Wednesday, December 31, 2008

2008年買了的中文唱片


Binary | 謝安琪
Change | 陳柏宇
Eason's Moving On Stage 1 | 陳奕迅
GooMusicCollection | 何韻詩
Infinity Journey | 王菀之

King of the Road | 黃耀明
L!Ve Is... Karen Mok | 莫文蔚
Le Nouvel Album | 劉浩龍
Love Moments 新曲+精選 | 陳曉東
Over The Rainbow | At17

Reel One | JOY
Rock N Break | 張繼聰
Seasons5 | 李家強
Start From Here | 王若琳
Ten Days In The Madhouse | 何韻詩

Urban Emotions | 張敬軒
Words of Slience | 麥浚龍
Your Love | 林峰
公主幫的冒險世界 | 公主幫@模范棒棒堂
城市旅人 | 林一峰

大開色界 | 劉美君
失敗者的飛翔 | 陳綺貞
家傳戶曉 | 群星
富甲天下 | 農夫
後。青春期的詩 | 五月天

愛的根源 The Best Sound Ever Reborn | 譚詠麟
憶蓮 Live 07 | 林憶蓮
我哋大家 | 林海峰
早安 晨之美 | 盧廣仲
未來 | 方大同

杯酒當歌 許冠傑人生4部曲 | 許冠傑
潘源良二五精神永不完全集 | 潘源良
無與倫比的美麗 | 蘇打綠
王菀之Ivana國語創作專輯 | 王菀之
破捲而出 | 自然卷

聽 | 趙學而
蕭敬騰同名專輯 | 蕭敬騰
藍 | 藍奕邦
金聲演奏廳 | 蔡琴
命中注定我愛你 - 電視原聲帶

黑糖群俠傳電視原聲帶 | 棒棒堂
The 1st Eleven Years 然後呢 (1997 - 2007) 跨世紀國語精選 | 陳奕迅
3/8 (新曲 + 精選) | 謝安琪
20 Twenty | 謝霆鋒
100種生活 | 盧廣仲
903 Id Club拉闊變奏廳 謝安琪Kay Live | 謝安琪

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

溫泉

在溫哥華下雪的日子,格外懷念台北的半戶外溫泉。
水熱,風清,就夠了。




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Saturday, December 27, 2008

真的有personal的禱告嗎?

在來一個point:
或許「你的祈禱已經被聽見了。」真正的意義在於 “right timing” ,上帝係唔俾個仔撒迦利亞直至耶穌出現在約翰出生後的六個月。沒錯,我們的禱告很多的像撒迦利亞求子是很 “personal” 的,但有沒有想過最 “personal” 的要求在上帝的手內,還是有個叫萬事都互相效力的得意佈局呢?

我以前聽得的最多禱告操練就是死祈爛祈,然而聖經的見證卻告訴我們就在遺忘的絕望中,衪依然在自已的計劃中 "remember",這,才是真正的恩典。


原文出自咸魚口擘擘blog

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禱告蒙應允的timing

今日陳榆講施洗約翰父親撒迦利亞的禱告,精彩。
問題是你猜撒迦利亞求子祈到幾歲的呢?我想沒有試管嬰兒等新發明的當日,撒迦利亞會否冒老婆已是過了高齡產婦這個關口仍然非常懇切禱告直到伊利沙白停經為止?若果我們假設他們就在伊利沙白停經後就停止向神求子,那麼在他們停止禱告多年到〝年紀老邁〞,那種絕望當然跟瑪利亞不盡相同。[...] 我愈來愈感到撒迦利亞的不信合理,[...] 就在這不信的背後,我發現「你的祈禱已經被聽見了」才顯得寶貴,上帝仍然記得我們已遺忘的禱告。就好像單身求偶,求到60歲最後放棄,誰知79歲天使在你生日講「你的祈禱已經被聽見了。」「玩咩?」來次不信後,上帝又來整啞你,80歲竟然識到30歲靚仔言語治療師還不到一個月就拉埋天窗,最諷刺自是第一句講得出的 “I do!”

我以前聽得的最多禱告操練就是死祈爛祈,然而聖經的見證卻告訴我們就在遺忘的絕望中,衪依然在自已的計劃中 "remember",這,才是真正的恩典。


原文出自咸魚口擘擘blog

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Friday, December 26, 2008

林夕 與 諾貝爾文學獎

我真的幾喜歡健吾先生寫的評論,雖然早前在報刊上看過他的訪問,對他本人好感不高。

社會新聞娛樂化、政治新聞甜品化,結果整個香港就「光明頂化」。立法會議員鄭家富先生在議會談及巴士公司撤銷轉乘優惠時的「發言內容」,竟然可以跟電台節目隨便在巴士站找一個阿婆做的街頭訪問所說的一樣。議員的發言,發泄情緒的功能大於陳理。《城市論壇》在台下發言的的士司機代表,隨便都可以交出一句陶傑式的「副局長就咩都唔做拎20萬,我地個個月都踩幾更都唔夠交油錢車租,你話呢個咩世界?」雷曼的投資者對著鏡頭說:「呢D根本就係金融界既三聚氰胺。政府、金管局、銀行係咪要毒死我地呢D香港市民先安樂?」看香港的記者大哥大姐們追逐跟特首會面後的旅遊局長時,記者如食人魚,一哄而上,我以為國內的高官去了福臨門吃飯。這就是梁家榮先生口中所說,在他的新聞理論下出現的新聞生態嗎?

追求快感已經成為消費媒體內容時大部份人的唯一要求。有很多道理是需要用文字理解,有很多虛話是經不起邏輯驗證的。但是,事已至此,學者又好,公共知識分子也罷,寫到手斷,都不會有人會去改變這個瘋狂的世界。

年頭的春照事件,年尾的王先生倪先生周小姐張小姐,你又有沒有談過讀過討論過分享過消費過?獵巫,是沒止境的。今日倪軀王軀張軀歸故土,他朝君體他體也相同。我們下一個爛雞蛋的目標是什麼?我想,下一個陳世美∕bastard∕花心男∕負心漢未出現之前,所有娛樂雜誌的大佬們,都一定會高聲齊唱衛蘭姐姐的新唱片的第5首,《你知道我在等你們分手嗎?》。

有沒有人幫個忙,提名林夕先生到諾貝爾文學獎?


原文出自明報Blog

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Thursday, December 25, 2008

活著就是聖誕老人


今年,我扮了兩次聖誕老人。不是偷偷地買禮物俾個仔那種,是全副武裝俾小朋友坐大腿影相那種。

其實我18年前已經扮過聖誕老人。今次重出江湖,不同的是,除了拍照,我還穿著聖誕老人服來講道。

聖誕老人講道?對,有甚麼出奇,Santa Claus 的原型 St. Nicholas 不是個會講道的 Myra 主教嗎?

St. Nicholas 的故事是一個關於施贈的故事。我們作為基督的門徒,本來就應該代入施贈的一方;可是現代信徒,在這所謂普天同慶的日子,似乎更希望和習慣飾演受禮的一方。所以,我們在聖誕節,比平日,離開基督的心,更遠。

如果要湊合催谷消費救市的計劃我本該鼓勵各位教友慷慨解囊,買些貴重的聖誕禮物送給親友。在聖誕節那天帶老少一家享受豐富的一餐。但我想講的卻正與這消費救市的原則背道而馳,我以為耶穌聖誕給我們的啟示是神貧,是節儉。

我並不反對你們今年買貴重禮物,吃豐富大餐,但在這耶穌誕生在馬槽的紀念日我們不妨想想:目下的金融海嘯歸根毛病出在那裡?還不是出於過份的消費?貪心無厭賺快錢?不負責任的金融運作?不需向市民負責的官員,沒有監管金融的市場?

[...] 耶穌聖誕給我們的啟示是神貧,是節儉。


施,比受,更為有福。活出 St. Nicholas 的生命;活出基督的生命。

原文出自陳日君主教2008的聖誕牧函

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Deconstructing Church Ministry

網友 ahtimsir 在他的 Xanga 貼出了一系列題為 "Deconstructing Church Ministry" 的文章,發人深省。
Do you sometimes hear people confess that he/she draws up a plan by himself/herself and then present it to God, only to regret it later because he/she should have instead went to God first to seek His will and plans for us? Unfortunately, whenever we plan, there's often an aspect of planning in which we try to predict the future -- something humans can never do. [...] "How often do the things we plan in life work out just the way we planned them? [...] Have you ever gotten one day to go according to plan? [...] We need to stop worrying about planning and spend more time preparing." We prepare by praying (Prov 19:21), by waiting, by being willing to be directed by God (Prov 16:9).


Deconstructing Church Ministry (1): Lessons From Agile SW Development
Deconstructing Church Ministry (2): Corporate Discernment
Deconstructing Church Ministry (3): Prepared For Change
Deconstructing Church Ministry (4): Examples

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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Screwtape on stage

最近,Screwtape Letters的話劇版在芝加哥上演:
On the night that I saw the play, a Q & A followed the performance. Two thirds of the audience stayed for it. I spotted small groups from about four different churches from around Chicago-land. Yet it seemed they had brought friends who were not necessarily from their church, but were interested in an evening of professional theater. Several groups continued the conversations from the Q & A into the bar next door. I noticed McLean and Fiske were also there, making themselves available to groups of people who wanted to discuss the ideas of the play. The event not only brought the novel to life, but became a kind of communal affair.

Certainly the individual can read the novel and wrestle with the ideas in the privacy of their own home. However, when Screwtape is standing a few feet away in real flesh and blood, and he steps down afterwards and dialogues about what just took place, and when others around you are engaging in the concepts of the play, those ideas become harder to dismiss.

我常常希望,能有這齣話劇的中文版本上演。這對當代半冷不熱、至終倒在屬靈戰場而不自知的信徒有莫大的提醒作用。我覺得每個基督徒都應看Screwtape Letters,如果能有話劇,就更能將之普及化和形像化。各位攪話劇的戰友,諗諗佢。

原文出自relevantmagazine.com
圖片來自theatermania.com

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

10 design rules to keep in mind

(1) Communicate — don't decorate.
(2) Speak with a visual voice.
(3) Use two typeface families maximum. OK, maybe three.
(4) Pick colors on purpose.
(5) If you can do it with less, then do it.
(6) Negative space is magical — create it, don't just fill it up!
(7) Treat the type as image, as though it's just as important.
(8) Be universal; remember that it's not about you.
(9) Be decisive. Do it on purpose — or don't do it at all.
(10) Symmetry is the ultimate evil.


Except the last one, I completely agree, especially (3). In fact, not just in design, but you can apply these rules in other areas as well. OK, maybe not (3) and (7).

原文出自Presentation Zen, introducing "Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual" by Timothy Samara

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

不切實際

專家指,只要一場愛情喜劇,就足以影響人們對愛情的態度,讓人對兩性關係產生不切實際的期待與幻想。研究負責人赫爾姆斯(Bjarne Holmes)教授說:「婚姻顧問經常遇到這樣的伴侶,他們以為性生活應該永遠完美無缺,對方若是真命天子,不需言語便會和你有心靈感應……我們現在有愈來愈多證據,證明主流媒體令這些意識在人們腦裏潛移默化。」 赫氏指出,愛情劇總愛講「命中注定」,但「若你相信這些東西,等於是自尋煩惱」。

小心選擇讓甚麼東西進入你。

原文出自明報2008.12.18 MP+

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

hooking up

The paradigm has shifted. Dating is dated. Hooking up is here to stay.
[...] hooking up is a casual sexual encounter with no expectation of future emotional commitment. Think of it as a one-night stand with someone you know.

Under the old model, you dated a few times and, if you really liked the person, you might consider having sex. Under the new model, you hook up a few times and, if you really like the person, you might consider going on a date.

So why is there an increase in hooking up? According to Professor Bogle, it’s: the collapse of advanced planning, lopsided gender ratios on campus, delaying marriage, relaxing values and sheer momentum.
It used to be that “you were trained your whole life to date,” said Ms. Bogle. “Now we’ve lost that ability — the ability to just ask someone out and get to know them.
Now that’s sad.


Sex is getting more and more impersonal - a mere physical activity where you find joy and excitement, somewhat like chewing gum. We marvel at the intimacy that sex gives - be it only an illusion - but couldn't get in real life. But in doing so we are hurting ourselves more and more and one day we'll lost the ability to connect with anyone. That's so broken - and sad.


原文出自New York Times

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Monday, December 15, 2008

教人

觀塘官立中學劉國華老師:
教了書20年,其實是在『教人』,而不是『教科目』;學生不會記起我教他們的化學理論,但不會忘記我與他們的感情和教誨。


原文出自明報2008.12.16港聞版校記SMS

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Saturday, December 13, 2008

The Worst Tech Predictions

10. "X-rays will prove to be a hoax" – Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society, in 1883.

9. Spam will be solved – Bill Gates, 2004.

8. "The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys" – Sir William Preece, chief engineer at the Post Office in 1878

7. Nobody would ever need more than 640KB of memory on their personal computer– Bill Gates in 1981, allegedly.

6. "We stand on the threshold of rocket mail" – US postmaster general Arthur Summerfield in 1959

5. In 1933, after the first flight of the Boeing 247, a plane that could hold ten people, a proud Boeing engineer reportedly said, "There will never be a bigger plane built."

4. TV won't last because people would, "soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night" – Darryl Zanuck in 1946

3. "Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality within ten years" – Alex Lewyt, president of the Lewyt Corp vacuum company

2. No need for a computer in the home – Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp in 1977

1. The iPod will never take off – Sir Alan Sugar in 2005


原文出自T3 Magazine

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Friday, December 12, 2008

發火

倪匡被記者追問對兒子與女友分手的感受時發火說:
那你要問甚麼?如何看法?你和你男朋友分手,你的家長可以如何看法!可以講甚麼!你想也知道答案了,對吧?[...] 話明個人感受,我為何要告訴你?這只是他們兩個人的事,為何你們傳媒一定要浪費時間關注這些小事,劉曉波坐牢這等國家大事 你怎不去採訪?社會付出那麼多資源裁培你們,你們為何不做點有意義的事?他們兩個到底做了甚麼大事,是牽涉到人類命運還是經濟海嘯,你們一定要追訪?[...] 肯和你說這麼多,我已覺得自己好低B!

Bingo,全中,strike!

原文出自Ticklish Blog by 鄧小樺

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Change

Father, today is another new day, it may just be yet another ordinary day, but I'm ready for change.
Lord, teach me to keep my heart & ears open, to hear what you have to say to me in your whispers.
Holy spirit, remind me that in my prayer, I listen up instead of telling you what I want to do, get a signature to do what I want to do.

Thank you for all the blessings around me, but I thank you even more for the loneliness and brokenness in my life, it is because of them I'm discovering my desires for you. Please help me to dig a deeper space in my heart so that you can fill my life.

Love,
Son, only because of Grace :)

- a prayer written by an anonymous brother

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Prayer Support

The biggest support that I need in my ministry at AFC Vancouver is your prayer support, for what we do here cannot be accomplished by human effort alone without the power of God.

I have recently set up an online prayer support group on Facebook. It is also mirrored on Google for those who do not use Facebook. I will be sending out monthly prayer updates through the groups. I will also post my personal sharing over there from time to time.

Please support me with your commitment to pray for me on a regular basis and join one of the prayer support groups. Thank you.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

人生就像「茄哩啡」


一晚,我們看黃子華棟篤笑,他說,現在很多人對待自己的人生就像「茄哩啡」,做動作片沒動作,做感情戲沒感情,畢生最大成就是「我到咗喎!我出現了呀」。

這樣的人生,多sad。

原文出自lazylife.org

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

無良

繼早前Vancouver救世軍倉庫被盜,遭偷走80箱聖誕禮物後,Surrey的食物賙濟庫也在6天內5度遭人爆竊,偷走包括電腦等貴重物品逾萬元。

啲賊諗乜?!

不過也有好賊:
上周三凌晨自救世軍(The Salvation Army)溫市貨倉盜走80箱玩具的惡劣行徑,連同道中人也看不過眼。一些過往從事過非法勾當、瞭解贓物下落的人士,星期日下午向警方舉報,起回26箱玩具。至此,救世軍已經找回了贈送給兒童做聖誕禮物的一半失竊玩具。


原文出自加西版星島日報2008.12.09

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這就是現況

網上流傳一個女生和網友交談,甚至脫光衣服「裸聊」,肉帛相見,內容給人上載到Facebook網頁的相簿,因加密不善,遭父母無意中打開看到,他們震驚得難以想像。

一個13歲、就讀9班的香港移民家庭的女兒,去年通過網絡交友網站認識一個19歲男友。男孩的雙親是台灣移民,父母管教不力導致他不務正業,輟學在餐廳打工。兩人相戀後感情迅速升溫,墜入情網的女孩不讀書、不回家,最終三次懷孕三次墮胎。

皇家騎警最近拘捕32歲的卑詩基隆拿男子,指他涉嫌通過互聯網社交網站Facebook引誘逾140個少女。另外,一英國男子專程來溫哥華,要跟通過互聯網認識的13歲少女見面,圖謀不軌,東窗事發而遭遞解出境。

青少年癖癮輔導員黃承斌則認為,青少年被網絡吸引,不少是逃避現實生活中的惡劣人際關係、溝通不良以及家庭問題。


原文出自加西版星島日報2008.12.08

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Monday, December 08, 2008

說走就走


這兩天極疲憊,而且腰痛,按醫生的提議要浸熱水浴。結果,用了兩天泡在浴缸中的時間,看完了這本書。

這是台灣兩父子徒步51天環島旅遊的記錄。問到為何要徒步環島,兒子的答案是,不為甚麼,就是想走走。當然,在艱苦的旅途上,47歲的爸爸和12歲的兒子都對自己,對對方,對土地,對國家,對人民,有更深刻的體會。

書是令人感動的。我感動的是父母沒有因為徒步環島這異想天開的想法壓下了兒子的創意和決心,反而是陪著他將夢想實現;我感動的是他們在路途上遇到許多幫助他們的人,見證了人的善良;我感動的是他們做到了許多人都在夢想卻始終不敢去做的事。

我想到了唸大二時背著背囊遊歐洲45天的日子。當然沒有魯家父子般辛苦,但我會說,那趟旅遊同樣改變了我的生命。對許多事情的看法不再一樣,我的世界變得廣闊。我常常鼓勵學生去歐洲浪遊,但敢去的沒有多少個。

正如書中說,未去之前會想到許多問題,但一上路,那些都不是問題了。但幾多人站在人生邊上猶疑,不相信自己可以踏出那一步,結果只有羨慕和遺憾的份。

說走就走。


更多介紹:
博客來書籍館
兩父子的部落格

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Sunday, December 07, 2008

做機構的「二億三千萬」

「時代論壇」社長李錦洪在明光社十週年社慶上送給他們「二億三千萬」:
第一「億」是失「憶」,社長勉勵明光社同工要走出近年「被打壓」、「被逼害」的心理陰霾。第二「億」是回「憶」,數算這十年的恩典。

三「千萬」是甚麼呢?其實「千萬」是「一定」的意思。第一,千萬要珍惜同路人;第二,千萬要在俗世洪流中堅持其信息;第三,千萬要安息,從平靜中支取力量和智慧,有時候溫柔和沉默亦是力量。

社長更引用《笑傲江湖》為例,「令狐沖能夠笑傲江湖,就是因為能『忘‧記』--忘卻別人對他的中傷攻擊,但卻記著別人的恩惠友情。做機構工作,有時亦需要一些俠義精神!」


原文和圖片出自明光社網頁

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Saturday, December 06, 2008

復修的異象


以下是我和一班同工幾日前在「使者」的異象分享祈禱會中的分享。我們看到的異象,是一個關於生命和群體復修的異象。而我們期望看見的,是溫哥華(甚至全加拿大)教會的復興。

我們仍然在摸索中。歡迎回應。

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Friday, December 05, 2008

A Call To Repent

Taking the words from Charles Dickens,
now is
the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness,
the epoch of belief, the epoch of incredulity,
the season of Light, the season of Darkness.


Most of us when we heard the news of the Canadian political parties joining in the coalition, we reacted in disbelief, hopelessness, or contrary in anger and outrage. As our emotions subside, the fact remains our country facing is yet another turning point [...]

As "everything is spiritual", what our country is facing is also a spiritual matter. Much like the Israelites in the age of the Judges, their actions in worshipping various other gods and violating the covenant with God, provoked God to anger and resulted in the tests God put before Israel. Canada is a nation that has sinned before the eyes of God, and doing so, we must repent.

We, as citizens of this nation, must repent.
We, as Christ's Church on the earth for not having diligently fulfill our duty as light and salt, must repent.
We, as Christians in this country, must repent on behalf of our country.
We must be on guard for our country, and stand up in the face of evil.
We must be the watchmen for our own country.

Hence, on behalf of Ambassadors For Christ in Canada, I am calling a
"Repentance Prayer Meeting for Canada" 「認罪守望祈禱會」.
I am calling all Christians who are willing to take upon the task to be the watchmen for Canada to join us, in repent, and on guard for our much-loved country.

I pray that God's mercy will come upon our land.
I pray that God's anger will pass over us.
I pray that God's abundance grace will bestow upon us and forgive us.

I urge you, join me, at 10:00AM PST this Saturday, Dec. 6th, 2008, in a Repentance Prayer Meeting for Canada.
It will be held in AFC RoomC, address at:
Unit 2120 Pacific Plaza
8888 Odlin Crescent
Richmond, BC

Doors will be open at 9:30AM; meeting will start at 10:00AM.

I also urge those outside of Vancouver, to join us in prayer at your own time zone. We are physically apart, but spiritually we are in one.

When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will HEAL their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

2 Chronicles 7:13-15


原文出自Wayne Kwok @ PP959.com

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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Coalition for what?

It's not about whether it is legitimate or legal. It's about what is right and what is wrong.

What is wrong with the current government that it deserved to be overthrown? Or is it just because they have different point of views, which neither of them can claim 100% flawless?

How stable or effective can the new government be if its prime minister will only work for six months? What benefits will it bring if the function of this government depends on a group who does not support the confederation at all?

I do not think that the role of the opposition is to overthrow the government, but to support it with alternative point of view.

This is not a single incident. Our values are so screwed up, we as Canada need to repent. We have done wrong against each others and against heaven.

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
- 2 Chronicales 7:14


picture from www.ctv.com

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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

considering Christmas shopping...


Our current economy depends on excessive levels of personal consumption, even when this consumer spending is resulting in personal and ecological debt beyond a sustainable level. As a result, both the economic and the ecological systems are in crisis. Both need immediate attention and drastic interventions.

Let’s honor Jdimytai Damour by promising “never again.” Let’s celebrate the holiday season in ways that build something new.


原文出自Story of Stuff Blog by Annie Leonard
picture from this site

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Monday, December 01, 2008

是誰偷走了我的教會?

有一位牧師,把一群青年人自少就提攜著、栽培著,期望他們是教會的將來的支柱。他們一個一個的成長了,畢業了,工作了,結婚了,生孩子了。牧師對他們的關懷從未減少,只是等待他們在教會負起更多事奉崗位。可是,他們其中一個跑到別的教會去。然後,這些青年人,一個接著一個,跟他蟬曳過別枝。有的說是尋找自己成長空間,有的說為下一代屬靈的成長找出路。牧師想不通,他們都不是自己一手帶大的嗎?他認為,別的教會把他的小羊偷了。
移民潮方盛的時代,加拿大某教會,每個禮拜都來了一兩家新移民。起初他們都很興奮,教會人多了。漸漸,他們覺得不太舒服。做禮拜時他們慣常坐的座位,給人佔了。而牧師好像沒空理會他們,少去探訪他們了。教會成立了新的團契,牧師每次聚會都去,而舊有的聚會,牧師都不常見影蹤。他們一談起來,都有同感。牧師給這些新來教會的人偷去了。當教會沒法再容得下這麼多新朋友時,牧師建議擴堂。他們為了保住牧師,不讓給偷走,把牧師的意見否決了。
一群教會的創會元老,忽然發現他們的教會好像不存在了。自從牧師上任已來,教會做事的方法跟從前不同。教會沒錯是有很大發展,人數增加,事工也增加了。不過,他們卻不是味道,因為向他們請示意見的人愈來愈少,都聽牧師的帶領而行。牧師才來了兩、三年,那裡能像自從第一天就在教會聚會的忠心份子一樣,明白教會的需要。他們坐下來,探討這個現象的根由,結論是牧師偷走了他們的教會。
誰以為有誰偷走了他的教會,其實就是把基督的教會偷了,當作是自己私人的東西。


要提醒自己(包括我),最後一句,切戒,切戒。

原文出自「羅錫為牧師案頭 The Soul-Journ of a Pastor」,轉載於 littleho's blog

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