Rev Bill

This just in:  The Onion is reporting that the United Nations has demanded that Willy Wonka make his candy factory available for inspections. 
According to the story:

The chocolate-making capabilities of Wonka’s heavily fortified compound have long been a source of speculation. Wonka, defying international calls for full disclosure, has maintained his silence regarding his factory’s [...]

The 106th Christian Carnival is up at Technogypsy.  Taking the lead from last week’s Carnival, which was organized around the Rule of St. Benedict, this week’s Carnival is centered around sayings of St. Isaac of  Syria.   There are many posts this week, inclucing mine — God Is Love – which is under the quote from [...]

Rob points to this quote from Seth Godin:
The enemy of creativity is fear.
…the enemy of fear is creativity.

I know this to be true.  So many times I am afraid to try something new — to do something in a different way — because I am afraid I might fail — or others may not like [...]

This week’s Monday’s Monk is another quote from the American Trappist Monk and author Thomas Merton.
Merton once wrote:
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.

Striving [...]

I got the following comment to my post: About Pat from Seth Manapeo, who I presume read the post as a part of the latest GOD or NOT Carnival.

I’m confused by your god. The old testament god was certainly vengeful and full of wroth, if wroth is the word I want. It is certainly claimed [...]