wednesday: One of the speakers on the XXXChurch team ended his own life yesterday, and I don’t know how to handle it. His name is Steve Glisan. You can watch his story by clicking here [below]. You can read some of ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/01/join-me-in-prayer/ I'm really screwed up. And so is my family. That's why we're so fun :) Anyway, Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite created a wonderful community for people like me, and maybe someone like you, called People of the Second Chance. It's a really cool community for people who need to experience ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/01/potsc/ I asked a Twitter/blog friend, Tyler Braun, to guest post today. You'll love him, seriously. His blog, Man of Depravity always makes me think and he always has something valuable to say on Twitter. In addition to blogging, Tyler is a worship leader in Portland where he lives with his ... http://www.nicolewick.com/2010/01/missional-worship-by-tyler-braun/