Spiritual Landscape of the Post-Modern World
I am reading "Simply Christian" by N.T. Wright. He told a parable about the spiritual landscape of the post-modern world. Below is my translation of the story as appeared on the registration booklet of AFC Production Conference 2006:
What can we do to purify the mud water?
從前有一條村莊，擁有最清澈甘甜的泉水。但大家在享用泉水的同時，卻又覺得泉水影嚮了他們的生活：因為泉水會隨時不知在甚麼地方突然湧出來啊！實在是不方便。
後來，政府決定將整條村莊的地面鋪上厚厚的混凝土，阻止泉水隨時溢出；再安裝供水系統，讓大家可以方便地取水。大家都覺得實在很方便，不會在突然間在路中心有水冒出來了... 雖然，大家都覺得，水的味道沒有以前的好。
然而，終於一天，地下的水累積了壓力，衝開混凝土噴出來。一時間，全城都有水亂噴亂竄；但卻不是清澈甘甜的泉水，而是混濁的泥水...
What can we do to purify the mud water?
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