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“How lukewarm and negligent we are! We lose our original fervor very quickly and we even become weary of life from laziness! [Don’t] you, who have seen so many examples of the devout, fall asleep in the pursuit of virtue!” (“The Imitation of Christ”, Thomas a Kempis, translated by Aloysius Croft and Harold Bolton, Book One, Chapter 18).

“I know what you have done, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. But since you are lukewarm and not hot or cold, I’m going to spit you out of my mouth” (Revelation 3:15-16 God’s Word).

Where I work a stop sign greets people, everyone, as they enter the site. A stop sign is common. It always means the same thing.

But the funny thing is many people drive right past it. Read more…

In a conversation today with my co-worker he mentioned how quickly the day seemed to be going. He meant it as a good thing because we were busy without being driven to distraction by too much activity. I answered, “It’s too early to be so late.” Read more…

I have never touched the sky,
but I have climbed above the clouds. Read more…

“Make every effort to
add integrity to your faith; Read more…