Labels: On the light side, Personal
I informed the community that the idea has been tentatively raised that the church that split off from us might be interested in renting our building as their meeting place. I don’t think I’m speaking out of school because the issue is now public. There are no secrets. I opened up the floor for discussion and there was lots said and emotions expressed. I loved it… not because we are anywhere near a decision or anything like that. I loved it because these people feel free to speak their minds, no matter how shocking or disturbing or unprocessed it might be. The sign of a healthy community is not having it all together, but being able to speak freely.
I came to the conclusion, almost as soon as people started to share their concerns, fears and questions, that the conclusion isn’t going to be the most important thing, but the process. This will be good to go through all these tangled notions and emotions and pull our forgiveness to a deeper place and our wisdom to a richer expression love.
Labels: Reflection
The things we fear most in organizations -- fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances -- are the primary sources of creativity.
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Labels: Interesting, Pi
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聖詩的歌詞盛載著的信仰可以融入生命於無形之中，其力量之巨大，不下於──甚至遠遠超過──神學的偉論，或滔滔的講道。崇拜的詩歌是教會的信仰宣認，也是基督教生命教育的教材。過往，教會非常嚴格地守住這一關。現在，不知從何時開始，不少教牧放了手，崇拜交託給詩歌敬拜小組的年青人，就連帶領崇拜的主席角色，也交給了信仰經歷尚淺的年青信徒。
Labels: Pi, Reflection, Worship
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一場倒模的葛福臨佈道會竟然可吸引三十萬人次參加，令人感到宗教的威力，其威力不在於葛福臨，也不在於他要宣揚的「福音」，而是教會的動員力量，[...]
想不到《瞄》總編輯林沛理也是葛福臨布道會的座上客，他指葛氏的發言，缺乏肺腑之言，恍如「一家上市公司的首席財務官向股東報告企業的盈利」，這真是一針見血。[...]
恕我斗膽講一句，當我愈走近這些建制教會，我便感到離「福音」愈遠；當我愈看台上佈道者那精心計算的演講，我眼裏的淚水便愈想滾下來，悲歎現代佈道的生命力逐漸流失，變得蒼白。他們心中盤算的，與層壓式推銷公司的主管有甚麼分別？還不是佈道過後有多少人入會？！
基督本身是個反建制的「社會主義」者，與佈道台上的名牌講者何其格格不入！
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Where did Jesus ascend to in Acts 1?
Heaven.
Where is Heaven?
...?
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