<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923</id><updated>2012-02-13T09:50:25.398-05:00</updated><category term='reflection'/><category term='emotions'/><category term='travel'/><category term='people'/><category term='picture'/><category term='AFC'/><category term='church'/><category term='books'/><category term='feelings'/><category term='journal'/><category term='prayers'/><category term='missions'/><category term='Christianity'/><category term='video'/><category term='song'/><category term='thanksgiving'/><category term='devotion'/><category term='fun'/><category term='dream'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='review'/><category term='readings'/><category term='campus'/><title type='text'>www.xteam.ca</title><subtitle type='html'>世人行動實係幻影。他們忙亂，真是枉然。積聚財富，不知將來有誰收取﹖Surely a man egoes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! (詩篇Ps39:6)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>342</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8905513719510757811</id><published>2012-02-13T09:49:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T09:50:25.407-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>信與不信者不可能「同負一軛」</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.gospelherald.com.hk/mobile/article.htm?id=2084&amp;amp;code=gen#.Tzki4gG9qVs.blogger"&gt;基督日報&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;婚姻輔導牧者：信與不信者不可能「同負一軛」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;女多男少是不少教會的事實，而大量「剩女」令一些信徒不禁想到：與未信主的男性結婚是否也未嘗不可呢﹖紐約救贖主長老教會的（Redeemer Presbyterian Church）蒂姆•凱勒牧師的師母凱西引用《聖經》經文指出：「基督徒與非基督徒結婚是行不通的。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;凱西師母經常要幫助會友處理信徒與不信者婚姻關係的問題。《聖經》教導「信與不信，不應同負一軛」凱西說當某個信徒的心已經屬於不信的人，那麼要他去實踐聖經裡面教導的一些不可妥協的原則就加倍困難了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;她分析了與不信之人結婚將帶來的三種可能的結果，但是沒有一個是幸福的。第一是為了和配偶在生活上保持協調，基督徒在婚姻中不得不把耶穌放在自己生命的次要位置，這將影響著原來敬虔的生活、十一奉獻、撫養孩子以及和其他信徒的交通。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;第二種可能的結果恰好相反。假如信主一方堅持保持健康的信仰生活，那麼對方變相就會受到排斥和冷落，比如不能一起靈修、參與團契生活及各種相關信仰的活動。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;最後一種是其中一方做出妥協，但結果很可能帶來婚姻的決裂，因為然有一方「認輸」，但是那只會讓雙方的心更加孤單或受委屈。而當這種壓力達到一個極限時，會來到感情破裂。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;凱西的「不對等的負扼」所指的不僅是信與不信者的結合，還包括真正的基督徒欲與屬靈生命仍極不成熟，即雙方信仰成熟程度差距太大的二人的結合。她認為對於這些「不對等婚姻」，最好的牧養方法是多聽他們心聲，體會他們因悖逆上帝的教導而造成的痛苦，並邀請他們接受針對性的專業輔導。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;人們經常誤以為在婚姻中可以改變對方，但婚姻輔導師、同時是《Marriage for Today: A Practical Guide for Couples》的作者麥克•福克斯（Mike Fox）指出：這種「改變」不僅指性格和情感上、也適用在屬靈生命上。如果以「改變對方的屬靈情況」為結婚的理由，結果只會事與願違。他提醒基督徒「決不要帶著結婚後改變對方的想法步入婚姻殿堂。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-8905513719510757811?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.gospelherald.com.hk/mobile/article.htm?id=2084&amp;code=gen#.Tzki4gG9qVs.blogger' title='信與不信者不可能「同負一軛」'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/8905513719510757811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=8905513719510757811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8905513719510757811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8905513719510757811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2012/02/blog-post.html' title='信與不信者不可能「同負一軛」'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-7517974644299403972</id><published>2012-02-11T17:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T17:05:49.419-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>Loyalty</title><content type='html'>SUNDIN SAYS HIS LOYALTY WAS BOTH STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"My strength and maybe my weakness is that I'm a loyal guy," the former Leafs captain said Friday. "I felt that you spend so much time in an organization and in Toronto, I always saw myself winning the Stanley Cup in Toronto.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Still, he was never interested in being a rental player just for the chance win a Cup with another team.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;"When you're 22 or 23, it's about winning the championship," he said. "As you grow older you enjoy the journey, the travel and the grind of getting together a group of guys in the fall and build up to a goal in the spring. (That) was the thing that was great, the long-term commitment."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-7517974644299403972?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://tsn.ca/toronto/story/?id=387418' title='Loyalty'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/7517974644299403972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=7517974644299403972' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7517974644299403972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7517974644299403972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2012/02/loyalty.html' title='Loyalty'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-2306059082033761078</id><published>2011-12-31T14:41:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T14:44:18.296-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>政治正確的聖誕節</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://iquest.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=3244&amp;amp;Pid=10&amp;amp;Version=0&amp;amp;Cid=117&amp;amp;Charset=big5_hkscs#.Tv9k2cea0ck.blogger"&gt;iQuest 格思&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;政治正確的聖誕節 (2011年12月25日)&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;楊思言&lt;br /&gt;自由撰稿人&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;普天同慶的日子，公司收到以百計的祝賀電郵。本來這些電郵差不多都是千篇一律，但今天收到從獅子山學會的聖誕祝賀，足以令我整天都啼笑皆非。電郵其實是抄自一個在網上流傳的笑話，是要表達一個所謂「政治正確」的聖誕祝賀（當然，他們認為「聖誕」二字是政治不正確，應該是「假日」才對的）。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;因該電郵沒有提供中文版本（這又是政治正確的嗎？），我在此盡量為大家提供一個譯本︰&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;「本人希望向友人和同僚發出假日的祝賀，但今時今日已很難在不冒犯任何人的情況下發出祝賀的。所以我昨天找來了律師，得到其此意見後，以下是我想說的話︰&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;請容許我不論明顯或暗示地，表達一個具環保意識、社會責任、不構成壓力、病癮、並且性別中立的冬季假日祝賀，經由你所選擇的宗教或世俗傳統去實踐，同時也帶著對別人不去實踐任何宗教或世俗傳統的尊重。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;我祝願你在被廣泛接納的年曆的2012年，財源廣進、實現個人理想、無病無痛，但這並不代表對其他年曆的不尊重，抑或不尊重那些選擇使用其他年曆的社會人士，他們對我們的城市有著莫大的貢獻（也不是指我們的城市比其他城市偉大），同時也不問被祝賀者的種族、信念、膚色、年齡、身體狀況、宗教信仰或性取向。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;在此致沒有偏見的慰問。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;因保障私隱的緣故在此隱藏了祝賀者的姓名」&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;當然，電郵還未完結，之後還繫著一連串不易看懂的免責細字條款。於是我花了一點時間才讀完整個假日祝賀。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;先不說獅子山學會向港人發電郵卻不提供中文版本，又何以是政治正確的問題。果然，文中只寫了不問被祝賀者的種族、信念、膚色…等，但當中並不包括語言。若你看不懂英語，不好意思，沒有你的份兒。相反，《聖經》記載那被認為是政治不正確的聖誕故事，已被翻譯成一千二百多個語言，甚至失明人士用的凸字和給文盲或失聰人士的各種媒體，也有兒童版聖經。早期教會為了讓文盲的民眾能明白《聖經》故事，將故事轉成圖像放在教堂的四周。過往也有不少宣教士冒著生命危險將&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;《聖經》帶入未發展國家和被世界遺忘的少數民族當中。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;對不起，似乎宣揚聖誕節的故事才是政治正確的，起碼全球多個語言都有記載聖誕故事的《聖經》。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;對了，是誰決定什麼是政治正確，什麼不是呢？噢，這電郵已告訴我們，是一位律師，一位大概是中產的專業人士。所以文中也沒有提到不問被祝賀者的學歷和專業知識，因為讀者也需具備一定的知識才會明白電郵在說什麼，或所謂「政治正確」是什麼。我們這些既非中產又非專業的人真哀哉，連慶祝節日也要聽取專業意見。本來喜氣洋洋的「聖誕快樂」，連三歲小孩也能聽得明白，但現在要專業人士研究一番什麼是「政治正確」，真是難為了他們。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;《聖經》記載聖誕的訊息首先向野地的牧羊人宣講，再由他們傳開，而他們是沒有社會地位沒有學問的人。牧羊人和律師，似乎宣揚那由牧羊人傳開、不問學歷的聖誕故事才更政治正確。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;再者，根據電郵的內容，我們中國人的傳統節日，例如農曆新年和中秋節等，大概也是「政治不正確」吧。請留意，本來只有「聖誕」兩字是「政治不正確」的，但現在連「節日」也被抹煞了，只有「冬季」。我們也很難明白究竟「冬季」有什麼值得慶祝的，或為什麼春、夏、秋季時你又不傳來Season’s Greetings。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;春夏秋冬，週而復始，沒有任何值得慶祝的事情，人生真苦悶，還祝賀什麼，不如互相慰問算了！況且，任何因「聖誕快樂」而感到冒犯的人，大概就是覺得聖誕節不是一個特別的日子，如此類推應用在所有節日上，大家不如一年365天如常上班好了。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;無論如何，若你想一年裡有個值得慶祝的日子，值得放假的日子，這裡有一個藉口︰「因今天在大衛的城裡，為你們生了救主，就是主基督。」（《聖經》）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-2306059082033761078?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://iquest.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=3244&amp;Pid=10&amp;Version=0&amp;Cid=117&amp;Charset=big5_hkscs#.Tv9k2cea0ck.blogger' title='政治正確的聖誕節'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/2306059082033761078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=2306059082033761078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/2306059082033761078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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href="http://iquest.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=3211&amp;amp;Pid=10&amp;amp;Version=0&amp;amp;Cid=117&amp;amp;Charset=big5_hkscs#.Tu2JBzgw-Fc.blogger"&gt;iQuest 格思&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;有票、無票，投票、不投票，That’s the question！ (2011年12月15日) &lt;br /&gt;郭偉聯&lt;br /&gt;建道神學院神學系助理教授 &lt;br /&gt;專欄：政見相對論&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;早前有教友在Facebook問我：「CY與唐唐，究竟你會揀邊個？」我在網上看到後，沒有想多幾秒，便回了一句：「哈哈，我都無票，揀邊個都無用！」可是，不久便有精明的朋友提醒我：「你是有票的，最少你可以投票選基督教選委。」我「嘿嘿」了兩聲，靦覥地說：「是呢，我沒有盡公民責任呢。」但轉過頭便在心裡罵：「選舉選委，選黎把鬼！」我心裡咕嚕說看不到自己的一票的作用，也不想自己的一票起作用！但思緒不久便陷入佛洛依德式的本我（id）與超我（superego）鬥爭中：我不想投票？不想假民主？我政治冷感？vs.我要投神聖的一票？我沒有盡責？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;為什麼原本是文明社會一個不太複雜的動作，會變成複雜的心理鬥爭？當然可能與我的精神狀態或心理發展失調有關，但我發現原來失調的不只我一個，因為基督教的選委選舉，自籌備時已喧喧嚷嚷，究竟是協商還是投票？究竟投票是關心社會？是支持自己人？是搞場？是反映特首選舉不公義？是推進普選？是支持民主派參選特首？是愛國愛港？還是「識諗」的就「唔會想理」？神學上要做另類群體？抑或要大搞公共神學？這些議論全都在我們中間出現過。究竟to do or not to do？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我們的矛盾與紛紜，其中一個原因是政治格局處於「半杯水」狀態。我們看到現在特首選舉不理想的地方，但究竟自絕於這場「遊戲/做戲」，或用「鬧劇」的手法拆穿這場戲，還是積極在不理想中尋求理想，推進理想，這可以有不同的想法。我們對中央政府「心被恩感」、看到「形勢大好」，所以要「愛國愛港」，還是看到國家很多欺壓、貪腐、造假、不民主、不公義，都會影響我們對這場選舉的想法。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;不過，既然是「半杯水」，因此所有一面倒的想法都可以令人從心底裡反彈。這是為什麼我們看到有人大說愛國愛港時會起疙瘩，有人說要顯露別人的醜惡虛偽時，我們不覺得他們的諧謔大快人心。亦因為是半杯水，「不落一邊」的人似乎有著雞肋情意結，做得有氣無力，有形無神。我們的選舉籌備是業餘參政，看不到想要推動民主的候選人有積極在教會裡組織選舉工程，其他小民如我等則是愛理不理。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在半杯水的時候，我們應如何自處？若我是那些認同國家，欣賞政府的人，讓我記起舊約聖經中的阿摩司書，先知阿摩司提醒國運正隆的以色列國，他們國家有很多不公義的事，國家再這樣是不能持續下去，最終必會衰敗——可惜以色列人只看到自己很有能力，而他們的成功便是能力的證明。求上主也提醒我不要做斥責阿摩司的阿瑪謝，將一切批評在位者的看為混飯吃的人，而忘記自己也在混飯吃（有誰不用「搵食」呢？）。若我是用嬉笑怒罵表現建制荒謬的人，求上主使我記起主耶穌也曾搗亂廟堂（聖殿），也曾叫人覺得祂瘋瘋癲癲，可是祂沒有只是怪形怪相、犬儒一番便收工，而是呼召門徒，教導他們，示範祂的生活哲學，甚至為祂的百姓而犧牲。若我是懷著理想卻好像一籌莫展的，我要記著使徒保羅的教訓：我們行善，不可喪志；若不灰心，到了時候就要收成。若我覺得自己是一介小民，不想去理，求上主叫我為在位的「懇求、禱告、代求、祝謝」，因為在懇求禱告中，我不會只是獨善其身，而是期待及思考真善美。也因著禱告，提示及反省自己有沒有行出真善美。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在半杯水狀態中，一個行動可以有不同解讀。阿摩司被阿瑪謝看為是「搞事鬼」，但教會傳統裡卻看到他擇善固執、挺身而出。羅馬政權當時多有不仁， 但保羅卻叫教會為政府祈禱求平安。或許，不是我們做什麼重要，而是我們是一個怎樣的人，讓其他人評價我們是誰才重要。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;上主，我在你面前承認，我不投票，因為我逃避，也不想理會，求你幫助，加我力量，讓我對社會有多一點關懷。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;除了to do, not to do 之外，或許to be, not to be才是我們更需要面對的問題。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6708617261655469774?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://iquest.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=3211&amp;Pid=10&amp;Version=0&amp;Cid=117&amp;Charset=big5_hkscs#.Tu2JBzgw-Fc.blogger' title='格思有票、無票，投票、不投票，That’s the question！'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/6708617261655469774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=6708617261655469774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;【明報專訊】編按：本文是香港中文大學校長沈祖堯教授2011年12月1日（上周四）於中大頒授學位典禮對畢業同學的臨別贈言。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;今天早上我翻閱了畢業禮的典禮程序。當我見到畢業生名冊上你們的名字，我按手其上，低頭為你們每一位禱告。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;我祈求你們離校後，都能過着「不負此生」的生活。你們或會問，怎樣才算是「不負此生」的生活呢？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;儉樸地生活&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;首先，我希望你們能儉樸地生活。在過去的三至五年間，大家完成了大學各項課程，以真才實學和專業知識好好的裝備了自己。我肯定大家都能學以致用，前程錦繡。但容我提醒各位一句：快樂與金錢和物質的豐盛並無必然關係。一個温馨的家、簡單的衣著、健康的飲食，就是樂之所在。漫無止境的追求奢華，遠不如儉樸生活那樣能帶給你幸福和快樂。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;高尚的生活&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;其次，我希望你們能過高尚的生活。我們的社會有很多陰暗面：不公、剝削、詐騙等等。我籲請大家為了母校的聲譽，務必要莊敬自強，公平待人，不可欺侮弱勢的人，也不可以做損及他人或自己的事。高尚的生活是對一己的良知無悔，維護公義，事事均以道德為依歸。這樣高尚地過活，你們必有所得。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;謙卑的生活&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;其三，是我希望你們能過謙卑的生活。我們要有服務他人的謙卑心懷，時刻不忘為社會、國家以至全人類出力。一個謙卑的人並不固執己見，而是會虛懷若谷地聆聽他人的言論。偉大的人物也不整天仰望山巔，他亦會蹲下來為他的弟兄濯足。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;假如你擁有高尚的情操、過着儉樸的生活、並且存謙卑的心，那麼你的生活必會非常充實。你會是個愛家庭、重朋友，而且關心自己健康的人。你不會着意於社會能給你什麼，但會十分重視你能為社會出什麼力。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;我相信一所大學的價值，不能用畢業生的工資來判斷。更不能以他們開的汽車、住的房子來作準，而是應以它的學生在畢業後對社會、對人類的影響為依歸。所以，諸位畢業會成為我校的代表。做個令我們驕傲的「中大人」罷！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;各位畢業同學，在我的心目中大家都是我的兒女。當我誦唸你們的名字時，我默禱你們都能不負此生。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=" font-family: arial, STHeiti, pmingliu, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 29px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial, STHeiti, 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-7560652693885422683</id><published>2011-12-13T16:30:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T16:32:12.882-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>十個沒有大學文憑的知名企業執行長</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="story_body_str" colspan="2" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;div id="article_title" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="title_item" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;十個沒有大學文憑的知名企業執行長&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="story_body_str" style="font-size: 13px;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;div id="article_auther" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="date_str" style="color: #606060; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="article_auther" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="story_body_str" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;不要以為非得要有大學文憑才能當上公司執行長，因為許多知名的執行長是沒有大學文憑的。他們沒有讀完大學，或者根本沒有進大學，就進入社會，掙下了一片天空，也讓其所服務的企業以及個人的名聲如日中天。&lt;br /&gt;當然這不代表大學文憑沒有用，有更多的優秀執行長乃是系出名門，只是世事無絕對， 從電腦到郵輪， CNBC 所選出的十位企業執行長是沒有大學文憑（Biggest Businesses Run By College Dropouts）的代表，而這中間也包括了微軟創辦人 Bill Gates 與蘋果執行長 Steve Jobs 在內。&lt;br /&gt;以下就是這十位沒有大學文憑的知名企業創辦人與執行長，按照企業現值從小到大依序排列：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Alfred Taubman ，為從事零售物業投資信託、專注在投資標的為地方性購物中心、大型區域性購物中心的 Taubman Centers 創辦人。公司市值 33 億美元。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Richard Schultz ，美國零售巨擘 Best Buy 創辦人暨前執行長。 Best Buy 在墨西哥、 加拿大、土耳其、中國和英國也設有分公司。全球共有超過一千家門市。目前公司市值 101 億美元。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Ralph Lauren ，全球重量級服裝品牌 Polo Ralph Lauren 的創辦人兼執行長；總部位於美國紐約的 Polo Ralph Lauren 自 1967 年創設以來，便引領服飾流行與趨勢風騷。早年主要以馬球男裝為主產品線，後來也轉經營女裝、運動服、皮飾品、配件、香水甚至於家飾品等。現公司市值 119 億美元。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Richard Branson ，知名郵購零售商維珍集團（Virgin Group）創辦人兼執行長，集團旗下公司包括了維珍航空、維珍鐵路、維珍電訊、維珍可樂、維珍能源、維珍唱片，以及維珍金融服務等。集團總值 180 億美元。 Branson 本身酷愛冒險，曾多次創下冒險記錄。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Micky Arison ，嘉年華 Carnival 郵輪公司執行長，該公司有將近百艘郵輪，分別屬於 11 個不同品牌，以各式各樣的航線服務喜歡搭乘郵輪的旅客。公司市值 196 億美元。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Michael Dell ，戴爾 Dell 的創辦人兼執行長。當年在美國德州大學奧斯汀分校讀書的 Dell ，發現將電腦按照客戶需求來直銷十分可行，於是就以 1000 美元創設 Dell 公司，在十年後公司營業額已超過 20 億美元。公司市值 300 億美元。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Mark Zuckerberg ，知名社交網站 Facebook 創辦人兼執行長。 2004 年，在美國哈佛大學就讀期間， Zuckerberg 與其他三位同學共同成立 Facebook ，迅速竄起。 2010 年 Zuckerberg 被《時代雜誌》遴選為「2010 年年度風雲人物」。公司市值為 1000 億美元。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Paul Allen ，微軟 Microsoft 的聯合創辦人，於 1983 年因罹患霍奇金氏淋巴瘤而離職。 Allen 目前仍為微軟大股東。公司市值 2262 億美元。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Bill Gates ，與 Paul Allen 共同創辦微軟 Microsoft ，也是前任執行長。在 1995 年到 2007 年， Gates 曾經連續 13 年蟬聯《富比士》全球億萬富翁排行榜。公司市值 2262 億美元。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. 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margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: auto;"&gt;&lt;div class="yom-mod yom-art-content " id="yui_3_3_0_1_1323811233181202" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(52, 78, 127); border-left-color: rgb(52, 78, 127); border-right-color: rgb(52, 78, 127); border-top-color: rgb(52, 78, 127); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; zoom: 0;"&gt;&lt;div class="bd" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; zoom: 0;"&gt;&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Ever wonder where the chief executives of some of the world's most successful companies went to college? Well, don't tell your kids, but some CEOs never graduated college—and some never even bothered to apply.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;From computers to cruise lines, these CEOs made it to the top without a college degree and defied the idea that to be successful you have to have a diploma.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;big&gt;Ralph Lauren&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="clear: both; display: inline; float: none; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 175px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="CNBCralphLauren.jpg" class="editorial" height="117" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZTBpQMWqLnFn_wgS_0geOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE3NQ--/http://l.yimg.com/a/p/fi/40/08/17.jpg" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" width="175" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Photo: Emmanuel Dunand | AFP | Getty Images&lt;/small&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Position:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;CEO, Polo Ralph Lauren&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Market Cap:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;$11.9 billion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Ralph Lauren, the chief executive of Polo Ralph Lauren , established his company in 1967 as a line of men's ties and developed the company into a global fashion empire. Lauren's successful clothing line came from his unique, classic style that went against conventional fashion of the time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;According to the Ralph Lauren website, Lauren said, "I never went to fashion school—I was a young guy who had some style. I never imagined Polo would become what it is. I just followed my instincts."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;With only a high school diploma in hand, Lauren followed his instincts. His decision to ditch college and focus on running his business led to a series of breakthroughs in the fashion world, including the first shop-within-a-shop designer boutique for men in Bloomingdale's department store in 1969. Lauren continued to build his empire, expanding it to include women and children's fashion, fragrances, and home furnishings.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Today, Polo Ralph Lauren is one of the most successful fashion companies in the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;big&gt;Richard Branson&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; max-width: 600px; width: 620px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(203, 202, 202); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; color: #333333; height: auto; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="171"&gt;&lt;div class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="clear: both; display: inline; float: none; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 175px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="CNBCbranson.jpg" class="editorial" height="117" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/onHMbjck20bIRGeQoIyTiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE3NQ--/http://l.yimg.com/a/p/fi/40/08/16.jpg" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" width="175" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Photo: Karim Jaafar | AFP | Getty Images&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Position:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;CEO, Virgin Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Company Worth:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;$18 billion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Virgin Media Market Cap:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$8.1 billion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Forget graduating from college, this chief executive didn't even finish high school. Richard Branson, the current CEO of Virgin Group , dropped out of high school at age 16 to start Student Magazine. Four years later, Branson founded Virgin Group as a mail-order retailer. He opened his first record shop in London and two years later built Virgin's first recording studio. In 1977, Branson signed his first big name group, the Sex Pistols, and continued to sign popular artists such as the Rolling Stones and Culture Club.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In 1984, Branson developed Virgin Atlantic and the brand began to grow. Today, Virgin Group provides mobile, broadband, TV, radio, finance, health, tourism, leisure, and travel services.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;big&gt;Michael Dell&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; max-width: 600px; width: 620px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(203, 202, 202); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; color: #333333; height: auto; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="171"&gt;&lt;div class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="clear: both; display: inline; float: none; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 175px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="CNBCDell.jpg" class="editorial" height="117" src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GjgFjELwAEegKExu2tu4aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE3NQ--/http://l.yimg.com/a/p/fi/40/08/15.jpg" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" width="175" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Photo: Justin Sullivan | Getty Images&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Position:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Founder/CEO, Dell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Market Cap:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;$30 billion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Most 19-year olds would spend a thousand dollars on a spring break weekend, or a put it toward buying a new car, but Michael Dell spent his $1,000 founding Dell.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The founder and CEO of Dell expanded his company with the idea that "technology is about enabling human potential." In 1992, he became the youngest chief executive to earn a ranking on Fortune magazine's "Fortune 500" list. His staff also grew from a one-man operation to 100,000 employees in just eight years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Today, the company provides information-technology services for global corporations, governments, health care providers, small and medium businesses, education institutions, and home computing users.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Dell is not the only company this CEO has had a hand in creating. Dell founded MSD Capital in 1998 and a year later launched the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, a philanthropic organization for global issues.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;big&gt;Bill Gates&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; max-width: 600px; width: 620px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(203, 202, 202); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; color: #333333; height: auto; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="171"&gt;&lt;div class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="clear: both; display: inline; float: none; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 175px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="CNBCgates.jpg" class="editorial" height="117" src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OuTKejtZXCIaMvRmqNyn.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE3NQ--/http://l.yimg.com/a/p/fi/40/08/18.jpg" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" width="175" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Photo: Sean Gallup | Getty Images&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Position:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Co-Founder/Chairman, Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Market Cap:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$226.2 billion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;College dropouts such as Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz are not the only successful business founders who attended, and then left, Harvard University.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft , enrolled at Harvard as a freshman in 1973. Gates, who lived down the hall from Microsoft's current chief executive, Steve Ballmer, created BASIC, a programming language for the first microcomputer, during his first year of college.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Gates dropped out of Harvard in his junior year to concentrate all his efforts on a company he called Micro-soft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;As if founding Microsoft wasn't enough, Gates went on to found Corbis , one of the world largest resources of visual information. He also earned a seat on the board of directors for Berkshire Hathaway, an investment company engaged in diverse business activity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Today, Gates serves as Microsoft's chairman and as an adviser on key development projects.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;big&gt;Steve Jobs&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; max-width: 600px; width: 620px;"&gt;&lt;tbody style="border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(203, 202, 202); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; color: #333333; height: auto; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="171"&gt;&lt;div class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="clear: both; display: inline; float: none; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 175px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="175jobs.jpg" class="editorial" height="117" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gz7pysFyk1RgHgfpWLkuOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE3NQ--/http://l.yimg.com/a/p/fi/40/08/14.jpg" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" width="175" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Photo: David Paul Morris | Getty Images&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Position:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Founder/CEO, Apple&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Market Cap:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;$362.4 billion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;As a young boy, this college dropout showed an early interest in computers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;When he was 12, Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, called Bill Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett Packard , after finding his number in the phonebook. When Hewlett answered, Jobs said, "Hi I'm Steve Jobs. I'm 12-years old and I'm a student in high school. I want to make a frequency counter. I was wondering if you had any spare parts I can have?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Hewlett gave Jobs the spare parts and hired him that summer to work on the assembly line at his company. During this time, Jobs formed a friendship with Stephen Wozniak, a soon-to-be dropout from the University of California at Berkley.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Jobs enrolled at Reed College after high school, but he later dropped out. He connected once again with Wozniak and the pair quit their jobs to start production on a computer in Jobs' garage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;There are different versions of how the pair came up with the name for Apple. The best-known story comes from Jobs summer spent working on an apple orchard and his love for the fruit. The bite in the side of the apple is said to be a play on the computer term "byte."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In a biography, Jobs said he was worth more than $1 million when he was 23, $10 million when he was 24, and $100 million when he was 25.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Apple went from a garage-based operation to a multibillion-dollar, worldwide corporation, and it all started with two college dropouts tinkering in a garage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-1136779027164152355?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' 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#333333;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="color: #5ca1f1;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;年青時，你曾否因為被逼聽耶穌而對教會反感呢？對教會增長策略素有研究的葉松茂博士，在一個講座中表示，教會留不下年青人，會面對斷層的危機。他透過一個「冲凉故事」，述說一間五千人教會在三十年間的成長。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;不急著要他們信主&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;他說，十一至十五歲的初中生，是最好的接觸時機，因為他們多數三五成群。成長心理學研究亦指出，那是人生基本價值觀及人生取向，最關鍵的建立期。他坦言，&lt;b&gt;年青人的性格多變，要他們聽福音先要留住他們的心，不急著要他們信主。&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;他講述三十年前，一位年青傳道人的經歷。這位傳道人加入一間教會中學作教牧兼教會傳道人。起初他覺得教會很興旺，雖然教會只得二十名成人參加崇拜，但青少年人竟有一千人。後來有學生告訴他才知道，學生是被迫參加聚會的。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;於是他就向校長說：「迫他們到崇拜沒有意思的，因為他們畢業後就不會再來，讓他們自願出席吧！」結果，&lt;b&gt;崇拜因為沒有學生出席而取消&lt;/b&gt;。這位傳道人隨後發現更多「被迫」的活動，例如，每朝早會的講道，課後學校團契，聖經科時聽講道。他認為，&lt;b&gt;迫學生聽聖經，只會令他們更討厭，更加不會信耶穌。&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;一個「沖涼的故事」&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;於是他將所有活動取消，每天只是在學校「巡場」，碰見學生就與他們交談。有一天他問一位學生：「你今晚有空嗎？」學生問：「甚麼事？」他說：「若你有空，你可以叫同學們一起來我的家玩。」學生好奇地問：「有甚麼好玩?」傳道人回答：「&lt;b&gt;來我家沖涼吧！&lt;/b&gt;」學生聽了很興奮地接受了邀請，還帶了很多朋友來。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;葉博士解釋，當年這間學校座落在舊區，學生多數住在徙置區的公屋。這些公屋沒有獨立的浴室及廚房，而且公廁的衛生十分惡劣，因此沐浴對他們來說，是件極之討厭的事。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;原來傳道人就住在學校天台的宿舍，那裡有清潔的浴室，以及他們從未見過的花灑與熱水爐。因此吸引了越來越多學生，放學後到傳道人宿舍沐浴，最高峰期有七十位學生參加。&lt;b&gt;傳道人就在學生等待的時間，與他們聊天玩遊戲，從此建立了友誼，更在傾談當中分享《聖經》。&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;伍師母手上的刀疤&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;後來傳道人感到吃力，發現從此下去很難栽培。於是挑選了九位最有生命力的學生，培訓他們成為領袖服事其他學生。&lt;b&gt;這九位各自帶領一個「家」，直到今天。這九位所帶領的「家」，三十多年間已增至現時五千人的教會。&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;根據葉博士的研究，這間是香港最多的青年人的教會，當中有二千多位中學生，其他會眾多數是以往中學時期加入的。他所說的，就是五旬節聖潔會永光堂，故事中的傳道人就這間教會的&lt;b&gt;伍山河牧師&lt;/b&gt;。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;教會當時有位學生告訴葉博士，&lt;b&gt;伍師母現在手上的刀疤是他們重要的回憶&lt;/b&gt;。原來伍師母以前在家經常煮食給學生，可能因為太忙碌，所以多次意外割傷手，學生也幫忙包紮，送她去醫院。&lt;b&gt;這些經歷令學生畢生難忘，師母默默的服事令他們感覺到愛。&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;「老師的身份是賺回來的」&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;葉博士認為，&lt;b&gt;青少年人的導師或牧者應該明白，向他們傳福音的第一個原則是：「先亦友，後亦師」。&lt;/b&gt;他表示，作導師要帶著「亦師亦友」的心態，自己要「紆尊降貴」與他們作朋友。而「先亦友，後亦師」的心態的是，&lt;b&gt;即使是老師也不能「敦」起老師的樣子。&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;他說：「&lt;b&gt;老師的身份是要賺回來的，透過友誼的建立讓他們感受愛，自然他會衷心視你為老師。&lt;/b&gt;」正如伍山河牧師所作的，他願意花時間與學生做朋友，愛他們，而不是逼他們要參加聚會。&lt;b&gt;透過導師的言行，他們會銘記於心，漸漸對信仰有興趣，才能紮根在教會。&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;從葉松茂博士的經驗，要留得住年青人的心秘訣在於打電話給他們，但要打幾多才足夠呢?導師這麼忙怎樣兼顧不了所有學生，怎樣訓鍊青少年作領袖呢?請繼續留意《可圈可點》的報道。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table class="contentpaneopen" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>方舟不是神話　彩虹才是約定 / 胡家進 : 眾議園 -《時代論壇》Christian Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=69623&amp;amp;Pid=2&amp;amp;Version=1265&amp;amp;Cid=641&amp;amp;Charset=big5_hkscs#.TtXgm6A38TY.blogger"&gt;方舟不是神話　彩虹才是約定 / 胡家進 : 眾議園 -《時代論壇》Christian Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #efefef; font-family: verdana, arial, geneva; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="f14" style="font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;" width="100%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;方舟不是神話　彩虹才是約定&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="10" src="http://christiantimes.org.hk/Template/Shared/spacer.gif" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" class="f10" style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;" width="100%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: grey;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;胡家進&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="10" src="http://christiantimes.org.hk/Template/Shared/spacer.gif" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="f12" style="font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;" width="100%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff7800; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;近&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;日由影音使團及挪亞方舟國際事工的影片《挪亞方舟：驚世啟示2》帶出連番爭議，這事件所帶來的現象和影響，實在讓我們反思華人教會是否過份被人文情感所引導。&lt;br /&gt;　　筆者認為方舟事工原意是有意義的，但其意義並不應在乎其結果上&lt;span style="font-family: 標楷體;"&gt;──&lt;/span&gt;不管事工能否成功找到真實存在於歷史的方舟，其過程都可以帶給平信徒及非信徒正面的意義。如找到，信徒可以印證天父在世界的作工，亦可以旁證聖經的真確性，就像死海古卷的發現為世界、文化、歷史、宗教印證等各方面帶來的正面效果一樣。如找不到，也並不代表方舟百分百不存在，或判定聖經有任何謬誤，因為在悠久的歷史洪流洗刷下，所謂的歷史證據都容易被大自然湮沒，更何況方舟只是一個木材建成的人造物？&lt;br /&gt;　　所以，不論結果是找不找到方舟，尋找方舟的過程才是最重要，因為事工的體會和經歷足以見證信徒尋求信仰的心意。事工、教會及信徒都應該在這份心意上著墨更多才正確。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff7800; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;事工應回應外間質疑&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;不過，事件如今演變成這邊廂影音反擊遭人「抹黑」、「教內攻擊」、「需要代禱」、呼籲信眾支持；那邊廂、教友發佈網貼抨擊、甚至教會內部有教牧對方舟起爭議。究其源頭，無不是來自方舟事工認為找到所謂疑似方舟殘骸，卻沒有以持平、客觀的手法去驗證殘骸的真確性，而在面對教牧同工批評意見時，亦沒有虛心接受別人意見並展開公眾討論。亦在沒有辨證出真象前，就肯定了發現成果，令社會大眾不能心服口服。&lt;br /&gt;　　筆者認為，事工理應明白尋找及公佈發現方舟的主動權的確是在事工機構手中，但方舟的存在意義卻並非屬於事工機構，因為它是屬於天父跟世人之間的約定，而不是叫人探討那客觀存在的事物去證明上帝的存在意義。（方舟故事代表上帝救贖世人的意義）&lt;br /&gt;　　事工的核心，應該將方舟發現訂定為嚴肅性的宗教議題，並將它的成果放諸更廣闊的層面讓各界探討，而不應將缺乏驗證和客觀支持的結果及數據以娛樂方式製成影片，強調影片在海外獲頒獎項，肯定它的價值成果。又以商業味道濃厚的公關手法作佈道、推廣（例如向各教會、學校等推介包場看戲），並將所謂發現以譁眾取寵手法積極推向受眾，配合諸多片面、廣告化的宣傳術語將不確定的方舟發現包裝成驚世成果，難免會讓人認為流於表面，引人詬病。&lt;br /&gt;　　筆者相信，只要事工不要利用急就章或商品化宣傳手法來進行佈道，在方舟殘骸未完全受到客觀條件確認的情況下（例如學術認證及批判）就說成「九十九點九」是真正的方舟，各界斷不會產生如斯大迴響。反過來說，方舟事工所說的那個丁點兒的「零點一」未確定因素究竟代表甚麼？是否隱喻信徒要對事工的方舟發現要具備信心？還是代表要公眾反思基督宗教信仰的認同性？&lt;br /&gt;　　建議方舟事工應投放更多的精神資源去回應教會、信徒或社會大眾的質疑聲音，並且將福音佈道的層面轉化成客觀、理性的學術探討層面，這樣才可以重新建立它的公信力。另方面，呼籲教會牧者、平信徒、非信徒等都應該為此事進行檢討，大家在批評方舟時究竟是對其事，還是對其人？是針對機構的處事方式，還是針對它的公信力？大家在批評時又是否有足夠的客觀性？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff7800; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;注目方舟後的彩虹&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;截至現在，我們是否應該更著存眼於防範有心人會將方舟包裝成另類福音去動搖教會根基或將其變成攻擊基督教的工具？我們又是否只著眼於物質性的方舟而疏忽了聖經最基本的教導&lt;span style="font-family: 標楷體;"&gt;──&lt;/span&gt;耶穌基督的教訓才是所有信徒必須恆心遵守的真理？&lt;br /&gt;　　「你們是世上的鹽，鹽若失了味，怎能叫他再鹹呢，以後無用，不過丟在外面，被人踐踏了。你們是世上的光，城造在山上，是不能隱藏的。人點燈，不放在斗底下，是放在燈台上，就照亮一家的人。你們的光也當這樣照在人前，叫他們看見你們的好行為，便將榮耀歸給你們在天上的父。」（太五13-16）&lt;br /&gt;　　耶穌基督說的已很清楚，我們做基督徒的要先做好自身，才可以成功說服人跟從基督。若然大家都沒有按照耶穌基督的教訓來行動，只是動輒口誅筆伐，甚至形成教內部分裂，那麼最痛心的，又會是誰？&lt;br /&gt;　　對，就是基督。&lt;br /&gt;　　最後，我想大家從另一角度看方舟的真正意義。我們不妨翻看創世記（九9-13），看看上帝是如何看待方舟的結局。上帝說的是「凡從方舟裡出來的活物立約」（11節），衪所選立約的對象是「凡從方舟裡出來的活物」，並非是尋求回到方舟內的活物。同時，上帝立約的記號明顯表明不是方舟（即使它是天父教導挪亞製作，在古時可算是驚世偉業，堪比愚公移山！）為甚麼？即使以人類有限的智慧也可以明白上帝不選方舟為「立約記號」的原因&lt;span style="font-family: 標楷體;"&gt;──&lt;/span&gt;方舟本身就是可以朽壞之物，它的建造目的純粹是救贖人類的工具！&lt;br /&gt;　　上帝的立約記號不是方舟，而是彩虹！上帝說：「我把虹放在雲彩中、這就可作我與地立約的記號了」（13節）。彩虹的表象是上帝的約定，但它其實賦有更深層的含義。大家也知道科學驗證彩虹是光在水滴內被反射，視光的波長在折射和反射下變成七色光譜這個美麗的形象吧？那麼彩虹的真正來源其實就是光，在基督教神學中，光代表的含義就是那道真光，亦即是耶穌基督（約一9；八18）。&lt;br /&gt;　　大家要謹記，方舟故事主要目的是叫我們反省自身過犯並明白上帝救贖的恩典；而不是叫人去嘗試發掘它的客觀存在然後叫人相信上帝。假使它真的存在，但沒有人因此相信上帝，那麼它的發現有甚麼意義？反過來說，與其浩翰投資發掘方舟事工，倒不如將資金投入教會資源，幫助更多有需要的社群，讓更多人體會活像基督的真理。&lt;br /&gt;　　共勉之。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;（分題為編者所加）&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="10" src="http://christiantimes.org.hk/Template/Shared/big5_hkscs/spacer.gif" width="10" 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term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>兩個銅板的心意</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;作者 陳小小 2011.11.27&lt;br /&gt;(【信望愛電子報】 2011.11.27~ 12.3)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;那天在機場，一行人等候轉機，地上有個黃澄澄的美金一分錢。看沒人想撿，便彎下腰去將它拾起。撿過的銅板，不知有多少枚，但這可是我生平第一枚美金銅板呢！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;仔細一看，上頭刻著 IN GOD WE TRUST 「我們信仰上帝」，登時充滿敬畏莊嚴的心情！這枚銅板，價值雖然不過台幣3毛錢，但它有如實體福音單張，宣告著這世界有上帝。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;翻到另一面，有三個小到不行的英文字E PLURIBUS UNUM ，幾乎得拿放大鏡來看。不解其意，回頭查才知道是拉丁文，意為「萬眾一心」。據說是當年美國南北內戰，死傷無數。人們認為戰後必須團結、相互信任，便於銅板兩面刻了這兩條特殊的箴言。合起來的意思就是，因著信上帝，我們得以彼此互信，化傷痛為團結。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我超愛撿拾路上不起眼的小錢（大錢若撿了要交去警察局喔！），因它們總讓我懷想年輕時候窮哈哈的日子。13枚台幣一圓，就可以在學生餐廳點兩樣青菜、半碗白飯，然後配上免費喝到飽的熱湯，打發一頓。25枚台幣一圓，可買一條白土司，吃它一星期。聖經裡，有段記載也跟銅板有關，更是令我讀它千遍也不厭倦。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這是耶穌在世最後一段記載，時間正近猶太人的逾越節，相當於華人的農曆年，聖殿裡水洩不通，擠滿以色列各地前來敬拜的人們。耶穌坐在聖殿庫房的對面，看大家怎樣投錢在奉獻箱裡。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;很多有錢人投進許多錢；後來一個窮寡婦上來，投進兩個小銅板。那是兩枚猶太銅幣，合起來約等於一枚價值最低的羅馬銅幣。這件事竟然重要到耶穌把他的門徒都給叫過來，好好地教導一番。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;耶穌對他們說：「我實在告訴你們，這個窮寡婦所投進奉獻箱的比其他的人都多。別人是從他們的財富中捐出有餘的；可是她已經很窮，卻把自己全部的生活費用都獻上了。」（馬可福音十二章41-44節）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;耶穌公開稱讚的人不多，這位不知名的寡婦，就是因為兩個小銅板而被讚許，並榮登聖經記載，留給千千萬萬歷世歷代的後人，緬懷學習的典範。可能有人會暗恨地想：「早知道，就投入更多的錢，便可以列在聖經，永垂不朽了呢！」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;耶穌是如此看重兩個小銅板背後的心意。但我的生活經驗中，卻發現少數一些人並沒有同樣的看見。曾親眼目睹幾位機構財務人員，收到百元捐款，嫌金額太少，嚷嚷抱怨著浪費人力開抵稅收據。但，他們不明白，我個人很喜歡翻閱手上拿到的各個公益團體機構刊物、教會週報、非營利報章雜誌上面所刊載的捐款或奉獻明細。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;每一筆小額捐款，總是讓我去揣想主人是誰？是不是跟我們當年一樣是個窮大學生，一個月生活費3000元，仍盡力奉獻300元？是不是一位家庭主婦，省下菜錢，大熱天跑去郵局站著排隊劃撥？是不是類似聖經中那位窮寡婦，每月從救濟金或是亡夫的撫恤金中拿出一部分來獻給事工？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;不過也有人是反過來看這些捐款明細表。有間神學院院長，因為學校財務困難，他把所得扣除稅金之後，全額捐出。沒想到有人看了捐款明細，反過來質詢校方，為何給院長這麼多的薪水？這人天真的以為每個人都只會奉獻十分之一，自以為是地把這筆捐款乘以十回去，誤以為這是院長的薪水。真是燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;人生閱歷越豐富，越是讓我看重小額捐款。如果機構年收入100萬元，我以為一千筆1000元，遠勝五筆20萬元。因為後者代表只有五個人認同這份事工，前者卻代表有一千個人認同這份事工。捐款出手之前，奉獻者的心早已與這個機構同在。他們絕對已先默默為機構附上禱告的代價有一段時日。如耶穌說：「因為你的財寶在那裡，你的心也在那裡。」（馬太福音六章21節）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;聖經中的寡婦看似窮酸的捐獻，背後卻是難得可貴、無人可比的心意。這段記載幫助我們矯正偏狹的眼光，學習用上帝的眼光，看重奉獻者的心意更勝金額厚薄。也回過頭來反省自己，在捐款的時候，究竟帶著怎樣的心情？是出自應付諸多人情世故，還是真心誠意地認同、肯定並支持這些事工？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6742357485817472339?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.fhl.net/main/women3/women3235.html' title='兩個銅板的心意'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/6742357485817472339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=6742357485817472339' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/6742357485817472339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'luxi sans', 'trebuchet ms', 'bitstream vera sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; width: 550px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;h3 class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;美國福音派的 同性戀論戰&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4 class="byline" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal normal 1.1em/normal Times, serif; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;作者&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #000099; font: normal normal bold 0.85em/normal Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25em; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;宋弘恩（紐約市立大學約翰傑刑事司法學院教授）&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(轉載自【信望愛電子報】2011.11.20~ 11.26)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div style="border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #555555; font-family: 'luxi sans', 'trebuchet ms', 'bitstream vera sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"&gt;六月二十四日紐約州議會在國際矚目之下，通過了同性婚姻法案，電視佈道家羅伯森（Pat Robertson）隨即表示：「歷史上從未有過任何文明能夠在接受同性戀、背棄傳統的婚姻，和生兒育女的使命之後，還能繼續生存下去。……如果你問：『美國將遭遇何事？』參考歷史，同樣的事情將發生在我們身上。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;羅伯森的悲觀，點出了許多福音派基督徒心中的焦慮。雖然表面看來，傳統異性婚姻在法律上享有壓倒性優勢；聯邦的《婚姻維護法案》與三十一州的憲法增加條款都明文規定，政府機關應視婚姻為男女間的委身制度。但這項優勢似乎無法扭轉可能接踵而來的改變，使得許多美國福音派領袖在奮戰後的輿論中，常瀰漫一股莫名的挫敗感。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;另一方面，也有許多基督徒隨著局勢的變動與資訊的更新，重新調整步伐、修正策略，以不同的角度思考及回應這個爭辯已久的議題。本文簡略回顧美國福音派過去三十多年所走過的路，思考我們可以學習的功課。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;風起雲湧的開始&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1978年，當聯合長老會大會通過決議，宣佈「自認為或有性行為的同性戀者」沒有資格被按立擔任教會職位時，代表著美國基督徒正式回應社會上開始蘊釀的同性戀權利運動。支持同性戀者權利的一方，視此衝突為百年來美國為種族、性別平等奮鬥的延續；而反對按立的一方則擔憂這是繼性解放、離婚、墮胎後，社會道德全面崩盤的前兆。對福音派基督徒而言，這更是為聖經權威而戰，攸關信徒對神話語的順服。反對接納同性戀、維護傳統家庭價值，不但是所有基督教會內壓倒性多數的共識，也是美國社會的主流民意。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在這初期，福音派基督徒對同性戀的理解源於釋經，所採取的策略是全面圍堵同志權利的訴求。根據羅馬書第一章，創造的秩序只有男女之別；但有少數男女因縱慾貪婪，而產生同性間的性行為。就本質而言，這行為是可憎惡的，就後果而論，「神判定、行這樣事的人是當死的。」同性性行為是公然背叛神創造的本意，也是「故意不認識神」的狂傲。在這前提之下，福音派在教會內，反對接受同性戀者成為會友、多數宗派拒絕按立同性戀者擔任聖職；在社會上，反對將同性戀者法定為可受平權的保障弱勢團體，也完全抵制同性婚姻或公民結合（civil union）的訴求。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;社會觀察家或許把這場辯論，看為文化戰爭中的一場戰役，但福音派基督徒卻定位為：「與那些執政的、掌權的、管轄這幽暗世界的、以及天空屬靈氣的惡魔爭戰」。基於這個信念，教會視同志權利運動的真正目的為：「瓦解傳統家庭制度、毒害青少年、最終摧毀美國社會」。當然，同權運動也不遑多讓，指責福音派基督徒企圖在美國建立一個獨斷的神治社會。雙方基於完全缺乏互信的基礎上，當時所謂的公共辯論並無溝通、闡述與理解，只有動員基層支持者熱情的標語與口號。雙方爭奪的只是民主政治裡赤裸的權力，想辦法藉由主導或影響行政、立法與司法過程來推展自己所堅信的理念。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;立法與民意上的勝利&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1990年代是福音派基督徒圍堵同權運動的收割期。甫入主白宮的柯林頓總統，主動挑戰軍中不接受同性戀者的傳統，招惹軍中與一般民眾的強力反彈。最後的妥協就是1993年「不問不說」（don't ask, don't tell）的政策。政府雖不允許同性戀者從軍，但軍隊不得調查成員的性傾向，而同性戀者也不能透露他們的性傾向，以免遭到解職除役。接著在1995年，獲福音派選民大力支持的共和黨取得國會多數，次年立即通過聯邦的《婚姻維護法案》。這個法案把婚姻定義為「一男一女間的公民結合」，禁止聯邦政府認可同性婚姻，同時允許州政府選擇不承認在其他州完成的同性婚姻。而在各大宗派中，按立同性戀者從事聖職與接受同性婚姻的提案，一次次的在年度大會中，被眾多的票數或是堅定的宣言否定。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2000年初，福音派有鑑於同權組織開始興訟，法院有可能以歧視之名，宣判九○年代所通過諸多反同性戀法案違憲，於是一股新的運動興起，力推修正聯邦與各州憲法，以阻止各級政府藉由立法或法院裁決來認可同性婚姻。這個理念獲得布希總統背書，2004年大選，福音派選民的動員，讓布希總統連任成功。雖然白宮在勝選後就擱置了修憲的承諾，但草根運動的努力，在短短十年內，於三十一州通過憲法修正、禁止同性婚姻。此外，也有十二州明令類似民事法條禁止同性婚姻。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;從震驚中回神&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;然而，這十年間美國社會也經歷了一些看似零星，卻為同性戀爭議帶來近乎翻盤的轉變。首先，建立在平權概念的同性戀權利論述，很容易與美國立國的平等自由等理想產生共鳴。美國法院幾次相關判決，都以憲法中公平和公義的尺度當準繩，使得同權論述的說服力如虎添翼。公投結果雖顯示多數民眾持續反對同性婚姻，民調數字卻指出，自2004年前後，「同性公民結合」的支持者超過反對者，且不斷拉大差距。（可能有許多反對者並沒有把同性戀視為不道德的罪惡，而是把它當作不自然的變態。當醫療權威不斷強調同性戀本身非病態現象，上述反對立場就容易被扭轉。）另一方面，生物科學對人類行為的研究，雖尚未對同性戀的成因下最後定論，但已發現不少實證支持性傾向與生理發展的密切關係。因此「天生」的性向觀很容易被年輕人與知識份子所接受。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;而後，隨著同性戀者出櫃的數目大增，親身相處的經驗強化了許多異性戀者對同性戀者的同理能力。最後，少數將同性婚姻合法化的國家和州邦也成了政策實驗室，之前所害怕的家庭崩潰、社會失序的結果，並未如預期的在這些地區發生。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這些因素使得美國同性戀爭議發生突變。九○年代中期對同性婚姻的支持度從極低點開始，展開緩慢但穩定的上升，直至近年，支持度驟升，支持同性婚姻的民眾已超過半數。而大宗派對按立同性戀者，與承認同性婚姻的態勢，也產生丕變。接納同性戀者為會員的宗派超過十五個；按立同性戀者擔任聖職的教會包括：聖公會、美國福音信義會、長老會和聯合基督教會；如今聖公會、長老會和聯合基督教會也允准祝福同性婚姻。當然這些宗派在過程中也付出高昂的代價。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在福音派基督徒中，反對同性婚姻者依然高達八成，但教會中年輕人的反對立場已明顯鬆動。這些數據都指向一個迅速、深遠的軸線翻轉。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;福音派真的「輸」了嗎？&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;自歐巴馬總統上任以來，福音派信徒就感受到山雨欲來的不安。在軍事首長的支持下，國會在2010年底，通過了終止《不問不說》法案。接著，司法部也宣佈因違憲的疑慮，聯邦行政權將不在訴訟官司上替《婚姻維護法案》提供辯護，造成聯邦政府不支持聯邦法案的特例。逢此時刻，越來越多的基督徒開始在逆勢中反省這三十年來的路程，並開始調整步伐。在悲觀的氛圍裡，一個更成熟的福音派運動正在茁壯，並堅持不因挫折而疏離社會，反而更委身服事這個世代。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;福音派內部檢討的聲音雖非主流，卻早已出現。雖然「愛罪人、恨惡罪」的原則常被引用，但實踐起來卻相當困難。當抗議標語寫著：「神憎惡娘炮！」，教會領袖又公開把國家所遭受的天災人禍，歸咎於同性戀者的罪惡之時，基督恩慈的面容漸漸消逝。基督徒作家坎普羅（Tony Campolo）在九○年代就挺身提醒教會，對待同性戀者的言行不可使基督蒙羞。楊腓力（Philip Yancey）也多次懇請信徒在同性戀者身上看見並施與神的恩典。但很可惜，基督徒的言行中，還是處處流露出「在罪人中，同性戀者是罪魁」的堅持。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;近來民意的轉向，更暴露了福音派的一大弱點。三十多年來基督徒站在字義清晰的五、六處經文上，努力的為真道而戰，卻忽視了發展整全的公共論述。沒有論述就沒有說服力。在社會多數還認為同性戀者是噁心的變態者的年代裡，這個「經文證明」（prooftext）策略綽綽有餘。但隨著支持同性戀陣營在科學、法理、歷史、神學多層面的努力與整合後，他們的訴求越來越強勢。維護傳統和保障個人信仰自由，是較常被引用反對同性戀議題的論點，在公共辯論過程中這立場顯得相當薄弱。若沒有一個與科學接軌並強調社群共善（common good）的反同性戀論述出現，民意的流失將持續下去。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;重整與再出發&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;但我們也不能忽略福音派陣營內已經做出的回應，這些調整正悄悄地彌補改善上述的缺失。其中最重要的包括了：&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol style="color: #555555; font-family: 'luxi sans', 'trebuchet ms', 'bitstream vera sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; list-style-image: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"&gt;接受議題的多面性&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;初期福音派信徒是逢「同」必反，採取全面封殺同志權利的策略。但隨著經驗的累積，基督徒開始學習較細緻的分辨不同的訴求，作出最恰當、合乎聖經的回應。在教會裡，允許同性戀者加入教會與按立同性戀者為牧長是否屬於同一個範疇？在社會上，同性戀者的工作權與結婚權，是否一樣違反聖經教導？2010年底，國會考慮終止《不問不說》法案時，華盛頓郵報的民調顯示，支持同性戀者公開從軍服役的福音派基督徒攀升到七成。能夠切割不同屬性的同性戀訴求，將讓教會在公共領域裡靈活的面對不同的挑戰與需要，使得基督徒的見證能同時顯出聖潔與憐憫。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"&gt;平衡不同的社會參與&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;因長期發聲反墮胎、反離婚、反進化論等，基督徒在美國社會的形象是一群憤怒又自義的人。因保守信仰中以個人救贖為核心的世界觀，導致福音派基督徒對結構性的罪惡如：貧窮、戰爭、歧視、污染、人權等議題相對冷漠，也助長了此一觀感；而反同性戀之戰使此情形更加惡化。這幾年來許多基督徒也意識到問題的嚴重性。2010年巴納集團公佈的一項調查顯示，四分之一的美國人感覺仇恨、偏執、不容忍和缺乏對他人的愛，是基督徒對社會最負面的貢獻，連48％的福音派信徒都贊成此一看法！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;但美國媒體也開始注意到，新興的福音派領袖與年輕的基督徒，開始真誠的關心環境、饑餓、人權等議題。有教會與組織全心參與愛滋病防治，和病患照顧的事工；基督教大學的畢業生大量投入《為美國而教育》的計劃，在貧困社區的公立學校中協助教育弱勢兒童。這些改變引起輿論討論，並宣稱新一代的福音派「向左轉」。之後媒體也開始瞭解這不是「向左轉」，因為在傳統議題上福音派立場不變，而是使命的擴充。一個以耶穌傳講「神的國」為根基的神學，支撐這些信仰實踐。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在同一個基礎上，美國校園團契也推動一套名為「四個圓圈」的福音材料，作為「屬靈四律」之外的選擇。以受創的世界為起點，神的心意和工作為橋樑，並將神呼召門徒醫治大地作為邀請。設計此教材的同工鄭明薰表示，重新思考敘述福音的動機之一，是想幫助基督徒學生能夠突破不容忍、恐懼同性戀的公眾形象，勇敢開口見證並活出耶穌的恩典與公義。在這新搭的舞台上，人們或許願意重新聆聽基督徒對同性戀議題的看法，見證「愛罪人、恨惡罪」的落實。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"&gt;深入對同性戀者的認識&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;基於相信性行為是個人品格的延伸，美國福音派一般認為同性戀行為是後天造成的偏差，拒絕使用「性傾向」的概念，避免稱呼某人「是」個同性戀者。福音派常描述一個人是處在「同性戀生活方式」（homosexual lifestyle）中，或是一個人經歷「同性的吸引」（homosexualattractions）。對於同性戀的成因，多數的共識指向幼兒期的缺乏至關重要；這些欠缺往往是父子關係貧瘠、前青春期的性經驗或性侵害。當事人在成年時下意識的嘗試，藉由同性關係來滿足情感及被肯定的需要。因為同性戀的本質是如此，所以這種生活方式可以也應該被改變。教會面對同性戀者的態度也就是先徹底改變他們、再完全接納他們。近年來基督徒心理學家開始從臨床研究協助福音派，對這問題作出認知的調整。長期追蹤的數據否定了外界普遍的質疑，非基督徒認為同性戀者完全不能改變，且會在接受性向改變輔導時遭受更多創傷，這些說法並沒有實證的支持。但同樣清楚的是，在接受過屬靈輔導的同性戀者當中，能完全轉換成異性戀者的是少之又少，較多的案例是能明顯的壓抑同性的吸引。今天美國的同性戀輔導事工依然相信大能的神有改變的能力，但輔導的目標不再只是期待完全的改變，而是帶領學員能在每日的爭戰中，學習作基督的門徒、過得勝的生活。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;也因此，穩定的獨身禁慾可算是成功的案例。更深層的意義，就是不再把「性」視為同性戀者生命的核心，而是在與神的關係中去界定這些寶貴生命的價值。2007年，保守福音派戰將莫勒（Albert Mohler）丟出一個震撼彈。這位美南浸信會神學院院長呼籲福音派基督徒應該接受，有一天科學可能證明同性戀是天生的。他也強調，基督徒堅持同性吸引是自己的選擇時，就是犯罪、傷害同性戀者。這個爭議可能牽動教會面對同性戀青少年的教牧回應。去年夏天，幾個同性戀少年因遭受霸凌而自殺，使得社會開始重視因性向歧視而導致的憂鬱自殺問題。美國最大的同性戀輔導事工立刻宣佈，暫停計劃中的校園同性戀防治宣導運動「真相日」，並將開始關切學生性向霸凌與同儕尊重等議題。承認同性戀青少年的存在，或許是幫助他們的前提。客觀檢視來自科學與臨床的證據，更深入的整合認知與教牧實踐，將縮近教會與同性戀社群間的距離，幫助基督徒有效的見證。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'luxi sans', 'trebuchet ms', 'bitstream vera sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;結語&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'luxi sans', 'trebuchet ms', 'bitstream vera sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;三十多年過去了，美國福音派基督徒在這戰場上有所變也有所不變。從聖經所領受的底線守住了，而所奮鬥的目標也從為真道而戰，擴展到餵養主的羊。成敗不在贏取社會的認同與否，乃在於是否忠於恩典的福音。信息的內容可以不受歡迎，但傳福音者的風範應該贏取眾人的尊敬。身為美國福音派的一員，我深切地盼望在同性戀這個課題，能夠不辜負我們名字的含義，讓愛世人的主得著榮耀。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'luxi sans', 'trebuchet ms', 'bitstream vera sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;校園雜誌2011／09、10月號&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #555555; font-family: 'luxi sans', 'trebuchet ms', 'bitstream vera sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: 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20px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;來訪，維持秩序。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content_medium" id="newscontent02" style="color: #151515; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;div class="wordsnap"&gt;張慶熊在復旦大學學術委員會網站上登出一篇名為《「桑間濮上之音，亡國之音也！」——從影星來訪，一堂課35人缺席談起》的文章，批評學術氣氛低迷，娛樂至上。張慶熊對此十分憤怒，「今天是我多少年來第一次如此生氣的日子」，「寫這篇文章不是追究個人的責任，而是為了扭轉這種偏離正道的習氣」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;張慶熊在文章中表示，自己憤怒的原因不是這些學生沒有事先向他請假，甚至也不是「因為學校團委沒有經過教務處同意，沒有經過哲學學院的同意，就通過武警班的隊長讓這些學員不來上課而做與娛樂相關的事情」。他最感到憤怒的，是「團委的相關領導分不清楚教學科研是第一位還是娛樂追星是第一位」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在文中，張慶熊還感慨「復旦的世道變了」。他表示，以前自己總是欣慰於「復旦大學的學生勤奮、聰明、好學，他們大部分的時間在課堂、實驗室和圖書館內」，但現在，他覺得，「復旦大學一部分學生把追星、娛樂放在第一位了」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;『我不反對團委舉辦娛樂活動，但是如果不把教學放在第一位，不把學術研究當作重點，而迎合社會流俗，就走錯了方向。孔夫子說過一句話：「桑間濮上之音，亡國之音也！」』張慶熊在文中表示。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在11月10日，《大魔術師》劇組主要演員梁朝偉、&lt;a href="http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/inews/20111119/ca61530a.htm" style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;劉青雲&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id="KeywordPos234" style="position: relative; top: 20px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;等人到復旦出席活動，當時座無虛設。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;梁朝偉訪復旦活動的組織方之一、復旦大學學生會官方微博發表聲明稱，「缺課」一事並非故意為之，而是因為現場排隊的同學很多，為了防止安全意外，分管學生會的團委老師與2009級哲學武警班隊長協調，請當天下午有時間的武警班同學作為志願者，在活動開始前協助維持秩序。由於時間較緊，武警班的同學沒有事先告知任教老師。不過，在得知學生有課的狀況後，在場的老師隨即帶領武警班同學回到課堂上課，說明情況並承認錯誤，同時就此事再三向張慶熊致歉。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（廣州日報）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-4226399985780884072?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/4226399985780884072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=4226399985780884072' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/4226399985780884072'/><link 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/&gt;近週內由「臉書」（Facebook）群組引發有關方舟電影及團體的討論，重點已不再是有關團體宣稱方舟的發現是否確實；乃是不少教內外人士對於有關團體長期以來慣用的手法表達「忍無可忍」，才有這麼熱烈的討論。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;筆者倒想在此探討「方舟神話」反映當前教會生態的怪異現象。筆者所指「方舟神話」不是否定聖經記載方舟的真確性，乃指向現今擬似方舟發現的神話竟會在華人教會界大行其道。倘若有怎樣的讀者，就有怎樣的報章；我們有怎樣的信仰群體，就產生怎樣的事工神話！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「方舟神話」在香港是怎樣打造的？正如《基督日報》事件（二○○七年發生，如今甚多人已忘掉）及其它新興群體一樣，這些事工皆有其認受性極高的異象與使命，所謂「出師有名」，且能針對與滿足某些群體的需要。本港教會市場一向開放，這些團體取得商業登記，就能開展其天國事業了。接著，這些團體同工主動拜訪與聯絡「名牧」與「名人」等，某人已作了我們事工的顧問或支持者；於是這些「名牧」與「名人」就會自動上釣。這些團體就會不斷以這些「名牧」與「名人」無遠弗屆地廣為宣傳，於是教會大多信徒相信這些「名牧」，也輕信了這些事工或產品。這些「事工欺瞞」循環正不斷在我們當中發生。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;盲從權威&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;人是需要權威的，基督徒也不例外；但當今普遍的教會不重閱讀，不重思考；也有些教牧過度強調聖職的權威，不容挑戰。在不少討論「後現代」的教會場合中，大多教內學者與牧者一面倒批判「後現代文化」，任何否定絕對真理必是錯的，卻忘掉後現代角度也有助我們了解真相不一定非黑即白。當信徒大多盲從權威，信徒不會獨立自主地思考問題，判斷真偽，只會追隨所謂權威的意見。某程度今日教會走回馬丁路德前的教會生態，當時建制教會「好大喜功」，建造宏偉禮拜堂。當教會缺錢之時，教會生財之道是售賣「贖罪券」（等同現今所謂的福音產品），「他們相信，這些由聖人遺留下來的東西具有特殊的屬靈力量，任何人只要向它們敬拜，或觸摸它們，便可得著無限的賜福。」（梁家麟著《基督教會史略》，205頁）時光倒流，如今我們往主題公園、往看電影等消費活動，且有「名牧」與「名人」推介，何樂而不為？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;筆者相信聖經權威，也參考來自專業者的權威言論；卻不會盲從所謂「名牧」、「名人」的權威之言。當業餘人士登山之後，竟搖身一變成為考古發現的權威人士，普通常識告訴我們「不足為信」，這些只是商業綽頭而已！再看有關方舟發現的推介者，只是有關團體的友好人士或「共生利益者」，沒有任何公認的考古學者背書；我寧可以理性相信梁斐生博士與陳崇基牧師。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;人的權威可用作參考，卻不是判斷真相的唯一標準；神賜予所有信徒理性思維與教牧一樣。當今教牧的挑戰是裝備信徒怎樣好好本於真理作出整全的思考，並非教牧誇耀其學位與學識，要求會眾接受其一人之言，奉為真理。當教會充斥著大量「不要問、只要信」的信徒，這絕非神對教會的心意！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;濫用福音&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「方舟神話」是一良好教材，說明福音如何在消費文化感染的香港教會「被燒掉了」(consumed)。 福音已在教會內成為產品或活動，任何音樂、旅遊、影視節目或主題公園，只要冠名「福音」，就 能堂而皇之進入宗教市場，成功的被追捧，失敗的就要重新包裝，隨時捲土重來。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;教會似乎對任何打正旗號為「福音」的，無任歡迎；更不作任何辨別，帶來是信徒不以為意地受騙。萊特 (Chris Wright) 於《上帝子民的宣教使命》指出 :「福音成為一種可操控的商品，加以包裝，並走進市場來迎合消費者的需求與渴求，並透過高效能的傳播媒體，達致銷售員從中獲取巨大財富。」(英文原著 279頁，筆者部分重譯，中譯本 [487頁]此段未能表達作者原意。)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「筆者還年青的日子，曾有《當代的福音 - 純真 ? 混雜 ?》(Walter J. Chantry) 引發的討論，筆者雖不十分同意這位改革宗牧者的觀點，但欣賞有教會領袖這般緊張福音的純全性。這本書的中譯本，1975年由福音閱覽室出版，譯者是陳喜謙牧師。三十年之後，還看現今的『福音事工主義』只重有人決志信主，不理福音要求甚麼 ! 因我們不作深思，大量接受『廉價福音』卻不肯在行為上悔改的人士湧入教會，就造成牧養的困難。」〈佈道事工的再思[二]〉 以上一段文字於2007年所寫，現今情況更為惡劣。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我們現時流行教會圈子有部分是「娼妓化福音」(萊特用prostituted gospel來形容，中譯本輕譯為『被濫用的福音』)，「一種販賣祝福的『福音』，與宗教改革之前的教會販賣贖罪券的醜聞並無二致」中譯本，489頁)。當福音成為了滿足個人心靈需要的產品，信者毋須為罪否定自我，不能理解十字架應許原來是跟隨耶穌受苦，多於得著個人的成功；難怪我們教會信徒的質素不斷下降 !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;福音被濫用或污染，透過「方舟神話」已表露無遺；本港信徒人數確是增加了，但我們為此付上是失掉了福音的真理、獨特與能力。福音派教會要悔改與回轉，重新肯定十架救恩要人知罪悔改，背起十架，走苦難的窄路。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;崇拜成功&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;麥格夫 (Alister McGrath) 於《福音派與基督教的未來》第六章「福音派的陰暗面」，一針見血指出為「名人崇拜」(Evangelical Personality Cult)。崇拜成功是當前教會的主流論述，這是不爭的現實；「方舟事件」正好反映現今華人教會 (本港、台灣、美加澳等地) 對「成王敗寇」的追捧。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我們口說是順服真理，心底裡接受的是「成功神學」；凡能為神成就大事的，且在人眼前是成功的，不理其手段如何，我們自然地予以肯定。當福音派斥責靈恩群體追求「成功神學」，有時只是五十步笑一百步，我們當中不同樣盛行不同形式「好大喜功」的教會文化特色 ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;為何「成功」論述在我們當中重要過「忠信」? 一些教牧同工會因表現未夠成功而被勸退，一些老字號機構沒有採用「誇大失實」的籌款活動而陷於經濟困境，甚多有份量而讀者根本不認識的好書埋藏在書倉裡。我們要搞所謂「成功聚會」、「成功課程」或成功堂會；為何我們甚少有「失敗」研討會 ? 若搞了，也不一定有人來，因為害怕標籤為「敗者」!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;有部分教牧一心只想建造堂會為「萬人教會」(千人堂會已是等閒之事)，於是堂會使命是熱切領人歸主，務求會眾人數增多，就是神應許的成功了! 華人教會崇拜成功，並把成功偶像化；於是有「名牧」在會上滔滔不絕講論是「我的……成功故事」、或是「我建立成功的堂會經歷」、或是「我經歷無數艱辛終於發現了方舟」。正因為我們骨子裡喜歡「成功故事」或「成功經歷」，我們要的是「名人」能推進福音事工果效；當黃毓民議員形像與行動難被接受，堂會或機構自然不敢找他再講信主見証了；司徒永富於基督教選委選舉成為票王，正說明了我們嚮往「成功論述」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我們的信仰漸漸討厭「失敗」與「貧窮」，「苦難神學」已失掉了市場，這正是教會界現有的生態。當我們把「成功」偶像化了，任何否定「成功」或辯明是非的言論，竟有機構視之為「言語暴行」與「造謠抹黑」! 筆者剛於德慧文化五周年聚會分享這首詩 :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「我們不怕死&lt;br /&gt;可是我們怕討論&lt;br /&gt;我們的情緒非常熱烈&lt;br /&gt;誰要是叫我們冷靜的想一想&lt;br /&gt;我們就嘶他通他&lt;br /&gt;我們就大聲地喊&lt;br /&gt;滾 XXX蛋 &lt;br /&gt;無恥的陰謀家&lt;br /&gt;難道你們不知道&lt;br /&gt;我們只有情緒&lt;br /&gt;我們全靠情緒&lt;br /&gt;決不能用理智&lt;br /&gt;壓低我們的情緒　&lt;br /&gt;可是朋友們&lt;br /&gt;我們這樣可不行啊&lt;br /&gt;我們不怕死&lt;br /&gt;我也不應該怕討論&lt;br /&gt;要民主——我們就得討論&lt;br /&gt;要戰鬥——我們也得討論&lt;br /&gt;我們不怕死&lt;br /&gt;我們也不怕討論」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這首詩不是網友塗鴉之作，乃是來自朱自清之《論雅俗共賞》 (1948年)，應用於教會內某些群體也挺合適 !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;崇拜成功的情意結使教內神學院、差會、機構與堂會等難以合作，不要高談所謂「合一」了 ! 我們大多是「唯一派」(只看見本身事工拓展，看不見神國事工的進展)，著意是本身成功，也不考慮或顧及其它群體的需要。本港成功的大型堂會與機構等，有責任幫助那些服侍窮人的堂會或機構；這方面筆者欣賞是宣道會北角堂、香港浸信教會、崇真會救恩堂、播道會同福堂等。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;結論&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「方舟神話」現象揭露現今華人教會是如此脆弱，任何有所企圖人士，無論是為利或為權，均能予取予攜，不受約制。當機構成了王國，毋須向外界交待其財務情況，也毋須有任何問責；堂會與信徒仍不理會地樂意奉獻支持，這現象說明了甚麼 ? 捐獻者有知情權，當更多捐獻者要求機構提升透明度與問責性，方作捐獻；這類教育有助提升與改善現今存在若干機構之內的陋習。機構要面向教會與公眾，否則我們當中將不斷出現醜聞，所有基督教機構同樣在眾目睽睽之下，成為世人的笑柄 !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「香港及各地華人教會深受『美國製造』的福音事工影響；倘若教會領袖只抄襲劣品，誤以為『成功福音』才是追求的品牌，無論堂會或機構的運作，均以市場為導向，於是市場可見的ABC ( Attendance出席率；Buildings物業；Cash現金)， 就成為量度成功的指標了 ! 這就是福音派的『丟人現眼』，我們自以為成功，其實，我們已出賣了信仰的實質；實用主義取代了神學思考，『教會被擄巴比倫』就是我們悲劇的寫照 ! 」(2007年，http://www.tiendao.org.hk/news/scandal.pdf)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;求主憐憫我們不要盲從權威、不要濫用福音與不要崇拜成功 !   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;相關文章：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hkchurch.org/GenericStyles/Content.asp?ID=10935&amp;amp;PaperID=0010" target="_blank"&gt;「方舟神話」解構下的教會生態 (上) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hkchurch.org/GenericStyles/Content.asp?ID=10942&amp;amp;PaperID=0010" target="_blank"&gt;「方舟神話」解構下的教會生態 (中)  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hkchurch.org/GenericStyles/Content.asp?ID=10950&amp;amp;PaperID=0010" target="_blank"&gt;「方舟神話」解構下的教會生態 (下)  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;（轉載自&lt;a href="http://www.hkchurch.org/" style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, arial, geneva; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"&gt;香港教會網站&lt;/a&gt;。作者為香港教會更新運動總幹事。）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-1693256732322576828?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/1693256732322576828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=1693256732322576828' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/1693256732322576828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/1693256732322576828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/11/blog-post.html' title='「方舟神話」解構下的教會生態 (胡志偉)'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8724653027736632852</id><published>2011-11-05T08:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T08:58:54.667-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>God is a God of love, but he is also a God of perfect justice.</title><content type='html'>「惡人若回頭離開所做的一切罪惡，謹守我一切的律例，行正直與合理的事，他必定存活，不致死亡。他所犯的一切罪過都不被記念，因所行的義，他必存活。主耶和華說：惡人死亡，豈是我喜悅的嗎？不是喜悅他回頭離開所行的道存活嗎？義人若轉離義行而作罪孽，照著惡人所行一切可憎的事而行，他豈能存活嗎？他所行的一切義都不被記念；他必因所犯的罪、所行的惡死亡。(以西結書 18:21-24 CUNP)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die. (Ezekiel 18:21-24 ESV)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is a God of love, but he is also a God of perfect justice. His perfect love causes him to be merciful to those who recognize their sin and turn back to him, but he cannot wink at those who willfully sin. Wicked people die both physically and spiritually. God takes no joy in their deaths; he would prefer that they turn to him and have eternal life. Likewise, we should not rejoice in the misfortunes of nonbelievers. 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It may not reflect a schism between Chief Bill Blair and Mayor Ford.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;However, the fact that the mayor’s administration is busy looking over its shoulders and is anxious about the relationship speaks volumes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;While the story deteriorated into a “he-said, she-said” political drama Thursday, the bright minds in the mayor’s office were left to wonder if the police weren’t out to get the mayor for daring to challenge police spending.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Ford backed down and gave police almost everything they wanted, but the capitulation came after the mayor unleashed Councillor Michael Thompson as a budget pitbull intent on clawing out some savings.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Star&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;sources say the Ford administration was scrambling Thursday, concerned whether police brass were being vengeful over the public budget spat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“We gave them what they wanted. But they don’t want to win. They want to annihilate you,” said a source within the mayor’s administration.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Such is the paranoia around policing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Opinions are mixed regarding the actions of a CBC television comedy crew that surprised Ford — he calls it “ambushed” — in his driveway Monday morning. Maybe he wanted no part of the gag, and was even taken aback at the sight of the flamboyantly dressed reporter-comedian and her camera person shouting out questions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Someone else may have managed the encounter differently. The mayor aggravated the situation by calling a 911 dispatcher. Such a call for help must be reserved, we are frequently reminded, for life-threatening situations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Who is to judge what makes a 350-pound football-loving mayor fearful of a menacingly playful Mary Walsh and her alter ego, Marg Delahunty, on the comedy show&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This Hour Has 22 Minutes&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;What happened next is open to conjecture, except the mayor has admitted he was “concerned, frustrated and upset” when emergency personnel didn’t immediately storm his Etobicoke property, and that he dropped the F-bomb — though he didn’t call dispatchers “bitches” as reported.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;CBC sources claim Ford unleashed a string of curses. Ford’s councillor brother, Doug, says it was just one cuss, during three calls. CBC says their sources have reconfirmed the veracity of the story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Depending on whom you believe, this was just another left-wing media plot gone awry. First they violate Ford’s private space, scaring the living daylights out of the burly mayor and his little girl. And when the mayor calls 911 on them, they retaliate by making up a story that he cursed at the dispatchers and called them names for not sending a cop immediately to this dangerous occurrence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Ford’s backers would rather ask: Why did it take so long to dispatch personnel following the 911 call?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;You almost expected the rallying cry, “Privatize that service!”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;And several are calling for an apology from the CBC.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The mayor insists his sole indiscretion was “once” using the F-word, reflecting his frustration at the slowness of the response. Do you believe him?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;He showed up drunk at a Maple Leafs game and berated a fan. When she complained, he denied being there, only to admit it the next day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;When confronted by a reporter over his drunk driving charge in Florida, he denied it strenuously — only to admit that and more afterwards.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;This pattern of “deny until found out” suggests we won’t know until the unlikely release of the transcript of the 911 call.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div 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href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/10/thestar-who-leaked-mayors-911-call.html' title='TheStar: Who leaked mayor’s 911 call?'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8013981747914659112</id><published>2011-10-28T16:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T16:24:54.674-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>陳若愚牧師：從 Steve Jobs 的一生說起</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: '新細明體, mingliu, taipei'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;作者：陳若愚牧師&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;舉世知名，美國 Apple 電腦公司創辧人兼總裁、一代高科技創作大師 Steve Jobs，因患胰臟癌、於十月五日逝世，享年56歲。由於他正處事業高峰、英年早逝，因此世界各地的人對他的去世，均表惋惜哀悼。Jobs 傳奇的一生，和他在電腦科技及事業上的卓越成就，令人欽佩。無可否認，他的確是一位天才橫溢的魅力領袖，他對世界的影響，將會十分深遠。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;除了科技創作以外，Steve Jobs 的人生觀和工作觀，對年青一代都有一定的啓發和鼓勵。2005年6月12曰，他應Stanford大學的邀請，在其畢業典禮中作演講，以他自己一生中三個真實故事，勉勵畢業生，間接亦分享了他自己的人生觀。（參 news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june 15/jobs-061505.html ）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;以下我試從他的演講分析他的人生觀：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. 人生的小點與連線 （Connecting the dots）&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jobs在Reeds College 唸了6個月，便退學了。但他仍留學院，旁聽有興趣的學科，生活清苦，卻頗充實。其中一門電腦書法排版，當時不覺得有用，但十年後在 Apple 進行設計首部 Mackintosh電腦時，竟然大派用場，使他喜出望外！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jobs的反思：人生有許多事件，當時看起來，似乎沒有什麼特別意義；但過了一段年日，回首一看， 這些人生小點 Dots，都被連起來了，並且顯得很有意義。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我的反思：基督徒看人生，有類似的體驗。神對我們的引導帶領，往往在事後才看得清楚。一些好像是不重要、甚或是痛苦的事件，在若干年後，原來是變相的祝福，並且連線起來，都顯得很有意義。分別是：Steve Jobs作為佛教徒，可能會相信「緣份」，但卻不會相信聖經所啓示那位有位格、有能力、有智慧的創造主，衪掌管歷史和我們人生中的大小事件，以達成衪在宇宙中的計劃（參弗1：9，10；羅11：33-36）。Jobs在潛意識中，似乎感應到宇宙和人生是有秩序和有意義的，但他卻不承認那賜秩序和意義的真神。保羅曾說，人觀察世界，內心已感到神的存在、神的能力和神性（羅 1：19， 20），然而人總是矛盾地否認和拒絕神。換句話說，Steve Jobs對點和線的感受是對的，只可惜他不明白，若非一位全智、全能、有位格的神在計劃和掌權，人生中的一切事情，其實都是毫無意義的。若是人認為有意義，也不過是一廂情願。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. 至愛與失落 （Love and loss）&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Jobs自小便熱愛電腦科技，因此20歲便與朋友開創Apple，十年後公司資產達20億，員工4,000 （現巳超過50,000）！30歲時，與董事會意見不合 被辭退。初感失落，後發奮圖強，五年內創立兩間上市公司，其中NeXT竟被Apple收購，Jobs亦重返Apple，帶領她邁進新里程，業務在過去20年間，有更大的發展，不單更新了資訊科技的面貌，也改變了現代人的生活。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jobs的勉勵：當你遭遇失敗時，切勿失去信心。其中的關鍵是：找到至愛！若你不愛你現在的工作， 不要無奈地接受現實，也不要放棄，要繼續努力尋找，直到尋見！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我的反思：Jobs的人生與工作觀是：要找到你的至愛、那最能發揮你的才華的工作/行業，去實現你的人生；如此，任何挫敗皆可成為轉機。這種自我實現（self-actualization）的人生目摽，是基於一個信念：人人皆有天賦的獨特才幹和天份，並且只要尋找，就必尋見。這信念是正面的，但並非人人皆能實踐；其實，人類的設計師和創造者是三一真神。人既是神的傑作，若能認識真神， 又藉神的話和聖靈去明白神的心意，才可以真正的實現自我。正如 Jobs所設計的iPod，iPad，iPhone等產品，若問它們可以如何發揮最佳功效，最直接了當的回答是：問問設計師Steve Jobs，或閱讀說明書。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. 死亡與人生 (Death and life)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jobs自小就知道自己有一天會死，因此很珍惜自已的每一天，他很喜歡一句格言：「每天起勁地活，就像這是你生命的最後一天！」Jobs很積極地生活和工作，因為他很現實，知道自己年日有限，又不知何日會死。在2003年，他被診斷患了胰臟癌，醫生說他只能活6個月，但後來動了手術，暫時逃過大限，直至2011年10月5日。Jobs看死亡是生命和機會的結束。他沒有「永生」的前景，也不問死後會到什麼地方，或會發生什麼事。知道自己會死，幫助Jobs在要作抉擇時，按自己心中的真情（follow your heart）去作。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jobs對學生的勉勵：死亡是人人都不喜歡的，卻是人人必經之路，也是人類生生不息的運作原理。現在你們還年青，但有一天你們會老，也會死！生命是短暫的，因此我勸你們，不要浪費生命，要活出你的真我，不要為另一個人而活，也不要被一些傳統教條、或他人的思想所左右，要聆聽你裏面的聲音、心靈的直覺。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我的反思：Steve Jobs看透人生，勇敢積極面對死亡，並且每天過得充實，全力貢獻社會，令人欽佩！青年學子若效法他，這個世界肯定「明天會更好」！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;然而，有兩點我要回應他：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(a) 他勸青年人要專注自已心靈的聲音，不要理會教條 Dogma，他人的意見。那麼，Jobs這個「不要聽他人的意見」的意見，學生要不要聽？ 因此他這勸告，是自相矛盾的。其實，年青人若能謙卑受教，多聽良師益友的意見，我看不出有什麼害處！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(b) Jobs知道人有一天會死，因此勉勵自己和他人，積極活出每一天，拼命工作，這是好的。但若有人問：假如我明天要死，而死後沒有另一個明天，我幹嗎要如此捱苦？為何不盡情享受今天？就如保羅所說：「若死人不復活，我們就吃吃喝喝吧，因為明天要死了」（林前15:32）。這豈不更合乎邏輯推理嗎？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;結語&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Jobs的一生，充滿傳奇，超乎常人，盡心竭力，貢献社會，可謂「死而無憾」！然而，當我們在欣賞他的才華、感謝他的貢獻、慶祝他那那逝去的生命之餘，讓我們從一個永恆的角度，來稍稍評估他的人生觀：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. 他從造物主領受豐富的恩典與才華，卻不認識造物主的偉大、慈愛、與智慧：這使他人生中的點和線，缺乏客觀基礎和終極意義；因此，他也不了解神對人的計劃、目摽與使命。這是很可惜的！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. 他拼命工作、面對死亡，卻不認識那位從死裏復活的耶穌：Steve Jobs 的成就與貢獻，表達了神的「普世恩典」Common Grace；然而，由於他沒有領受神的「救贖恩典」Special Grace，這使他的工作缺乏終極意義，因為死亡對他來說，是一切的結束；他也不曉得藉耶穌得着赦罪之恩，和復活的盼望。其實這些比一切社會建設，高科技創作 和事業成就，更有永恆的價值！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. 他提醒自己和其他人，要聆聽自己內心的聲音，活出直我，卻不知道，那真正有智慧足堪為我們導師的，就是聖靈。其實，人的內心不盡美善，內裏的聲音也不一定可靠，唯有信靠耶穌，才能得著聖靈的重生和引導，並指點迷津。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;總的來說，當一個人的人生觀，只局限在這可見的世界和短短數十年中，無論他有多大成就，也不能超越有限的時空；並且，也由於他與創造管治天地的真神脫節，接收不到最重要的訊息，肯定要面對嚴重的後果！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「按著定命，人人都有一死，死後且有審判。」 （希伯來書 9：27）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「耶穌對他說：復活在我，生命也在我。信我的人雖然死，也必復活。」（約翰福音 11：25）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;作者簡介&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>發現方舟的宣稱，聖經考古的回應 (陳崇基)</title><content type='html'>時代論壇時代講場，2011.10.19&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #efefef; font-family: verdana, arial, geneva; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;本文旨在從聖經考古學角度，批判最近找到方舟的聲稱。如要負責任地宣稱木結構是方舟，起碼要符合以下所有條件：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;一、要被同輩評審（peer review）：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　考古發現要先在學術期刊上發表，經過同輩評審，否則便自說自話，只叫幾個人表示支持，是誤導大眾以為專家已有共識。其實，大部份學者都質疑方舟的發現。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;二、要有更多一致化驗結果：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　碳十四化驗結果可以上落很大，所以要作多過一次化驗，各結構也要作獨立化驗，並證實多個木結構是同出於一個原結構。另外，只靠碳十四化驗是不足，因木是長壽命樣本，古木年份與木結構建築年份並無必然關係。舉例，今天有人用千年古木建造新房屋，後人發掘時，木樣本年化驗有千年歷史，但結構是現代。此外，必須化驗其他樣本，如陶瓷等，若年份一致，才能進一步推斷。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;三、吻合近東歷史：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　木樣本碳十四化驗結果是公元前二八○○年，屬「前青銅時期」（約主前3500-2300年間），這時期近東進入城鎮化的階段。從近東歷史來看，方舟在這個時期出現，即有洪水滅世，簡直是天方夜譚，抵觸歷史和考古的知識。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;四、滅世洪水證據：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　大洪水必帶來大量沉積土，出現於同時期各遺址的層面中。要證明歷史上真的發生了洪水滅世，並不是上山上找證據，而是要在山下找普世洪水破壞的跡象。但是，這樣的現象根本沒有出現過。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;五、普世文化斷層：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　普世洪水必造成普世破壞，各遺址會因洪水造成文化斷層和洪水沉積土層，這樣的考古證據從沒有出現過。土耳其考古專家Zimansky說：這個時期的土耳其，並沒有出現任何文化斷層，土耳其遺址更有發展證據，甚至城鎮與城鎮之間發展商貿關係。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;六、考慮其他解釋：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　是否真的沒有其他「更合理」的解釋？學者指出，過往的探險家或修士，不但從山上取下木塊，也將木材運上亞拉臘山，只舉幾個例子（Bailey 1977: 138; 1989: 105, 112）：&lt;br /&gt;　　※　在一六七○年，荷蘭探索家Jan Struys登山時，曾在山上不同的小棚屋（huts）住宿過；&lt;br /&gt;　　※　在一八二九年，Parrot帶著馬匹、牛，背著糧食和木柴上山，在山峰樹立了兩個大形木十架，較大的樹立在一萬六千尺高的山上，較小的立在山頂；&lt;br /&gt;　　※　在一八五○年，俄羅斯上校Khodzko帶六十位軍人上山，在山頂樹立了高七尺的十架；&lt;br /&gt;　　※　在一九○二年，Ivangouloff帶領一隊俄羅斯探索隊，攀到山上建築一個「小木室」；&lt;br /&gt;　　※　在十九世紀未，在六千三百五十尺的山上，發現大木結構，那是聖雅各修道院（Monastery of St. James/Jacob）；另一間修道院遺跡是Chapel of St. Gregory，位於八千三百尺的山上。兩所都是主後九至十一世紀被建築的。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;七、古環境研究：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　現在的亞拉臘山一帶沒有太多林木，是因為自古以來的森林濫伐所導致。在主後十世紀，兩位亞拉伯地理學家形容當時的亞拉臘山一帶是林木茂盛，al-Istakhri 提到村民砍伐山岥上的樹木作柴，al-Mukaddasi 說在山邊有多過一千個村莊（Bailey 1989: 112）。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;結論&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　本文是筆者個人blog上文章的節錄（全文見&lt;a href="http://marksir.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html" style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, arial, geneva; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;http://marksir.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;）。但就以上各項條件，說「最合理的」解釋是方舟，是沒有根據，並抹殺既定的歷史和考古知識。&lt;br /&gt;　　我盼望基督徒，在這後現代的世代中慎思明辨。華人牧者要在教導上成為群羊的榜樣，治學態度更嚴謹，引導會眾分析。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6929972546579944700?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://marksir.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html' title='發現方舟的宣稱，聖經考古的回應 (陳崇基)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-2483461732200110172</id><published>2011-10-20T14:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T14:58:35.651-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>一場另類政治</title><content type='html'>一場另類政治 &lt;br /&gt;龔立人 &lt;br /&gt;http://kunglapyan.blogspot.com 2011.05.15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;對很多信徒來說，教會是一個宗教群體，與政治無關。例如，讀神學往往被理解為拯救靈魂和牧養靈魂的準備。但今日，我想跟你們說，上教會是參與一場政治運動，讀神學是要改造這個世界，牧者傳道是社會運動家。我是否將教會政治化？以下，讓我以彼前2:9-17與你們分享我的看法。 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;教會是一個政治體 &lt;br /&gt;彼前2:9-17用了「被揀選的族類、君尊的祭司、聖潔的國度和屬上主的子民」來描述基督徒群體。這組字有一個共同性，就是群體。縱使祭司一詞有別於族類、國度和子民，但只有對群體的責任下，祭司的工作才會出現。從此看來，信仰和基督徒身分永遠是群體性。群體性不僅代表信仰的本質，更代表信仰的政治性。不只因為群體就是政治，更因為這群體有一個目的，也為這目的而存在，就是宣揚和見證上主的恩典和憐憫（2:9）。傳福音是一場政治活動，不單因為彼得書信時代的社會認為宣講耶穌是一件危害社會的事，以致彼得安慰信徒說，「為義受苦」（3:14）和「為基督的名受辱」(4:14)是有福的，更因為福音的內容本身是顛覆性，與當時的社會價值和實踐不同，甚至有衝突，以致當時的社會容不下福音。有基督徒群體以為對社會政治事件沉默就可以讓信徒敬虔度日，但事實不是如此，因為傳福音就是一項政治行動，聚會就是一項政治集會。究竟福音要宣揚一個怎麼樣的政治？ &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;轉向對上主的效忠 &lt;br /&gt;第一，從對家族、社會、甚至國家的效忠轉向對上主的效忠。「被揀選的族類、君尊的祭司、聖潔的國度和屬上主的子民」不是一種文學修辭來形容基督徒群體的尊貴，而是藉此不斷強調這群體屬於上主。基督徒群體對自己的認識和界定不是從社會功能而來，而是從上主而來，以致彼得說，「你們是客旅，是寄居的」（2:11）。這種看法對於一個要求人民絕對效忠的政權是一種挑釁、對於一個要求僱員唯命是從的僱主是一種蔑視，因為基督徒的人民說，「我們終極的效忠是上主，而不是國家」；基督徒僱員說，「我們終極效忠是上主，而不是老闆」。正因如此，基督徒會選擇以對抗代替順服、以站出來代替委曲求全。基督徒不是刻意選擇與社會對抗，而是屬於上主本身就可能產生一定程度的對抗。上主與世界不是對立，但不因此，我們以為上主與世界可以全然的共融。 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;新生活形態 &lt;br /&gt;第二，基督徒群體表現出一種新生活形態。例如，彼得以「禁戒肉體的私慾」、「以品行端正來抵抗毀謗」、「寧願不自由，也不自由地犯罪」、甚至「為主的緣故順服」來描述這生活形態。坦白說，這生活形態沒有甚麼特別，因為任何一個道德社群也有相類似的提議，甚至可能比基督徒群體還做得有過之而無不及。事實上，基督徒大都傾向從道德層面解釋基督教，以致為了有好見證，信徒背負沉重的壓力；教會為了有好名聲，隱惡揚善。我們以為只有高尚的基督徒品德，上主的榮耀才會被彰顯（3:12），但忘記了上主的榮耀是祂對我們的憐恤與赦免。我們需要品行端正，但基督徒的核心價值不在於此，而在於上主的恩典與赦免。「你們從前算不得子民，現在卻作了上主的子民。從前未曾蒙憐恤，現在卻蒙憐恤。」（2:10）當道德以品行好壞來看待人的價值時，在上主恩典下，我們相信人只分為接受上主赦免或未接受上主赦免的人，以致罪人可以成為義人，義人也算不得甚麼；又當社會傾向以工具理性和經濟效益的計算方式來看待生命的價值時，在上主恩典下，我們肯定每一個生命同樣重要，極低經濟效益的生命需要被照顧。基督徒向人的見證不在於我們有高不可攀的道德操守，而是承認自己是罪人，被上主赦免，並見證上主的恩典。這份體驗成為基督徒有別於一般群體的生活形態。 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;再思牧職的身分 &lt;br /&gt;按以上所說，牧者就不只是一項宗教性工作，更是一位政治者、社會運動者。一方面，他努力鞏固已有的信徒群體，目的不是如一般餘暇活動讓信徒們可以開開心心過週未和週日，而是培養教會成為一個新政治體，活出另一種政治的可能，即忠於上主和一份拒絕以工具理性和道德主義的生活邏輯。另一方面，藉著教會作為另類群體，牧者積極向世界陳明教會的政治理念，即這是天父世界而不是政黨和資本家的世界。 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;這是我選擇讀神學的原因，也是我對神學院存在的理解。 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:cwwu@hkcrm.org.hk" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;"&gt;胡志偉牧師&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　聖經十誡的第九誡清楚教導我們 :「不可作假見證陷害人。」(出廿16)，史密德 (Lewis Smedes) 於《祇是道德》(Mere Morality) 說明神禁止謊言，謊言破壞了人與人之間的基本信任。所有的謊言變相地來自惡者 (約八44)。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　《箴言》多次提醒信徒，「說謊言的嘴為耶和華所憎惡；行事誠實的，為他所喜悅。」(十二22)；「義人恨惡謊言；惡人有臭名，且致慚愧。」(十三5)；「作假見證的，必不免受罰；吐出謊言的，終不能逃脫。」(十九5)。我們常要作的禱告是「求你使虛假和謊言遠離我」(卅8)，因為我們生活在「弄虛作假」的文化之中。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　史密德認為信徒不是消極地避免講出「謊言」，還要致力「說出真理」、「活出真理」、「尋求真理」與「聆聽真理」。筆者嘗試就謊言與誠信探討正在上映的《挪亞方舟驚世啟示2》。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　筆者剛往義大利旅行回來，不少著名景點的教堂皆有若干聖徒留下的遺骸與遺物；當中真假難分，大多遊客 (不是考古學者) 也不會認真地看待；至少這些教堂值得參觀的不是某位聖徒的遺骸與遺物，乃是相關的文物、建築群與雕塑等。就筆者所見，沒有一間高調地宣稱「遺骸不是神話」，看見有關物品就等同相信福音了!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　任何負責任的基督教傳媒機構須持守「說出真理」的基本價值，這不表示「我們已完全掌控真理」，乃是我們嘗試把真相如實地呈現出來，不誤導受眾。關浩然同工已寫了有關電影宣傳失真的事實 (參關浩然&lt;a href="http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=68916&amp;amp;Pid=1&amp;amp;Version=0&amp;amp;Cid=145&amp;amp;Charset=big5_hkscs" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"&gt;我發起了「關注方舟驚世電影佈道者操守」的群組&lt;/a&gt;〉，筆者不在此重複。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　所謂「見微知著」，倘若基本資訊可以任意取用，選取了部分有利用價值的，來作刻意的誤導，其它資訊的處理，也可想而知 ? 「列入國家地理2010十大考古發現」，並非得著《國家地理》雜誌的肯定，只是有關團體考古發現的新聞被列為最多人次瀏覽的資訊。倘若筆者撰寫的文章，刊登於《時代論壇》而因多人瀏覽排列在前十位之內，筆者宣稱其文章「被列為時代論壇2010十大文章」，相信讀者一定噴飯起哄。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　筆者相信聖經記載方舟故事，然而我們的信仰並非建基於方舟有否發現，或影片宣稱於土耳其某座山上發現石化木樣本就等同是方舟遺物了。我往義大利旅行回來，宣稱發現猶八製造的樂器遺物 (創四21)，當遇到有人質疑時，便叫對方舉証証明我手上樂器遺物真假，「你不能証明此物品是假，即此物品是真的」；此種邏輯仍然有人玩弄。猶八是哪個年代，無人得知；學者對於挪亞年代同樣沒有公認一致的看法。既然年份不能確實，有關挪亞方舟遺物的年份自然難以判斷 ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　梁斐生博士去年9月發表了〈&lt;a href="http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=61712&amp;amp;Pid=6&amp;amp;Version=0&amp;amp;Cid=150&amp;amp;Charset=big5_hkscs" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"&gt;從基本學術規範看「方舟發現」&lt;/a&gt;〉，提出各項合理的質疑，可惜有關團體沒有作出有說服力的回應，只是用否定對方的技倆來自圓其說。 美國陳崇基牧師寫了一篇甚有份量的文章〈&lt;a href="http://marksir.blogspot.com/" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"&gt;發現方舟的宣稱、聖經考古的回應&lt;/a&gt;〉，讀者看後便能判斷真偽。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　倘若挪亞方舟真的被發現，這項消息肯定驚動學術界；然而西方有權威的學府根本不把有關發現視為「驚世啟示」，很可能是「中國基督徒的笑柄」(我沒有作的，因有人作了，我也受連累 !) 常識告訴我們，若是真的文物考古發現，當地政府怎會讓有關團體輕易地攜離出境 ? 也許更值得我們思想 : 為何有華人教牧與信徒這麼輕易相信「方舟發現的神話」，這項現象更值得深入探討 !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;　　是時候，教會人士要「求真去假」，起來揭破我們當中流行的謊言論述。當我們宣稱真理是核心價值，就不要自欺欺人，不把「失真」作為「真確」，於是我們不會「以假為真」，愧對世人與下一代。在此，我要向梁斐生博士、關浩然同工、古斌弟兄表達敬意，他們敢在於「西瓜歸大邊」的教會文化中，無畏地提出合理的質疑。真理不是表明我們已有了答案，乃是背後的用心所在。他們與有關團體不存有任何利害關係，因而言論較筆者來得更為中肯 ! 機構與事工失了誠信，我們怎能面對公眾與施行審判的上帝 ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 新細明體;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-8153297282463618924?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.hkchurch.org/GenericStyles/Content.asp?ID=10932&amp;PaperID=0010' title='從方舟電影看謊言與誠信 (胡志偉牧師)'/><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://www.hkchurch.org/GenericStyles/Content.asp?ID=10932&amp;PaperID=0010' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/8153297282463618924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>教會「三不足」</title><content type='html'>教牧熱點 - 基督教時代論壇 第一二五八期.二○一一年十月九日&lt;br /&gt;教會「三不足」&lt;br /&gt;羅錫為 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;教會尋找新的牧養模式，各有前因，但不外乎三個原因。我多年來的牧養，在加拿大或香港，都是給這三個問題糾纏著，姑且稱為「三不足」︰地方不足，此其一也；人手不足，此其二也；牧養不足，此其最重要者也。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;很多教會，都是從地方不足和人手不足這個問題出發，去找解決方案。這都是「好難題」，表示教會人多了，事工多了。不過，光是看見這些硬件和軟件，而沒有從牧養的角度去審視問題──到底從神領受了甚麼託付──教會永遠就在一個解決問題的狀態中運作。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;每一項教會的功能，總是為一個需要而興起。例如主日學，是二百多年前工業革命後，英國的福音派教會為失學的兒童勞工而辦，原來目的是藉著教兒童識字，向他們傳福音。兒童信了主，長大了，不能永遠留在主日學，於是，教會組織了一些少年團、少年班、少年隊等，來牧養他們。十九世紀中，美國浸信教會把這些形形色色的青少年事工，整合而成為少年會（Baptist Young People's Union），多在禮拜六黃昏或晚上舉行。這是青少年團契的「雛形」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;到了十九世紀末，少年會變成助道會（Baptist Training Union），成為教會訓練會友和訓練門徒的宗教教育場所。主日學和助道會走在同一方向發展，演變成為分齡牧養的事工。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;本來，助道會（團契）和主日學是「一條龍」的宗教教育事工，由一個部門協調和統籌。當分家之後，出現競爭地方、時間、人手和學員的現象。最令人費解的是，牧養不足的問題不會因為教會提供更多程序和聚會得以解決，反而製造更大的地方不足和人手不足的問題。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;為甚麼教會的功能部門，開了就不能關？為甚麼原本是「傳福音牧養一條龍」的宗教教育程序，分家了就不能重新整合？有一、二百年傳統的主日學和助道會（團契），為甚麼不能被別的牧養模式，如小組或成長班取代？今天的主日學和團契，為甚麼不能賦予新的形式和內容，承載傳福音和牧養使命？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-2204174587768765748?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=68774&amp;Pid=2&amp;Version=1258&amp;Cid=845&amp;Charset=big5_hkscs' title='教會「三不足」'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/2204174587768765748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=2204174587768765748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/2204174587768765748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/2204174587768765748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html' title='教會「三不足」'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8480682281663082306</id><published>2011-10-12T08:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T08:05:58.590-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>Peace</title><content type='html'>Isaiah 48:20-22 Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth; say, "The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!"They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and the water gushed out. "There is no peace," says the Lord, "for the wicked."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Many people cry out for comfort, security, and relief, but they haven't taken the first steps to turn away from sin and open the channels to God. They have not repented and trusted in him. If you want true peace, seek God first. Then he will give you his peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 55:6-7  "Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Isaiah tells us to call on the Lord while he is near. God is not planning to move away from us, but we often move far from him or erect a barrier between ourselves and him. Don't wait until you have drifted far away from God to seek him. Later in life turning to him may be far more difficult. Or God may come to judge the earth before you decide to turn to him. Seek God now, while you can, before it is too late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isa 56:1-2 1  Thus says the Lord: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- God commanded his people to rest and honor him on the Sabbath. He wants us to serve him every day, but he wants us to make one day special when we rest and focus our thoughts on him. For the Israelites, this special day was the Sabbath (Saturday). Some Christians set Saturday aside as this special day, but many accept Sunday (the day of the week that Jesus rose from the dead) as the "Lord's Day," a day of rest and honor to God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-8480682281663082306?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/8480682281663082306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=8480682281663082306' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8480682281663082306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8480682281663082306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/10/peace.html' title='Peace'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-2881694804957817850</id><published>2011-10-04T17:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T17:55:50.375-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>The Barna Group - Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.barna.org/teens-next-gen-articles/528-six-reasons-young-christians-leave-church#.TouAQofi7-w.blogger"&gt;The Barna Group - Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;September 28, 2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Many parents and church leaders wonder how to most effectively cultivate durable faith in the lives of young people. A five-year project headed by Barna Group president David Kinnaman explores the opportunities and challenges of faith development among teens and young adults within a rapidly shifting culture. The findings of the research are included in a new book by Kinnaman titled You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are Leaving Church and Rethinking Church.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;The research project was comprised of eight national studies, including interviews with teenagers, young adults, parents, youth pastors, and senior pastors. The study of young adults focused on those who were regular churchgoers Christian church during their teen years and explored their reasons for disconnection from church life after age 15.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;No single reason dominated the break-up between church and young adults. Instead, a variety of reasons emerged. Overall, the research uncovered six significant themes why nearly three out of every five young Christians (59%) disconnect either permanently or for an extended period of time from church life after age 15.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Reason #1 – Churches seem overprotective.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;A few of the defining characteristics of today's teens and young adults are their unprecedented access to ideas and worldviews as well as their prodigious consumption of popular culture. As Christians, they express the desire for their faith in Christ to connect to the world they live in. However, much of their experience of Christianity feels stifling, fear-based and risk-averse. One-quarter of 18- to 29-year-olds said “Christians demonize everything outside of the church” (23% indicated this “completely” or “mostly” describes their experience). Other perceptions in this category include “church ignoring the problems of the real world” (22%) and “my church is too concerned that movies, music, and video games are harmful” (18%).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Reason #2 – Teens’ and twentysomethings’ experience of Christianity is shallow.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;A second reason that young people depart church as young adults is that something is lacking in their experience of church. One-third said “church is boring” (31%). One-quarter of these young adults said that “faith is not relevant to my career or interests” (24%) or that “the Bible is not taught clearly or often enough” (23%). Sadly, one-fifth of these young adults who attended a church as a teenager said that “God seems missing from my experience of church” (20%).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Reason #3 – Churches come across as antagonistic to science.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;One of the reasons young adults feel disconnected from church or from faith is the tension they feel between Christianity and science. The most common of the perceptions in this arena is “Christians are too confident they know all the answers” (35%). Three out of ten young adults with a Christian background feel that “churches are out of step with the scientific world we live in” (29%). Another one-quarter embrace the perception that “Christianity is anti-science” (25%). And nearly the same proportion (23%) said they have “been turned off by the creation-versus-evolution debate.” Furthermore, the research shows that many science-minded young Christians are struggling to find ways of staying faithful to their beliefs and to their professional calling in science-related industries.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Reason #4 – Young Christians’ church experiences related to sexuality are often simplistic, judgmental.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;With unfettered access to digital pornography and immersed in a culture that values hyper-sexuality over wholeness, teen and twentysometing Christians are struggling with how to live meaningful lives in terms of sex and sexuality. One of the significant tensions for many young believers is how to live up to the church's expectations of chastity and sexual purity in this culture, especially as the age of first marriage is now commonly delayed to the late twenties. Research indicates that most young Christians are as sexually active as their non-Christian peers, even though they are more conservative in their attitudes about sexuality. One-sixth of young Christians (17%) said they “have made mistakes and feel judged in church because of them.” The issue of sexuality is particularly salient among 18- to 29-year-old Catholics, among whom two out of five (40%) said the church’s “teachings on sexuality and birth control are out of date.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Reason #5 – They wrestle with the exclusive nature of Christianity.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Younger Americans have been shaped by a culture that esteems open-mindedness, tolerance and acceptance. Today’s youth and young adults also are the most eclectic generation in American history in terms of race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, technological tools and sources of authority. Most young adults want to find areas of common ground with each other, sometimes even if that means glossing over real differences. Three out of ten young Christians (29%) said “churches are afraid of the beliefs of other faiths” and an identical proportion felt they are “forced to choose between my faith and my friends.” One-fifth of young adults with a Christian background said “church is like a country club, only for insiders” (22%).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Reason #6 – The church feels unfriendly to those who doubt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Young adults with Christian experience say the church is not a place that allows them to express doubts. They do not feel safe admitting that sometimes Christianity does not make sense. In addition, many feel that the church’s response to doubt is trivial. Some of the perceptions in this regard include not being able “to ask my most pressing life questions in church” (36%) and having “significant intellectual doubts about my faith” (23%). In a related theme of how churches struggle to help young adults who feel marginalized, about one out of every six young adults with a Christian background said their faith “does not help with depression or other emotional problems” they experience (18%).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Turning Toward Connection&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;David Kinnaman, who is the coauthor of the book unChristian, explained that “the problem of young adults dropping out of church life is particularly urgent because most churches work best for ‘traditional’ young adults – those whose life journeys and life questions are normal and conventional. But most young adults no longer follow the typical path of leaving home, getting an education, finding a job, getting married and having kids—all before the age of 30. These life events are being delayed, reordered, and sometimes pushed completely off the radar among today’s young adults.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Consequently, churches are not prepared to handle the ‘new normal.’ Instead, church leaders are most comfortable working with young, married adults, especially those with children. However, the world for young adults is changing in significant ways, such as their remarkable access to the world and worldviews via technology, their alienation from various institutions, and their skepticism toward external sources of authority, including Christianity and the Bible.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;The research points to two opposite, but equally dangerous responses by faith leaders and parents: either catering to or minimizing the concerns of the next generation. The study suggests some leaders ignore the concerns and issues of teens and twentysomethings because they feel that the disconnection will end when young adults are older and have their own children. Yet, this response misses the dramatic technological, social and spiritual changes that have occurred over the last 25 years and ignores the significant present-day challenges these young adults are facing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Other churches seem to be taking the opposite corrective action by using all means possible to make their congregation appeal to teens and young adults. However, putting the focus squarely on youth and young adults causes the church to exclude older believers and “builds the church on the preferences of young people and not on the pursuit of God,” Kinnaman said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Between these extremes, the just-released book You Lost Me points to ways in which the various concerns being raised by young Christians (including church dropouts) could lead to revitalized ministry and deeper connections in families. Kinnaman observed that many churches approach generations in a hierarchical, top-down manner, rather than deploying a true team of believers of all ages. “Cultivating intergenerational relationships is one of the most important ways in which effective faith communities are developing flourishing faith in both young and old. In many churches, this means changing the metaphor from simply passing the baton to the next generation to a more functional, biblical picture of a body – that is, the entire community of faith, across the entire lifespan, working together to fulfill God’s purposes.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;About the Research&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;This Barna Update is based on research conducted for the Faith That Lasts Project, which took place between 2007 and 2011. The research included a series of national public opinion surveys conducted by Barna Group.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;In addition to extensive quantitative interviewing with adults and faith leaders nationwide, the main research examination for the study was conducted with 18- to 29-year-olds who had been active in a Christian church at some point in their teen years. The quantitative study among 18- to 29-year-olds was conducted online with 1,296 current and former churchgoers. The Faith That Lasts research also included parallel testing on key measures using telephone surveys, including interviews conducted among respondents using cell phones, to help ensure the representativeness of the online sample. The sampling error associated with 1,296 interviews is plus or minus 2.7 percentage points, at the 95% confidence level.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;The online study relied upon a research panel called KnowledgePanel®, created by Knowledge Networks. It is a probability-based online non-volunteer access panel. Panel members are recruited using a statistically valid sampling method with a published sample frame of residential addresses that covers approximately 97% of U.S. households. Sampled non-Internet households, when recruited, are provided a netbook computer and free Internet service so they may also participate as online panel members. KnowledgePanel consists of about 50,000 adult members (ages 18 and older) and includes persons&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;living in cell phone only households.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;About Barna Group&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Barna Group (which includes its research division, the Barna Research Group) is a private, non-partisan, for-profit organization under the umbrella of the Issachar Companies. It conducts primary research, produces media resources pertaining to spiritual development, and facilitates the healthy spiritual growth of leaders, children, families and Christian ministries.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Located in Ventura, California, Barna Group has been conducting and analyzing primary research to understand cultural trends related to values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors since 1984. If you would like to receive free e-mail notification of the release of each update on the latest research findings from Barna Group, you may subscribe to this free service at the Barna website (www.barna.org). 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-906138811357726312</id><published>2011-09-27T09:49:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T09:52:07.642-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>Answers after the day of questions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Isaiah 43&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Israel’s Only Savior&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;1But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; he who formed you, O Israel:"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have called you by name, you are mine.2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and the flame shall not consume you.3For I am the LORD your God,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.I give Egypt as your ransom,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cush and Seba in exchange for you.4Because you are precious in my eyes,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and honored, and I love you,I give men in return for you,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; peoples in exchange for your life.5 Fear not, for I am with you;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I will bring your offspring from the east,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and from the west I will gather you.6I will say to the north, Give up,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and to the south, Do not withhold;bring my sons from afar&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and my daughters from the end of the earth,7everyone who is called by my name,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; whom I created for my glory,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; whom I formed and made."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;8Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; who are deaf, yet have ears!9 All the nations gather together,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and the peoples assemble.Who among them can declare this,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and show us the former things?Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and let them hear and say, It is true.10 "You are my witnesses," declares the LORD,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "and my servant whom I have chosen,that you may know and believe me&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and understand that I am he.Before me no god was formed,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; nor shall there be any after me.11 I, I am the LORD,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and besides me there is no savior.12I declared and saved and proclaimed,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; when there was no strange god among you;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and you are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and I am God.13Also henceforth I am he;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; there is none who can deliver from my hand;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I work, and who can turn it back?"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;14Thus says the LORD,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:"For your sake I send to Babylon&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and bring them all down as fugitives,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.15I am the LORD, your Holy One,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; the Creator of Israel, your King." 16Thus says the LORD,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; who makes a way in the sea,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; a path in the mighty waters,17who brings forth chariot and horse,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; army and warrior;they lie down, they cannot rise,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:18 "Remember not the former things,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; nor consider the things of old.19 Behold, I am doing a new thing;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?I will make a way in the wilderness&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and rivers in the desert.20The wild beasts will honor me,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; the jackals and the ostriches,for I give water in the wilderness,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; rivers in the desert,to give drink to my chosen people, 21the people whom I formed for myselfthat they might declare my praise.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;22"Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; but you have been weary of me, O Israel!23 You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; or honored me with your sacrifices.I have not burdened you with offerings,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; or wearied you with frankincense.24You have not bought me sweet cane with money,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.But you have burdened me with your sins;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; you have wearied me with your iniquities. 25"I, I am he&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and I will not remember your sins.26Put me in remembrance; let us argue together;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.27 Your first father sinned,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and your mediators transgressed against me.28Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and deliver Jacob to utter destruction&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and Israel to reviling.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;以賽亞書43&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1雅各啊，創造你的耶和華，以色列啊，造成你的那位，現在如此說：你不要害怕！因為我救贖了你。我曾提你的名召你，你是屬我的。2你從水中經過，我必與你同在；你逿過江河，水必不漫過你；你從火中行過，必不被燒，火燄也不著在你身上。3因為我是耶和華─你的神，是以色列的聖者─你的救主；我已經使埃及作你的贖價，使古實和西巴代替你。4因我看你為寶為尊；又因我愛你，所以我使人代替你，使列邦人替換你的生命。5不要害怕，因我與你同在；我必領你的後裔從東方來，又從西方招聚你。6我要對北方說，交出來！對南方說，不要拘留！將我的眾子從遠方帶來，將我的眾女從地極領回，7就是凡稱為我名下的人，是我為自己的榮耀創造的，是我所做成，所造作的。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8你要將有眼而瞎、有耳而聾的民都帶出來！9任憑萬國聚集；任憑眾民會合。其中誰能將此聲明，並將先前的事說給我們聽呢？他們可以帶出見證來，自顯為是；或者他們聽見便說：這是真的。10耶和華說：你們是我的見證，我所揀選的僕人。既是這樣，便可以知道，且信服我，又明白我就是耶和華。在我以前沒有真神（真：原文是造作的）；在我以後也必沒有。11惟有我是耶和華；除我以外沒有救主。12我曾指示，我曾拯救，我曾說明，並且在你們中間沒有別神。所以耶和華說：你們是我的見證。我也是神；13自從有日子以來，我就是神；誰也不能救人脫離我手。我要行事誰能阻止呢？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14耶和華─你們的救贖主、以色列的聖者如此說：因你們的緣故，我已經打發人到巴比倫去；並且我要使迦勒底人如逃民，都坐自己喜樂的船下來。15我是耶和華─你們的聖者，是創造以色列的，是你們的君王。16耶和華在滄海中開道，在大水中開路，17使車輛、馬匹、軍兵、勇士都出來，一同躺下，不再起來；他們滅沒，好像熄滅的燈火。18耶和華如此說：你們不要記念從前的事，也不要思想古時的事。19看哪，我要做一件新事；如今要發現，你們豈不知道麼？我必在曠野開道路，在沙漠開江河。20野地的走獸必尊重我；野狗和鴕鳥也必如此。因我使曠野有水，使沙漠有河，好賜給我的百姓、我的選民喝。21這百姓是我為自己所造的，好述說我的美德。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22雅各啊，你並沒有求告我；以色列啊，你倒厭煩我。23你沒有將你的羊帶來給我作燔祭，也沒有用祭物尊敬我；我沒有因供物使你服勞，也沒有因乳香使你厭煩。24你沒有用銀子為我買菖蒲，也沒有用祭物的脂油使我飽足；倒使我因你的罪惡服勞，使我因你的罪孽厭煩。25惟有我為自己的緣故塗抹你的過犯；我也不記念你的罪惡。26你要提醒我，你我可以一同辯論；你可以將你的理陳明，自顯為義。27你的始祖犯罪；你的師傅違背我。28所以，我要辱沒聖所的首領，使雅各成為咒詛，使以色列成為辱罵。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-5073496565340384148</id><published>2011-09-14T23:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T23:13:37.386-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>特區政府缺德 - 生果日報網上版</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.hotpot.hk/fruit/art_main.php?iss_id=20110915&amp;amp;sec_id=12187389&amp;amp;art_id=15614469#.TnFs5ghbpaI.blogger"&gt;特區政府缺德 - 生果日報網上版&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;香港人懷念殖民地時代，因為當香港由英國人領導的時候，管治十分專業，處事甚為公正，大的事情，像地產壟斷，英國人不會讓香港給地產經濟綁架成這個動彈不得的樣子。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;小的問題呢？想知道現在這個「當家作主，吐氣揚眉」的特區政府是第幾流的水準，不如看最近特區廣播處長─不，按照現在的叫法，是政務司司長，保安局局長，該叫「廣播處處長」了─特區政府如何處理。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;空不空降什麼政務官來掌廣播，倒不是問題，很符合中國國情的，中國還起用過大寨農民陳永貴做副總理（也就是相當於拜登這樣的副總統高職），戴一條白頭巾，會見來訪的法國總理呢。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;問題是香港特區政府聘用廣播處處長，當初故意漏消息，一位 A先生，一位 B女士，現在均已入圍。後來，特區政府又放消息： A是大熱門，正在接受品格審查。但是後來忽然 A先生做不成了，這才改用政務官來空降。 A先生「品格審查」這一關過不了，特區政府之害人，就在這個地方。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;英國人主持大局，政府聘用什麼人，全程保密，因為如果有人應聘高職，他本來必另有僱主，萬一新的職位功虧一簣，最後沒有中選，那麼新的僱主有起碼的道德責任，在互相摸底洽談的時候全程保密，不讓本來的僱主知道閣下有跳槽之意，是一種君子行為，為了保障萬一談不成，這位應聘者還有一條後路。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;但是特區政府缺德之處，是蓄意把人家的身份曝光，最後，又沒有聘用，那麼當事人本來的老闆，對這位職員的忠貞有何感想？最後，特府還讓全世界知道沒有用這位當初「心儀」之選，是因為「品格審查無法過關」，這不就是把一個人的事業前景和聲譽都葬送掉？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;聘用過程的保密是一個政府應有之義，特區政府是香港最大的僱主，聘用高職，不請你，還隨時把你曝光，這種僱主，誰會向他應聘打工呢？不要怪香港人推崇前殖民宗主，看不起今天的這伙混混，這是一個蠢得令人心寒的政權。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（陶傑）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-5073496565340384148?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.hotpot.hk/fruit/art_main.php?iss_id=20110915&amp;sec_id=12187389&amp;art_id=15614469#.TnFs5ghbpaI.blogger' title='特區政府缺德 - 生果日報網上版'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;她強烈的慾望以及比較心態，令到自己出現焦慮症外，連女兒亦受影響，有樣學樣，僅讀中一的女兒，曾在測驗前，將成績好、會威脅自己的同學的書本掉走，令對方無法溫習，目的是希望自己「跑贏」同學。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;專家：扭曲價值觀 難建真友誼&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;藍天心理諮詢中心臨床心理學家鄒凱詩稱，在虎媽愛比較及要求嚴苛下，子女的價值觀會受影響，變得事事「鬥叻」，不懂感恩和知足；年紀小小便勾心鬥角，其影響將是無法與人建立真正友誼。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;香港青年協會單位主任吳錦娟亦指出，不少致電熱綫的學生，其實都是成績不錯的，但卻稱：「做極都做唔到父母要求」，因而感到壓力、緊張、精神難集中；她直言，愈來愈多父母本身能幹，望子成龍的情況更多：「父母自己叻，就想子女都一樣叻！」&lt;br /&gt;吳錦娟提醒父母，每個小孩子的成長也有分別，不應對他們有不合理的期望，否則將弄巧反拙，子女的長處因壓力過大難以發揮，亦會影響情緒健康。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;虎媽愛反駁 子女學撒謊不認錯&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;不過，要令虎媽妥協，也非易事，鄒凱詩指，虎媽工作能幹、學歷高，總愛反駁別人，即使在接受輔導時，有些虎媽當被要求減少子女的課外活動時，她們往往會「抵賴」，鄒指：「說學十多種課外活動，是子女要求的！」將責任推在孩子身上。她稱，父母是子女的一面鏡子，子女會學習父母好勝愛面子，同時也會習以謊話反駁、有錯不認，推卸責任。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-4546917423364507096?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-7407228173362913825</id><published>2011-08-30T06:54:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-31T08:19:10.794-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>中國公司又一恥辱...!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;咁都得？唉，中國公司的缺德，讓我們連坐飛機去中國都要冒上生命危險...!? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;明報 2011.08.29&lt;br /&gt;吉祥航空搶降 韓機長吊照 (11:34)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;吉祥航空班機日前拒絕避讓險釀飛安事故，民航局公布懲處結果，吊銷韓籍機長執照。&lt;br /&gt;8月13日，卡塔爾一架航班因油量不足發出求救信號，吉祥航空吉公司HO1112航班機組拒絕執行空管發出的避讓指令。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8月29日，中國民航局公布調查結果，稱吉祥航空機組嚴重違章。民航局吊銷韓籍機長執照，不允許其再以機組成員身分在中國境內運行，並通報韓國民航局。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;調查報告顯示，8月13日，浦東機場因雷雨覆蓋造成上海進近管制區內20架飛機盤旋等待。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;卡塔爾航空公司多哈至浦東的QR888航班在等待過程中機組報告油量緊張，申請備降虹橋機場，並在備降途中申請優先著陸，管制員隨即啟動優先落地程序，按空中流量情況對QR888航班進行了優先安排。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QR888航班機組接著報告僅有5分鐘的續航能力，（意指離剩下最後30分鐘燃油還有5分鐘），管制員立即要求空域中相關的航班進行避讓。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;已建立航道的南航CZ3525航班立即做出了避讓，而正在建立航道的HO1112航班稱油量緊張拒絕執行管制員指令。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在QR888航班機組發出遇險（MAYDAY）呼叫、稱油量不足再次請求優先著陸後，管制員啟動緊急狀態下優先落地程序，再次向HO1112航班發出避讓指令，該機組仍拒絕執行指令。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在整個事件中，管制員在7分鐘時間內6次指令HO1112航班避讓，但該機組均拒絕執行。迫使管制員採取其他措施指揮QR888航班安全落地。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;經查實，吉祥航空HO1112航班落地後，剩餘油量為2900公斤，根據執飛該航班的A320機型性能手冊，在保留剩餘最後30分鐘燃油情況下仍可等待飛行約42分鐘。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QR888航班落地後的剩餘油量為5200公斤，根據執飛該航班的B777-300ER機型性能手冊，在保留剩餘最後30分鐘燃油情況下仍可等待飛行約18分鐘。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;目前的調查結果未發現卡塔爾航空公司QR888航班機組在此次事件中存在違章行為，但在預測燃油可用時間上存在不足，中國民用航空局將就此事致函卡塔爾民航當局。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;為此，民航華東管理局決定對吉祥航空公司及當事機組作出如下處理：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一、暫停受理吉祥航空公司擴大經營範圍、設立分公司、購租飛機等事項的申請，同時削減其航班運行總量10%的運力，削減時間為3個月。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;二、暫停吉祥航空公司招錄外籍飛行人員資格，並將對其招錄外籍飛行員資質進行重新評估。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;三、要求吉祥航空公司在調查結果公布之日起30天內對全體外籍飛行員進行不少於40小時的地面理論課程訓練，訓練重點是中國民航的有關飛行規則、運行規章、公司的《運行手冊》和駕駛艙資源管理等內容，該局將對訓練過程和結果進行監察評估。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;四、鑑於吉祥航HO1112航班機組已違反《一般運行和飛行規則》（CCAR-91-R2）的相關規定，局方將依法吊銷吉祥航空公司當事韓籍機長中國民航航線運輸駕駛員執照，不再受理其新的申請，不允許其再以機組成員身分在中國境內運行，並將處理結果通報韓國民航當局；暫扣副駕駛6個月駕駛員執照。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;此外，中國民用航空局已將事件過程通報了國際民航組織，還將向國際駕聯（航線運輸駕駛員協會國際聯合會）通報有關情況。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-7407228173362913825?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/7407228173362913825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=7407228173362913825' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7407228173362913825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7407228173362913825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post.html' title='中國公司又一恥辱...!'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-7307840963043456878</id><published>2011-08-02T07:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T07:53:34.612-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>No excuse</title><content type='html'>Psalm 127&lt;br /&gt;A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of Solomon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. &lt;br /&gt;Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, &lt;br /&gt;anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;詩篇 127&lt;br /&gt;1  〔所羅門上行之詩。〕若不是耶和華建造房屋、建造的人就枉然勞力．若不是耶和華看守城池、看守的人就枉然儆醒。 2  你們清晨早起、夜晚安歇、喫勞碌得來的飯、本是枉然．惟有耶和華所親愛的、必叫他安然睡覺。 3  兒女是耶和華所賜的產業．所懷的胎、是他所給的賞賜。 4  少年時所生的兒女、好像勇士手中的箭。 5  箭袋充滿的人、便為有福．他們在城門口、和仇敵說話的時候、必不至於羞愧。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Copied from Life Application Study Bible ® Devotion - Day 87)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is not against human effort. Hard work honors God. But working to the exclusion of rest or to the neglect of family may be a cover-up for an inability to trust God to provide for our needs. We all need adequate rest and times of spiritual refreshment. On the other hand, this verse is not an excuse to be lazy. Be careful to maintain a balance: work while trusting God, and also rest while trusting him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 130&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for your help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. &lt;br /&gt;I have put my hope in his word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, &lt;br /&gt;yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is unfailing love. &lt;br /&gt;His redemption overflows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-7307840963043456878?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/7307840963043456878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=7307840963043456878' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7307840963043456878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7307840963043456878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/08/no-excuse.html' title='No excuse'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8023378110967043064</id><published>2011-07-29T10:23:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-29T10:24:17.530-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>Intellectual vs Politics - Same story / Different perspectives</title><content type='html'>both articles from www&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Management VS Engineering&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She reduced altitude and spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know where I am."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I am", replied the man. "How did you know?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well, answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything you've delayed my trip even more."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man below responded, "You must be in management."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well," said the man, "You don't know where you are or where you're going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You made a promise which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Republican vs Democrat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Democrat."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I am," replied the balloonist. "But how did you know?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well," said the man, "You don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You've made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and now you expect ME to solve your problem. You're in EXACTLY the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now, it's MY fault.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Impressed...!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-8023378110967043064?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/8023378110967043064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=8023378110967043064' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8023378110967043064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8023378110967043064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/07/intellectual-vs-politics-same-story.html' title='Intellectual vs Politics - Same story / Different perspectives'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-7033822435057223130</id><published>2011-07-18T14:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T14:12:15.290-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>他山之石∕香港教會對六四事件的三條道路</title><content type='html'>他山之石∕香港教會對六四事件的三條道路&lt;br /&gt;胡志偉 （香港教會更新運動總幹事，牧師）&lt;br /&gt;【曠野172期】&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一九八九年六四事件經過了二十二年，香港人與教會始終揮不去的是鬱結於內心的「平反六四」情意結；每年港人公開悼念六四活動標誌著「一國兩制」下，我們仍可在中國主權管轄下一小塊地土享有表達異見的自由。筆者嘗試就個人觀察及有限參與，就教內報刊、民運反思祈禱會與六四紀念禱文登報聯署等現象，說明了香港教會「六四情意結」的三條道路： 自限、限人與自主。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;自限之道&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;按《2009香港教會普查簡報》反映，香港教會與內地教會有交流的，佔整體的63.3% （2004年同性質的調查反映有50.2%）。不同的宗派組織與機構，均有同工定期北上訪問內地，或有內地教會與政府機關人士來港拜訪宗派組織、機構與神學院等。&lt;br /&gt;因著不少領袖在內地有其事工或服務的考慮，大多不願鮮明地表達對六四的看法或立場，憂慮因而影響了關係，從而帶來事工的限制與不方便。筆者諒解不少教會領袖為了顧及堂會或機構，避免參與明顯地違反中央權力意志的活動。個人靜悄悄參與每年維多利亞公園舉行六四燭光晚會不是問題，但參與民運反思祈禱會或具名登報聯署六四紀念禱文，則有所保留。&lt;br /&gt;就筆者過往至今的接觸，有部分堂會於六四前後的主日與祈禱會，不少採用「香港基督徒愛國民主運動」（成立於1989年，執委為蔡元雲、胡丙杰、盧龍光、朱耀明、周榮富、林海盛、李信堅、劉子睿、梁恩榮、翁偉業） 撰寫的「六四紀念禱文」或「中國主日啟應禱文」；有些刊登於週刊，有些則用於崇拜的公禱程序。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;從現實理解，當前香港教會主流對六四事件的論述，停留於自我限制的意識形態；大多教會領袖採取明哲保身，避免作出任何被理解為衝擊中央管治權威的言論與行動；畢竟教會的首要之務並非「平反六四」。《2009香港教會普查簡報》指出，大多堂會關注的社會課題為經濟 （佔整體堂會的63.9%）、家庭 （52.4%）與性倫理 （39.9%）等，民主進程的關注程度由2004年的12.4%下跌至2009年的5.7%，這些客觀數據說明了香港教會對較敏感的政治課題如六四事件的戒心。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;限人之道&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;第二條路線，與第一條路線的分別，則在於有教會領袖不僅基於個人考慮而自限，更進一步為了取悅權勢，甚至限制他人就六四表達意見。六月五日香港基督教兩份有代表性報刊:《基督教週報》與《時代論壇》的版面與內容至少反映若干事實。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;《基督教週報》內容隻字不提六四事件，而《時代論壇》則於第二版用了半頁篇幅報導「民運反思祈禱會」，並於公開園地刊登了陳中禧來稿〈六月第四日重組〉（第1240期）。《時代論壇》於早一期 （5月29日） 的封面則是一端是六四廿二週年研討會的報導，另一端則刊登了整篇六四紀念禱文。這兩份報刊截然不同的取態正好說明了教會領袖對六四事件的立場。&lt;br /&gt;由香港華人基督教聯會出版的《基督教週報》，迴避任何與六四相關的文字；筆者多年前為此報刊撰稿時，文內任何提及「六四」的片紙隻字均被刪掉，也有其他作者的文章有類似下場。對這些在位領袖而言，六四是敏感字眼，為了與中國大陸保持友好關係，任何觸動政權神經之事，還是不提為妙，不僅對六四表示沉默，更限制了作者們表達六四的自由！ 就筆者接觸，持守此種自限又限人立場的，仍是極少數。然而，隨著年日與權力的增長，筆者憂慮的是部分自我約制的領袖，為了合理化其「自限之道」的高明立場，不自覺或有意地作出了「限人之道」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;自主之道&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;第三條道，筆者稱之為「自主之道」；香港回歸中國後仍能公開悼念六四，正是「一國兩制」下的言論與集會自由。當有一天，香港人與教會不能公開表達「平反六四」的聲音，意味著香港不再是「特別行政區」了 ！ &lt;br /&gt;香港仍有少數領袖如蔡元雲與盧龍光等不畏形勢，公開地發言或登報聯署，表達教會對六四的信念。胡丙杰（中華基督教會合一九龍堂主任牧師） 撰寫文章〈六四不應是教會禁忌〉（刊登於基督徒關懷香港學會出版之《基關窗》，2011年4月），他這樣分享:「近期卻聽到『六四是教會禁忌』的聲音，非常奇怪。本人在牧養教會的經驗中，每年都有三、四十位弟兄姊妹自願聯署登報『六四紀念禱文』，亦將此禱文轉印於教會週刊內，而六四期間的講道亦配合，從來沒有人質疑，大家都默默地支持中國民主運動及為六四受影響者禱告。所以，從來不覺得六四是教會禁忌。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;筆者也參與了「香港基督徒愛國民主運動」主辦的六四民運反思祈禱會，約四十多位出席。聚會其中一項是由一群青年人以「八十後的六四」為題，分享對六四的感受，他們認為「歷史不能遺忘，要薪火相傳，直至六四平反的一天。」蔡元雲醫生分享： 「一個國家失去記憶是可恥的，忘記自己身分是羞恥的」。教會每年堅持舉行六四祈禱會不是「發牢騷」，而是盼望歷史得著延續，使後人能認識此事，得以從過去歷史來建立國家意識和身份。與會者寫下個人對中國的心願，並以茉莉花表達心意，並由「我要回家運動」發起人朱耀明祝福，結束聚會。就筆者過往至今的參與，除了「香港基督徒愛國民主運動」執委外，在位領袖參與的確實寥寥可數，尤其是堂會教牧同工。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;哪條道路 ? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;筆者尊重不同人士選取不同道路；基督新教本身是多元表達，就政治或公共事務不一定有一致的看法。然而在一些政治事件，如六四事件、二二八事件等，對錯較為明確，教會應該選擇站在接近公義的一方。當教會享有自由與自主，卻怯於政權或形勢，表達適當的道德勇氣，我們就失掉了在公共空間的先知聲音。教會領袖不能取巧地在事件已有公論時，才插上附和的聲音；乃是在事件的抗爭過程中，因著信仰，不再計較名利、權力與得失……等，對任何違反人道與公義者，予以譴責。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;猶太裔學者漢娜鄂蘭 （Hannah Arendt） 著有《責任與判斷》（Responsibility and Judgment），其中第六章探討天主教會，特別是教宗庇護十二世 （Pius XII） 對納粹暴行的漠視沉默，鄂蘭於文內指出教會對有關指控有三方面回應。第一種回應我稱為明哲保身「抗議和譴責的態度……不僅徒勞，而且有害 : 這是問題的重點」（279頁）。第二種回應則是勢孤力弱，天主教徒無法動員與組織起來；鄂蘭反駁納粹佔領地區時，天主教徒佔多數，只是教會高層的怕事，間接助長了納粹的暴行。第三種回應則是保持中立，有意見認為：「戰爭之中，教宗一份權威聲明就可能造成分裂」（279頁）；即使教宗看到希特勒發動「不義之戰」，但他認為共產主義較納粹主義更危險，於是「保持中立」意味著教會不敢向納粹政權譴責與採取行動，同樣助長了納粹的權勢。&lt;br /&gt;教會的明哲保身、勢孤力弱與保持中立，在某些場景是不得不然的 （中國大陸絕多教會未對六四事件表態，筆者是可以理解的）；然而當教會享有自由與自主，卻自我限制，甚至限制他人，這是可悲的！ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-7033822435057223130?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cap.org.tw/W/w-172-3.html' title='他山之石∕香港教會對六四事件的三條道路'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/7033822435057223130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=7033822435057223130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7033822435057223130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7033822435057223130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post_18.html' title='他山之石∕香港教會對六四事件的三條道路'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-4680249317933959006</id><published>2011-07-09T08:34:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-09T08:36:01.471-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>杜絕變相公投</title><content type='html'>杜絕變相公投&lt;br /&gt;區樂民&lt;br /&gt;2011年07月09日 蘋果日報 副刊&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;為了杜絕變相公投，政府推出替補機制，弄至民怨沸騰，七一上街的人龍，從白天走到黑夜。政府決定押後二讀。有政黨建議不宜「一刀切」處理所有立法會議員出缺，替補機制應針對自行請辭的議員；如果因病或死亡而出缺，該進行補選。&lt;br /&gt;一看，就知這個建議有漏洞。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;舉個實例，零四年董建華先生因腳痛辭去特首職務。請問這樣的辭職，是屬於「自行請辭」還是「因病出缺」？&lt;br /&gt;我無意拿董先生來開玩笑。說實話，我心裏尊敬他，因為他的人品好。我舉出這個例子，是要說明「因病出缺」很難被證實或否定。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;有人提議，辭職的議員一年內不得參選。這是不合理的，比方說，一個議員患了癌病，決定辭職，經過化療和電療，效果出奇地好，他想參加補選，再為市民服務，若遭摒諸門外，那算不算殘疾歧視？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;又有人說，變相公投浪費公帑。我沒有念經濟科，不肯定那是不是浪費。記得通縮那幾年，政府鼓勵人們消費來刺激經濟。補選花的錢，其實是轉移到許多基層公務員的口袋，錢多了，自然增加消費，帶旺食肆、娛樂場所、百貨公司等等。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;晚飯時，三叔說：「其實杜絕變相公投的方法很簡單，為甚麼政府要搞個『大頭佛』出來？」&lt;br /&gt;「有何方法？」我問。&lt;br /&gt;「遇上重大政治課題，」三叔答道：「政府正正當當地舉行公投，那就不會出現變相公投。公投是合法、合情、合理的。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（區樂民）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-4680249317933959006?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/4680249317933959006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=4680249317933959006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/4680249317933959006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/4680249317933959006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post_09.html' title='杜絕變相公投'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8908066131093588732</id><published>2011-07-07T09:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-07T09:13:26.167-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>Rejoice and be glad in it</title><content type='html'>Ps 118:24 (ESV)&lt;br /&gt;24  This is the day that the Lord has made;let us rejoice and be glad in it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are days when the last thing we want to do is rejoice. Our mood is down, our situation is out of hand, and our sorrow or guilt is overwhelming. We can relate to the writers of the psalms who often felt this way. But no matter how low the psalmists felt, they were always honest with God. And as they talked to God, their prayers ended in praise. When you don't feel like rejoicing, tell God how you truly feel. You will find that God will give you a reason to rejoice. God has given you this day to live and to serve him-be glad!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Life Application Study Bible ® Devotion)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-8908066131093588732?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/8908066131093588732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=8908066131093588732' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8908066131093588732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8908066131093588732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/07/rejoice-and-be-glad-in-it.html' title='Rejoice and be glad in it'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-4202636692941659210</id><published>2011-07-05T00:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-05T00:03:30.930-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>可憐</title><content type='html'>李純恩&lt;br /&gt;蘋果日報 副刊 2011年07月04日&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這天是七月一日，曾特首蔭權發表講話，說在未來的一年中，要為服務香港，奮鬥到「最後一分一秒」。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;聽了曾先生的話，我很激動。真是很久沒有聽過如此豪言壯語了。上一次聽到類似的豪言壯語，已是上個世紀的事了。四十年前，中國「文革」的時候，我們天天都說這樣的豪言壯語，開始說的時候心情還挺激動，說到後來，就像放屁一樣自然了。如今舊景重溫，恍如隔世。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;可見，幫曾先生寫演講稿的仁兄，不但是個懷舊之人，且不知時代進步，或實在墨水有限。可憐曾先生不知就裏，照稿直宣，着了道兒，堂堂一個香港首長，卻像個宣誓入伙的紅衞兵。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「最後一分一秒」是如何算出來的呢？曾先生沒有講。是「呢份工」的結束？還是生命的終結？曾先生沒有講。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「最後一分一秒」，到底是最後「一分」？還是最後「一秒」？既然有了「最後一秒」，哪裏還用「最後一分」？曾先生又不是劉翔，要一分一秒算着去跨欄，誰會在乎他的「最後一分最後一秒」？如果他「奮鬥」到了「最後一分最後一秒」，卻沒有一點成績，只留下一灘蘇州屎，那這「最後一分一秒」是不是早到好過晚到？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一句「豪言壯語」，本來應該是媚俗的壓軸之句，結果卻既無邏輯又無水平，綉花枕頭裏的一包草就全露出來了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-4202636692941659210?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://s.nextmedia.com/apple_sub/a.php?i=20110704&amp;sec_id=12187389&amp;s=38173&amp;a=15397523' title='可憐'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/4202636692941659210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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term='readings'/><title type='text'>《時代論壇》社評 : 警惕特區政府「輕民權以自保」的思維</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=67041&amp;amp;Pid=2&amp;amp;Version=1243&amp;amp;Cid=590&amp;amp;Charset=big5_hkscs"&gt;《時代論壇》Christian Times 第一二四三期 -- 二零一一年六月廿六日&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;因應去年的「五區請辭，變相公投」，特區政府的政制及內地事務局建議修例，日後當立法會直選議席因為議員呈辭、疾病或死亡而出缺，將不再舉行補選產生新任議員，而是由之前的選舉之中得最大餘額票名單的候選人自動填補議席空缺。該局更表示，去年「變相公投」的一次立法會補選投票率偏低，已清楚顯示民意，因此今次修例將不作公眾諮詢，而是直接交由立法會進行立法程序。雖然如此，立法會仍然為此召開公聽會，大批巿民以各式各樣的團體名義出席，當中反對政府做法的意見相當多。大律師公會亦表態，指政府的建議並不符合《基本法》中關於議席由選舉產生的條文，不過政府仍然堅持自己的一套邏輯，維持既有建議，要求立法會通過。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　去年的立法會補選，的確引起社會廣泛議論，即使同屬泛民主派的陣營，矛盾亦非常之大。而在教會之內，對於當時各方就爭取政制民主化的種種策略（包括「變相公投」），張力亦不少。但必須指出，對於「變相公投」持不同意見是一回事，對於政府以剝奪巿民補選權利的手法來懲罰日後在有意及無意下出缺的議員及其所屬政團，明顯是另一回事。政府請不要混淆視聽。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　選舉制度很重要的一點，在於表達選民的集體意願。若以落敗候選人中得最大餘額票者作為日後替補出缺機制中的當然人選，那根本就有逆於當年的選舉結果，與集體民意不符。另一方面，如此替補安排，亦很自然加大了政敵不擇手段要對手出缺的誘因，這也不是巿民所樂見。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　經過去年「五區請辭」所觸發的種種京港官方反應，對於特區政府要想辦法堵塞「變相公投」這個「漏洞」，香港社會其實並不感到意外。問題是特區政府今次的處理手法相當粗暴，既不諮詢公眾，對於民主選舉反映當前民意這最基本的理念也毫不尊重，且將種種做法歸因於所謂清晰卻實質另有所指的民意，實質是照顧自己的政治需要，就是為了掃除一個全民表態的機會，即使殃及池魚也在所不惜。特區政府以此「輕民權以自保」的思維模式來處理政制事務，實在不敢恭維。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　由於政府在立法會肯定得到建制派的支持，其建議幾可肯定通過無誤，行禮如儀。至於民間方面，也許因為早已有自發大遊行的「尚方寶劍」在手，即使政制裡快將失去一個全民表態的可能，關注的溫度還是給其他議題比了下去（例如人人派發六千元，又例如財政司司長被指政治干預招標工作的立法會聆訊）。然而觀乎特區政府在今次事件上所表現的種種嘴臉、態度和思維，港人實在需要加強警惕，否則更多的重要權利將會被無聲無息的敗掉。民主，是永恆的覺醒。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-4874889486440230239?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=67041&amp;Pid=2&amp;Version=1243&amp;Cid=590&amp;Charset=big5_hkscs' title='《時代論壇》社評 : 警惕特區政府「輕民權以自保」的思維'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8701213265496365592</id><published>2011-06-24T02:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T02:33:04.773-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>Nat's manager Riggleman resigns...</title><content type='html'>WASHINGTON -- Jim Riggleman felt he deserved better. He had essentially become a permanent interim manager for the Washington Nationals, a franchise that has spent much of its time trying to become relevant. Once the club was ready to be a contender, he sensed he would be shunted aside for the next best thing to come along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I just felt if there's not going to be some type of commitment, then there obviously never will be," Riggleman said. "I'm just not the guy that they thought they could move forward with."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I tell ya, I've been in this 10 years," Riggleman said. "Maybe I'll never get another opportunity, but I promise you I'll never do it on a one-year deal again. ... You don't bring people in on a one-year deal. I'm sure they will never do it here. When they get the guy they want, it won't be on a one-year deal."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Timing? Come on," Riggleman said. "That's like I'm not going to get married until I have a steady job. You'll never get married. You make the decision you feel is right and Mike felt the decision was to not move forward with me."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said Thursday he was fully aware that he was leaving one of the precious 30 managerial jobs in the majors, but for him it was a matter of principle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's about me," Riggleman said. "It's about looking in the mirror and feeling like I've got to answer to myself. In today's world in major sports, it's not a good environment to work when the manager or head coach in football or whatever is on a short leash. Too many negatives can come out of it. You're walking on egg shells too often. You can't think out of the box as much. I thought after 10 years I'd earned the right to have a little bit longer leash."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-8701213265496365592?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=369798' title='Nat&apos;s manager Riggleman resigns...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/8701213265496365592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=8701213265496365592' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8701213265496365592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8701213265496365592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/06/nats-manager-riggleman-resigns.html' title='Nat&apos;s manager Riggleman resigns...'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-5908391917684461143</id><published>2011-06-20T10:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-20T10:49:12.212-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>基督日報(香港) - 「大師」宣傳「幸福科學」 梁燕城進行大剖析</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.gospelherald.com.hk/news/soc_1716.htm"&gt;基督日報(香港) - 「大師」宣傳「幸福科學」 梁燕城進行大剖析&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;陳麗斯 / 基督日報記者&lt;br /&gt;2011年06月17日02時06分 上午 Posted. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;上月在港鐵及報章上都有廣告宣傳一種新興宗教心靈玩意，稱為「幸福科學」，其日本創辦人大川隆法蒞港傳教。&lt;br /&gt;(採訪：于嘉豪、撰文：陳麗斯)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;上月在港鐵及報章上都有廣告宣傳一種新興宗教心靈玩意，稱為「幸福科學」，其日本創辦人大川隆法蒞港傳教。「幸福科學」揚言「現代人需要從科學實證的角度，去探究心靈和覺悟世界究竟是什麼」。心靈的覺悟能用科學的方法實證嗎﹖「幸福科學」的本質是什麼呢﹖本報特地與對宗教文化有深厚研究的梁燕城博士作訪談，為這個新興的學說給一個說法。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;訪問前半部梁博士逐剖析了「幸福科學」的本質，而第二部份則探討了信仰及科學的關係，以及宗教如何心靈的滿足，更分享了他對選擇自己信仰的看法。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;缺乏科學實證的「偽科學」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;梁博士指出引用「科學」去講幸福在本質上是對「科學」這個名詞的濫用。從其網站所見他並無對他說的「科學」下定義，亦欠缺對科學的基本認識。嚴格的科學不是用來追求幸福，這是與科學無關的。科學有其基本標準，當有人提出一些講法而又能通過客觀的實驗鑒證的，才能稱之為科學。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;怎樣的說法才合符科學?他提到波柏爾提出科學要符合「證偽原則」，當中關鍵是當一樣東西自稱為科學，一定要提供一個被實驗所檢查的原則，意思是原則上可以證明是假的，這是相當重要的科學的標準。另外一些科學哲學家也提出所謂科學是可以提供一個「範式」解釋科學的現象，去指示未來科學的發展，比如牛頓所提出的物理學或愛恩斯坦提出的物理學，形成一種範式，以後可根據規則研究，提供各種實驗的根據。因此任何自稱為科學的若無這些原則基本上不能叫做「科學」。若有人用科學這個字但又不合乎原則，則只能視為偽科學，並且是妄稱科學這個名詞，濫用科學名詞。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;就「幸福科學」而論，梁博士認為它的觀點本質上算是偽科學，因為它並未提供任何合乎科學原則的講法，只是隨意用科學這個名詞。整體來說，創辦者明顯是一個無受過基本訓練的人，亂用了一些名詞而形成一些觀點。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;他舉例，幸福科學的網站內容裡涉及輪迴之說，並用輪迴解釋人；裡面的靈魂觀稱很龐大的靈界裡有很多靈，他們會通過輪迴投胎轉世成為某些人。「如果用科學去解釋則完全是偽科學，因為它無任何科學方式被否證，不能成為科學。如你要解釋一個完全觀察不到、又無法實驗的情況，並說這是科學，則只能是一個『偽科學』。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;傾向佛教異端&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;另一方面，精通佛學思想的梁博士又指出，「幸福科學」提出類似佛教式的解釋方法，但它的解釋不是正統的佛家，而是異端形態的佛教。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;以輪迴的觀念為例，「幸福科學」強調科學能實證這一概念。對此梁博士表示幸福科學嘗試為這個世界有很多現象、比如家庭的現像用輪迴去作解釋系統，但用科學方法去解釋輪迴的做法早已被推翻，在科學界不再被重視。其實科學家已將所有輪迴的「科學證據」否決了，所謂「證據」指的是有人聲稱回憶起自己的「前世」，此現象曾被視為是科學家通過催眠的方法去達致的，並因此被視為一個科學的證據。後來這些「證據」亦被摒棄掉，因為科學家去考查那些所謂通過催眠術出來的幾千個記憶事件，沒有一個能被印證在歷史上曾經發生的，同時科學家也證實催眠術也不能喚起正確的回憶，由催眠所產的所謂「輪迴的回憶」都被證實為無效，因此那些輪迴的「證據」全都已被科學家推翻，不被視為真實。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;梁博士甚至認為「幸福科學」利用輪迴理論去講靈界更接近法輪的觀點，而不是佛教正統的講法，因為佛教並不那麼強調靈界的觀點的，所「幸福科學」傾向是佛教的異端。例如法輪亦算此類，因為它自稱能讓人成佛，其實亦是提出一些理論，嘗試去解釋這世界有很多空間存在，並有各種靈進入這個世界，但這些都是隨意提出的講法，並無任何實證的基礎，因此這個理論一來不合符科學基本原則的要求，第二它提出的解釋系統亦無法被證明有任何的可靠性及公正性。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「幸福科學」聲稱能帶給人幸福，梁博士指出，此說隨意的運用它自身的解釋系統，嘗試指示人一個走向幸福的方向，但它提出的解釋系統本身並無任何可信性，即不符合科學，亦無法在任何哲學理論上被認定是理性，所以他認為這只能稱為一個異端或膜拜團體，或非正統的教派。他說：「它隨意提一套不可知、不可證實的理論，去指引人做某一些無法辨別真偽的實踐，通過這些實踐讓人去購買它的商品，所以最後可以稱之為一個『宗教性的商業行為』。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;科學實證不適用於心靈修養&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;那麼，現代人真的需要科學幫助實證或探究心靈的世界嗎﹖梁博士認為科學實證指向的是可實證的現象，但主觀的修養或修練則不屬實證科學的範圍。他說：「科學實證是在實驗中可以重演，並且可以預測，例如H2+O會產生水，這樣重覆就產生水，這個叫做『預測』，這些才是科學實證。而他講的『科學實證』卻是通過一些修養方法達到一些體會，而他視之為實證，但其實這些不屬於科學實證。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;基督教也會憑著人們的主觀經驗去嘗試證明上帝的存在，如此的「見證」都是不靠譜嗎﹖據梁博士所說，若一些經驗有足夠的普遍性，則可說也具有更高度的真實性：「比如有100人通過同樣的修行方式得到同樣的經驗，可以說這是具有較多的普遍性的經驗，但也不是被證明是一個真理。」他舉例若要解釋一些通過修練達至的經驗或境界，則大可以用哲學方法去分析，例如現象學就是通過某些宗教修煉而達到某些境界諸如得到一些領悟，又如當基督徒打開心靈、並通過信心接受上帝是耶穌基督的同時所經歷到的喜樂、上帝的安慰都是普遍的經驗。這類的普遍經驗不能被視為科學的實證，只能說是具有普遍性的主觀經驗，並哲學上可說是具有更高的真實性，但絕不稱之為科學實證。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;因此梁博士認為「幸福科學」的創辦者利用「科學」說項可說是看出他無受過真正訓練，只是提出來一個解釋系統，聲稱可以解決人生的某些問題，並將之推廣為一個膜拜系統，並加入宗教式的觀點讓人去跟從。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;對此等以「大師」的高姿態來吸引信眾的「宗教」，梁博士認為見怪不怪：「這些所謂大師式的講法是時常有的，比如法輪亦然。他們大師身份來吹噓和自我宣傳，說自己是大師啊、活佛啊和古鲁（印度教的教主Guru）基本上是無牌照的。當你自稱為大師，或者是得道的活佛，事實是無檢定的機構發個憑證或給一個牌照說『啊！你真是達至大師！』沒有一個客觀標準衡量怎麼算是大師，很多大師型的宣稱都是自封的。所以街頭很多呃神騙鬼的各種的迷信用命理學術或風水來欺騙人的，通常他們都自詡為大師來增加自己的權威性。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;他又認為「幸福科學」的大川隆法亦是走這一種大師路線，因此將之視為非正統教派以宣揚某種宗教，並提出不可證實的實證系統來吸引人跟從。有的跟從者可能主觀地得到某些感覺，傳開去之後又吸引更多人去跟從。梁博士說：「世間上最厲害的邪教通常都是用這樣的方法，但達到邪教地步的會去殺人、或叫人自殺，或因等待某種的末日來臨而引致集體的性的放縱或集體的自殺，這些都叫做邪教。但他(大川隆法)這種未到邪教的地步，只是隨意胡亂提出一個解釋系統去引致某些人跟從。我相信這些非正統教派的只要對社會無害不算為邪教，但事實上它不具有任何可信的真實性。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-5908391917684461143?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.gospelherald.com.hk/news/soc_1716.htm' title='基督日報(香港) - 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Gatorade dumped on my back. The fans chanting my name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then a big hug from teammate Ricky Romero, who said Monday after I went the distance — a complete game, pitching all nine innings — in a victory over the Cleveland Indians: “Hey man, you can smile now. It’s over.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, I was a winner again, this time as a Toronto Blue Jay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For three years, I’d gone without a victory as a starter — string of losses and no decisions that made it a winless streak, not a losing streak. My last “W” — June 13, 2008, against the Anaheim Angels when I was a member of the Atlanta Braves. I was at 28 starts without a victory. Another loss on Monday would have set a Major League Baseball record at 29.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So how, after three years of hard luck, did I became a winner once more?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did I use a special trick, a change in routine, a complete makeover to my pitching style?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, is the short answer. The slightly longer answer is I never lost sight of how much I love baseball and that a good attitude is as important as good work habits in the gym or on the field.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Star asked me to give readers my lessons on how to be a winner — even if you’re not a major leaguer. I’ve given it some thought and here are five basic steps that work for me:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 1: Have fun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve said many times that my teammates are awesome and it’s true. Sports are supposed to be fun and we have some good laughs. For example, they kept the mood light for me before Monday’s game, which helped. Brandon Morrow sent out a Tweet that day, jokingly asking for a goat or a chicken to sacrifice to change my luck. Funny guy. Smiling is not a sign of weakness. Even when others think things look bleak, whether it’s at work or at school, a sense of humour can be valuable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 2: Preparation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no shortcut to excellence at the park, in the classroom or in the boardroom. There is no substitution for hard work, day in and day out. The physical component is critical — core training and aerobic sessions are part of my routine — but so is the psychological prep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Jays have a great online video library, where pitchers can access research on any hitter to review. It’s my responsibility to be mentally prepared to go to work, just like everyone else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 3: Forget yesterday&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shake it off. That’s a cliché, I know. But that’s what you have to do. You can’t bring disappointment from one game into the next because it’s mental baggage. Neither can you expect an easy outing just because the last game went well — that can be just as troublesome as negative thoughts. Each game is a fresh start, no matter what your game in life is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 4: Confidence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I wished I was winning over the past three years, it wasn’t like I was frustrated, gloomy or down about it. As I said in step No. 3, forget yesterday and focus on what you can control in the future. Be confident in your skill and your knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Confidence can be infectious. On Monday, the fans were chanting: “We believe, we believe.” Then they chanted my name through the entire ninth inning. It was incredible to have that kind of support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also pitched the first complete game of my career on Monday. That was because manager John Farrell let it happen. He believed I could finish the game and I went out there and proved I could.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 5: Don’t forget&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To me, humility is vital to success. How I was raised, the people I chose as friends, my coaches along the way — I wouldn’t be pitching for the Blue Jays if all those generous people hadn’t invested their time in me. I didn’t get here by myself and it’s helpful to keep your achievements in perspective. It’s also good to give back to your community, reach out to those who could use a helping hand. Remember, someone helped you along the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that’s a little peek into my personal playbook. A win-loss record is one gauge of an athlete’s success and, of course, that’s important. That’s why we compete, that’s why we dream of winning championships from the time we’re little boys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But how people feel about you — your family, friends, teammates and fans — is another indicator. You’re always a winner when you’re surrounded by people who care about you. 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type='text'>職場事奉的迷思 / 黃元山 : 經世理財 -《時代論壇》Christian Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=66566&amp;amp;Pid=2&amp;amp;Version=1239&amp;amp;Cid=848&amp;amp;Charset=big5_hkscs"&gt;職場事奉的迷思 / 黃元山 : 經世理財 -《時代論壇》Christian Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;職場事奉的迷思&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;黃元山&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;電郵：wongcomment@yahoo.com.hk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;從內地西北的城市短宣回來，配合當地的宣教士的服事；由於政治宗教關係，當地的宣教士都是帶職事奉的。可以這樣說，內地的宣教士是被迫帶職事奉的，因為他們沒有其他選擇。他們是全職宣教士，但同時又是學生、商人、專業人士等。這模式對時下流行談到的「職場事奉」，有沒有一定的啟發呢？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　時下說的「職場事奉」，其中令人憂慮的一點，是這模式是否只是一個「卸膊」的藉口：「我已經在搞『職場事奉』，其他的事奉不用預我。」另外，這是否一個另類的權利鬥爭：「你們在教會事奉的，不懂我們『職場事奉』的難處，所以，你們少管我們吧。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　話雖如此，我認為一般的教牧同工是比較難理解一般信徒「職場事奉」的迷惑。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　打個比喻，我們都知道向家人傳福音是最困難的，雖然我們最愛他們，最心急他們得救，但往往正因為太過「近」而增加難度。同樣地，向未信的同事傳福音，也具有同樣難度，特別是在一些講求效率的金融機構，可能你剛跟你的下屬談耶穌的愛，轉頭便要「逼迫」他們在「死線」內盡快交出業績。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　有一位著名的學者（牧者），為研究了解「職場事奉」，於是「下海」做生意。之後他寫了很多書，講授有關職場事奉的神學。平信徒打工，是沒選擇地去「搵食」；神學教授下海，是有建制的支持，我懷疑這個打工實驗，對在每天職場掙扎的啟發有多少。也有全時間在教會事奉的朋友告訴我，他們也是打工的，所以了解職場事奉的種種迷惑；我希望他只是說笑而已，否則他便不知道他不知道甚麼。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　不過，事實上我們不應濫用「信徒皆祭司」，這不是新約無中生有的發明，而是舊約的一個概念，就是以色列人是萬民中的祭司，傳遞上帝的救恩。我們基督徒也是一樣，「信徒皆祭司」不等於沒有祭司，我們仍然相信和接受牧師按立的傳統。大衛的帳幕中，祭司和利未人不一定要了解在前面打仗同僚的情況，重要是因人而異、各司其職。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　　國內宣教士的啟發，是他們先認定了自己祭司的身份，就是要使萬民得救，至於他們的方法、賺錢不賺錢、高調或低調、本地的教會接納與否，便成為次要的問題。我們平常在職場上，有多少時候仍然記得自己首先是甚麼身份呢？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（作者為中大全球政治經濟碩士課程客席講師）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;第一二三九期.二○一一年五月廿九日&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-936523292312120649?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' 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Times'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-6651903814439971568</id><published>2011-06-03T09:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-03T09:28:18.779-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>"Tell the Coming Generation" (ps 78)</title><content type='html'>5  因為他在雅各中立法度、在以色列中設律法、是他吩咐我們祖宗、要傳給子孫的． 6  使將要生的後代子孫、可以曉得．他們也要起來告訴他們的子孫． 7  好叫他們仰望　神、不忘記　神的作為．惟要守他的命令． 8  不要像他們的祖宗、是頑梗悖逆居心不正之輩、向著　神心不誠實。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;18  他們心中試探　神、隨自己所欲的求食物． 19  並且妄論　神、說、　神在曠野豈能擺設筵席麼。 20  他曾擊打磐石、使水湧出、成了江河．他還能賜糧食麼．還能為他的百姓豫備肉麼。 21  所以耶和華聽見、就發怒．有烈火向雅各燒起、有怒氣向以色列上騰． 22  因為他們不信服　神、不倚賴他的救恩。 23  他卻吩咐天空、又敞開天上的門、 24  降嗎哪像雨給他們喫、將天上的糧食賜給他們。 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;32  雖是這樣、他們仍舊犯罪、不信他奇妙的作為。 33  因此他叫他們的日子、全歸虛空、叫他們的年歲、盡屬驚恐。 34  他殺他們的時候、他們才求問他、回心轉意、切切的尋求　神。 35  他們也追念　神是他們的磐石、至高的　神、是他們的救贖主。 36  他們卻用口諂媚他、用舌向他說謊。 37  因他們的心向他不正、在他的約上也不忠心。 38  但他有憐憫、赦免他們的罪孽、不滅絕他們．而且屢次消他的怒氣、不發盡他的忿怒。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;65  那時主像世人睡醒、像勇士飲酒呼喊。 66  他就打退了他的敵人、叫他們永蒙羞辱。 67  並且他棄掉約瑟的帳棚、不揀選以法蓮支派、 68  卻揀選猶大支派、他所喜愛的錫安山． 69  蓋造他的聖所、好像高峰、又像他建立永存之地。 70  又揀選他的僕人大衛、從羊圈中將他召來． 71  叫他不再跟從那些帶奶的母羊、為要牧養自己的百姓雅各、和自己的產業以色列。 72  於是他按心中的純正、牧養他們、用手中的巧妙、引導他們。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6651903814439971568?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/6651903814439971568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-3449426146596794276</id><published>2011-06-03T09:22:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-03T09:22:44.788-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>His Comfort (Ps 77)</title><content type='html'>1  〔亞薩的詩、照耶杜頓的作法、交與伶長。〕我要向　神發聲呼求．我向　神發聲、他必留心聽我。 2  我在患難之日尋求主．我在夜間不住的舉手禱告．我的心不肯受安慰。 3  我想念　神、就煩燥不安．我沉吟悲傷、心便發昏。〔細拉〕 4  你叫我不能閉眼．我煩亂不安、甚至不能說話。 5  我追想古時之日、上古之年。 6  我想起我夜間的歌曲、捫心自問．我心裏也仔細省察。 7  難道主要永遠丟棄我、不再施恩麼． 8  難道他的慈愛永遠窮盡、他的應許世世廢棄麼． 9  難道　神忘記開恩．因發怒就止住他的慈悲麼。〔細拉〕 10  我便說、這是我的懦弱．但我要追念至高者顯出右手之年代。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11  我要提說耶和華所行的．我要記念你古時的奇事。 12  我也要思想你的經營、默念你的作為。 13  　神阿、你的作為是潔淨的．有何神大如　神呢。 14  你是行奇事的　神．你曾在列邦中、彰顯你的能力。 15  你曾用你的膀臂贖了你的民、就是雅各和約瑟的子孫。〔細拉〕 16  　神阿、諸水見你、一見就都驚惶．深淵也都戰抖。 17  雲中倒出水來．天空發出響聲．你的箭也飛行四方。 18  你的雷聲在旋風中．電光照亮世界．大地戰抖震動。 19  你的道在海中、你的路在大水中、你的腳蹤無人知道。 20  你曾藉摩西和亞倫的手、引導你的百姓、好像羊群一般。&lt;br 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77)'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-2576273760821673596</id><published>2011-05-27T11:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T11:47:28.933-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>"To err is human; to forgive, divine."</title><content type='html'>(From TSN, &lt;a href="http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=367030"&gt;http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=367030 &lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;KERRY FRASER&lt;br /&gt;5/27/2011 10:41:34 AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today marks the 18th anniversary of Game 6 of the Campbell Conference Final between the Los Angeles Kings and Toronto Maple Leafs. We all know what happened in that game and not a day goes by that a member of the TSN.ca community reminds Kerry about it (some of them nice, most of them not so nice) at cmonref@tsn.ca. So on this day, Kerry responds...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kerry,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Do you remember what happened 18 years ago today? Have you cleared your mind of it since or do you carry it around with you like luggage?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Joe, Halifax&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Kerry,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Can you go one day without someone mentioning the Gilmour-Gretzky incident to you?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Cory Maas, Toronto&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hey Kerry,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;What can you say to me to make me stop hating your guts after the missed high stick in 93? You cost us the Cup because everyone knows we would have whupped the Habs!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Andrew, Toronto&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hi Kerry,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Did Gilmour or Gretzky ever talk to you/confront you about you know what back in 1993? Is it a taboo subject?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Stephen Anderson - Oakville, Ontario&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No official wants to make or miss a call that has an impact on a game or a series.  It becomes a bitter pill to swallow. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the 18th anniversary of the infamous "Missed Call," for many a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, the bitterness has never subsided.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every year, right up to my final season as a referee in the NHL I was contacted by the media on this day and asked to rehash the play.  They always ran with it and feelings were dredged up from old wounds that have never healed; especially from those that harbour hatred towards me.  I devoted an entire chapter in my book (coming out in updated paperback and e-book versions this fall - nice plug!), "The Final Call" entitled, "The Missed Call" and put it all out there; including a sincere apology to Leafs fans everywhere for not having seen the play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dear wife, Kathy has always told us (our seven children and I) that feelings exist. They are real and for the person who holds onto them there is no right or wrong; just that they exist.  I have never avoided the subject when asked and today won't be any different. I will respond to your questions and accept that your feelings exist as another anniversary passes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, Joe in Halifax, I do remember those aching feelings well. The helplessness of not knowing for sure what had just occurred as Doug Gilmour dabbed blood from his chin and prevented it from staining the Fabulous Forum ice lingers in my memory.  While I don't carry it with me like "luggage," the baggage that many a Leafs fan continually pack, makes it impossible for the memory to ever go away.  After all it was only 18 short years ago!  Perhaps more time is required to close the wound?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cory in Toronto, I live in New Jersey and nobody south of the 49th Parallel is really affected by this.  Many events have occurred for me since that night in Los Angeles, both professionally and personally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I worked several Stanley Cup Finals; the World Cup of Hockey; the Winter Olympics in Nagano; the 2000 All Star Game in Toronto; the Winter Classic in Boston's Fenway Park to mention a few in a record setting career. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a personal level, I buried my father in 2001 - the same father that chased a Leafs fan from Kitchener up the street with an axe in the wee hours of the morning after the game in '93. The uninvited assailant drove away in haste after continually ramming into Dad's mini-motor home parked in the driveway of his Sarnia home. (Kitchener is close to a two-hour drive from Sarnia in Southern Ontario.)  My mother has retired the referee whistle that hung on a skate lace by her telephone at the ready to blow into the phone whenever terribly obscene phone calls were received at their home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have witnessed our children's graduation from high school and university.  Kathy and I shared in the joy at weddings for three of our children to this point, along with the current engagement of two others. We have been blessed with five beautiful grandchildren years after the missed call. Life is not static unless we chose it to be and mine has continually moved forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That being said, when I was in Toronto at the TSN studios for the first month of the Stanley Cup Playoffs every day someone would recognize me and ask me about '93. The supervising producer who coordinates the website at TSN sifts through all your questions and provides me with the ones I answer in this column. He tells me there is at least one a day on the Gretzky-Gilmour subject. In some camps the very mention of my name causes vitriol unlike no other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephen Anderson in Oakville, I did speak to Doug Gilmour about the missed call in a telephone conversation he and I had last summer. It was most cordial, even friendly as we shared stories and different perspectives from our long careers.  Doug Gilmour is a class act beyond being the tremendous player, captain and leader that he was throughout his career.  Doug understands that plays are missed and mistakes are made by officials and players alike.  In that conversation, 'Killer' shared something I have seen him state publicly in the past. Doug said, "Give me Game 7 back in my home building and I'd take it any time. We just didn't get it done." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doug Gilmour retired as a Maple Leaf in the 2002-2003 season.  During almost 10 years that we were on the ice together after May 27, 1993, I never heard Doug Gilmour reference that play with me.  At no time did I ever discuss the incident with Wayne Gretzky. Why would I?  Wayne knew what happened better than any of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally to all the "Andrews of Toronto" that need me to say something that might help make you "stop hating my guts."  I don't really think there is much more that I can say that hasn't been already said.  "I'm sorry, I missed the call, I blew it..." just don't seem to be helping you let go of it or the fact that the Leafs lost Game 7 back in Toronto. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead, please allow me to share with you a quote that Doug Gilmour gave to Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun on the occasion of my last game worked in the Air Canada Centre on March 27, 2010. Your captain said, "Please let it go.  It's over.  The man's retiring. For the sake of his sanity, let it go."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If that fails Andrew, I would like to offer the wisdom of Alexander Pope (even though he didn't play for the Toronto Maple Leafs) who said, "To err is human; to forgive, divine."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace be with you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-2576273760821673596?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=367030' title='&quot;To err is human; to forgive, divine.&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/2576273760821673596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=2576273760821673596' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/2576273760821673596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/2576273760821673596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/05/to-err-is-human-to-forgive-divine.html' title='&quot;To err is human; to forgive, divine.&quot;'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-4278414424258885142</id><published>2011-05-26T13:01:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-26T14:57:27.356-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>愛 ‧ Love</title><content type='html'>喜悦、张海军 20110522 中国达人秀片段&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u65jrH__nUk?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「喜悅和張海軍，這是一對非常普通的中國夫妻。視頻中所表現的是在現今這個物質為上，扭曲價值觀的世界中最平凡但是最珍貴的一段真愛！在中國擺地攤是比較難以維持生活的，喜­悅是一個平凡的女人，但是她的那一句"把愛情進行到底"，我承認我被她深深的感動了！」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;愛就是這樣.&lt;br /&gt;This is what we call "LOVE".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Love" is not only about "feeling"... &lt;br /&gt;but its so deep that its un-describable and only the sacrifices will tell others all about it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-4278414424258885142?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u65jrH__nUk' title='愛 ‧ Love'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/4278414424258885142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=4278414424258885142' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/4278414424258885142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/4278414424258885142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/05/20110522.html' title='愛 ‧ Love'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/u65jrH__nUk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-6721762299081750348</id><published>2011-05-25T23:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-25T23:39:41.159-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>笑話的哲理值得深思</title><content type='html'>蘋果日報 副刊&lt;br /&gt;笑話的哲理值得深思 - 李怡&lt;br /&gt;(11.05.24-25)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;網上看到幾個笑話。笑話普通，但引申的道理卻大堪咀嚼。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;某夫人對建築師說每當火車經過時，她的睡床就會搖動。&lt;br /&gt;「這簡直是無稽之談，」建築師回答說，「我來看看。」建築師到達後，夫人叫他躺在床上，體會一下火車經過時的感覺。建築師剛上床躺下，夫人的老公就回來了。他見此情形，便厲聲喝問：「你躺在我太太的床上幹什麼？」&lt;br /&gt;建築師戰戰兢兢地回答：「我說是在等火車，你會相信嗎？」&lt;br /&gt;這笑話帶出的人生道理是：有些話是真的，卻聽上去很假；有些話是假的，卻讓人毋庸置疑。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;×　　　×　　　×&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;英國紳士與法國女人同乘一個火車包廂，女人想引誘這個英國人，她脫衣躺下後就抱怨身上發冷。紳士把自己的被子給了她，她還是不停地說冷。&lt;br /&gt;紳士說：「我還能怎麼幫助你呢？」女人說：「我小時候媽媽總是用自己的身體給我取暖。」&lt;br /&gt;「小姐，這我就愛莫能助了。我總不能跳下火車去找你的媽媽吧？」&lt;br /&gt;這笑話的人生道理是：善解風情的男人是好男人，不解風情的男人更是好男人。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;×　　　×　　　×&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;麥克走進餐館，點了一份湯，服務員給他端了上來。&lt;br /&gt;服務員剛走開，他就嚷嚷起來：「對不起，這湯我沒法喝。」&lt;br /&gt;服務員重新給他上了一個湯，他還是說：「對不起，這湯我沒法喝。」&lt;br /&gt;服務員只好叫來經理。經理畢恭畢敬地朝麥克點點頭，說：「先生，這道菜是本店最拿手的，深受顧客歡迎，難道您……」&lt;br /&gt;「我是說，匙羮在哪裏呢？」&lt;br /&gt;人生道理是：有錯就改，當然是好事。但我們常常卻改掉正確的，留下錯誤的，結果是錯上加錯。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;×　　　×　　　×&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;飯廳內，一個異常謙恭的人膽怯地碰了碰另一個顧客，那人正在穿一件大衣。&lt;br /&gt;「對不起，請問您是不是皮埃爾先生？」&lt;br /&gt;「不，我不是。」那人回答。&lt;br /&gt;「啊，」他舒了一口氣，「那我沒弄錯，我就是他，您穿了他的大衣。」&lt;br /&gt;人生道理：理直氣壯不多見。理直的人，往往謙恭；而我們看到許多理曲的人，往往反而氣壯。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;×　　　×　　　×&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;有一個人去倫敦，想順便探望一位老朋友，卻忘了他的住址，於是給父親發了一份電報：「您知道托馬的住址嗎？」當天，他就收到一份回電：「知道。」&lt;br /&gt;人生道理：當我們終於找到最正確的答案時，卻發現它是最無用的。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;×　　　×　　　×&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;有三個人到紐約度假。他們在一座高層賓館的第 45樓訂了一個套房。一天晚上，大樓電梯出現故障，他們只好徒步走回房間，為了放鬆以減輕登樓的勞累，約定輪流說笑話、唱歌和講故事。&lt;br /&gt;笑話講了，歌也唱了，好不容易爬到第 34層，大家都感覺精疲力竭。&lt;br /&gt;「好吧，彼得，你來講個幽默故事吧。」&lt;br /&gt;彼得說：「故事不長，卻令人傷心至極：我把房間的鑰匙留了在大廳。」&lt;br /&gt;人生道理：痛苦縱不可免，幽默卻可以讓痛苦減輕，甚至轉為輕鬆一笑。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;×　　　×　　　×&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一個很有名的作家要來書店參觀。書店老闆連忙把所有的書撤下，全部換上作家的書。作家來到書店後，心裏非常高興，問道：「貴店只售本人的書嗎？」&lt;br /&gt;「當然不是。」書店老闆回答，「別的書銷路很好，都賣完了。」&lt;br /&gt;人生道理：「恭維」是個奇怪的詞：你像是在奉承他，又像是在侮辱他。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;×　　　×　　　×&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;笑話很普通。但所引伸的人生道理卻值得深思。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6721762299081750348?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/6721762299081750348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=6721762299081750348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/6721762299081750348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/6721762299081750348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post_25.html' title='笑話的哲理值得深思'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-6335003708874113751</id><published>2011-05-19T14:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T14:10:32.232-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why do powerful men cheat? Because they can - CTV News</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20110519/why-men-cheat-110519/"&gt;Why do powerful men cheat? Because they can - CTV News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Bill Clinton to Tiger Woods to countless political leaders in Europe, Arnold Schwarzenegger is just the latest in a list of married celebrities caught in a sex scandal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And while his affair shocked many, some say with all that power and fame, it's not only predictable that a man like Schwarzenegger would cheat, but highly likely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Toronto-based clinical psychologist, Dr. Oren Amitay, says men (and women) with power tend to have an overinflated sense of confidence that allows them to think they'll get away with bad behaviour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's not intelligence that's at issue; it's judgment," Amitay told CTV's Canada AM Thursday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If you've gotten away for so many years with doing pretty much whatever you want to do with very few consequences, why would you change?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While Schwarzenegger had plenty to risk with his extramarital dalliances -- his marriage, his family, his career and perhaps his legacy --he had also been able to weather similar scandalous storms before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During Schwarzenegger's campaign for California governor, as many as 15 women stepped forward to allege that the then-actor groped, spanked, or touched them inappropriately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"And what were the consequences? Nothing," said Amitay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"So when your needs are so important, when you place your needs above everything else, you're not really thinking of the consequences or anticipating what could happen, or feeling any anxiety around it, because that's not part of your experience."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amitay says it's worry that prevents most of us from doing naughty things -- the worry about getting caught, the fear of the consequences, of hurting somebody. But when powerful people get away with misdeeds for so long, it's not long before they don't bother to worry at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Certain personalities just don't feel anxiety," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of these people, if they were raised with power, get used to having parents or family swoop in and protect them, Amitay says. Others like Schwarzenegger, who is more of a self-made man, probably told themselves as young men that they were going to be a certain kind of personality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amitay believes Schwarzenegger is likely in a lot of ways just like Tiger Woods, who risked his family and career for his sexual peccadilloes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"They've lived their lives being told by everyone around them they're special, they're entitled. ‘You deserve whatever you want; you're that great.' And if you're being told that, why wouldn't you believe it?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6335003708874113751?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20110519/why-men-cheat-110519/' title='Why do powerful men cheat? 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Because they can - CTV News'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-996298208142973044</id><published>2011-05-17T17:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T17:02:36.024-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>輸得起</title><content type='html'>(知信行 - 靈修勵語)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我輸得起，因為在基督裡沒有甚麼是輸不起的！ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;著名的靈修大師級人物茱莉安，在她《愛的啟示》一書中表示，神給祂所愛的人的一個煉淨生命的場所，就是失敗，而且是敗完又敗！一個人若受得起失敗，他才有基督的生命事奉神，而且，輸了之後又能爬起來的，他的生命必然煥發光彩，在主裡他充滿神的愛！換句話說，我們需要學習去輸，而且要輸得起。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;失敗並不可怕，甚至它是「好東西」，因為當你走出困厄之後，就成為了一個新造的人。問題只視乎一個人「承受挫敗」的勇氣，倘若不肯認輸，他就因此牢困一世。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;若人在面對困境時，能夠把自己放輕一點，目光看遠一點，把人生的意義放在神國度上多一點，就會發現人生是充滿希望的。放眼世界，即使只看見一線陽光，你會感到人生很美！在輸得起的人身上，心胸是開放闊大的。因為他常常看到神的同在。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「凡從神生的，就勝過世界；使我們勝了世界的，就是我們的信心。」（約壹五4）在新約世界中活著的眾多信徒，大部分都是活在水深火熱之中，忍受著各式各樣的逼迫困苦，然而，基督榮耀而充滿喜樂平安的生命，就在這班飽受欺壓的人身上彰顯出來的。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;不過，當我執著於我的苦，就算我只失去了一塊錢，我也會覺得很苦！所以放開一點，只要生命還在，機會就還在；當你還肯祈求主的同在，那你的人生意義就出現。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;失敗是一項心靈的打擊，原本擁有的鬥志都給挫敗了，這份抬不起頭來面對世界的感覺，使人無地自容。無能、羞愧、丟臉是如斯難受，我還可以作甚麼？我已經一無所有了！當我們來到這一刻，答案就出來了 我們根本就是一無所有的。看看耶穌，耶穌在客西馬尼園中，祂在軟弱時多麼坦然、多麼真實，而真實的我是不用掩藏的！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在安靜中，細細吸吮內心傷痕的痛，那是真實的我！人活得真時，人生就顯得充滿份量了。然後，在挫敗中和哭泣中，呼求主耶穌的安慰，打開胸懷，讓主耶穌進入你心內與你同哭，你會發現，原來，淚是主和你一起流的！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;只要放開一點胸懷，看遠一點世界，失敗根本不重要。當人說得出：「我輸得起！」他就成長了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我輸得起，因為在基督裡沒有甚麼是輸不起的！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-996298208142973044?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ccfellow.org/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=1243&amp;Pid=2&amp;Version=0&amp;Cid=1&amp;Charset=big5_hkscs' title='輸得起'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/996298208142973044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=996298208142973044' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/996298208142973044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/996298208142973044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post.html' title='輸得起'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8656042747920707101</id><published>2011-05-11T11:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T11:02:15.227-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>A time for renewal</title><content type='html'>An excerpt from The Star reports &lt;a href="http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20110510/liberals-leadership-rules-110510.html"&gt;(link)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week's electoral bloodbath has led to an existential crisis for the Liberals, who were once known as Canada's "natural governing party."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They find themselves being squeezed by the NDP on the left and the Conservatives on the right, with many suggesting it's time for the two parties to consider merging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both current MPs and former MPs are brushing aside merger talk and are calling for a period of renewal, saying that Canada needs a strong centralist party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part of that renewal is figuring out what exactly went wrong on Election Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former Liberal MP Gerard Kennedy said the party is "humbled by the election . . . and the parties that did better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There's a yearning there we didn't capture and the NDP did for the present moment," he told CTV's Power Play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He suggested the party did not put enough "solutions out there for specific issues" during the campaign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brison, a Nova Scotia MP, said the party needs a hard look at policy, something it didn't do after the last leadership race in 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said the Liberals need to re-engage with the grassroots of their party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Brison said that the two-year Conservative attack-ad campaign on Ignatieff can't be overlooked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The die was cast by two years of negative ads . . . they were very successful," he said. "He was effectively torpedoed before the campaign even began."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said while on the campaign trail he heard many Canadians repeating some of the Conservatives attacks on Ignatieff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Liberal heavyweight MP who lost his job, Mark Holland, said the party must look beyond its leader.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's not about quick fixes, it's not about one person who is going to paint over everything and make it OK," he told Power Play. "The Liberal Party has a choice; it either makes reforms and it changes . . . or we've got even darker days ahead of us."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Manley, a former Liberal finance and foreign affairs minister, said the party has to get away from the "natural governing party" attitude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There was an attitude and voters can smell that sense of entitlement a mile away and I think the party failed to really tackle that," Manley told Power Play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You have to have some core beliefs and know what they are. I happen to believe there's a big piece of the centre of Canadian politics that is up for grabs and I define that centre as being economically prudent . . . but socially progressive."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-8656042747920707101?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/8656042747920707101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=8656042747920707101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8656042747920707101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8656042747920707101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/05/time-for-renewal.html' title='A time for renewal'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-9128418324123406026</id><published>2011-05-08T00:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-08T00:11:16.468-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>His Plan</title><content type='html'>Psalm 33:11 (NIV) 11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,the purposes of his heart through all generations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life Application Study Bible ® Devotion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The LORD's plans stand firm forever." Are you frustrated by inconsistencies you see in others, or even in yourself? God is completely trustworthy-his intentions never change. There is a promise that good and perfect gifts come to us from the Creator who never changes. When you wonder if there is anyone in whom you can trust, remember that God is completely consistent. Let him counsel you, and trust in his plans for your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-9128418324123406026?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/9128418324123406026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=9128418324123406026' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/9128418324123406026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/9128418324123406026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/05/his-plan.html' title='His Plan'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-5870941842990837229</id><published>2011-04-27T23:41:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T23:44:11.673-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feelings'/><title type='text'>Wedding of the King-to-be</title><content type='html'>One more day, all eyes will focus on the wedding of the King-to-be.&lt;br /&gt;Or I should say, for days, all eyes had been focusing on the wedding of the King-to-be.&lt;br /&gt;Someone may feel so odd about the extensive media coverage of the wedding, even some media was also commenting on the crazy coverage. No wonder, as even CTV was spending almost one-third of their 30-minutes national news covering the wedding.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may ask why?  Let me try...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Canadians are tired of hearing the "debate" regarding another minority government election.  Well, yes, we are all too tired of the lies of all these politicians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And... as Vancouver is the only playoff team in Canada for the Stanley Cup, and forget about the NBA... No hockey, no basketball, not yet football.... so, you can imagine how boring Canadians will be.  Well, we are fortunately that Blue Jays are still in the playoff hunt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What about the other parts of the world?  Days after days, we hear about wars everywhere... or radiation-affected Japanese food and cars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chinese channels... HK news are all about sickness of those high ranking officers, how bad people saying the government is treating them....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey... we just need something positive, something for ourselves to cheer about...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And thank you, Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton, your wedding just come at the right time... something that can give us a smile on our face... :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-5870941842990837229?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/5870941842990837229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=5870941842990837229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/5870941842990837229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/5870941842990837229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/04/wedding-of-king-to-be.html' title='Wedding of the King-to-be'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-8939140541319595886</id><published>2011-04-14T00:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-14T00:51:16.611-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>Time to clip union power in Canada</title><content type='html'>Written by Joseph C. Ben-Ami&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.policystudies.ca"&gt;www.policystudies.ca&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday, 11 April 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recent decision by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) to increase its members’ dues by $60 to fund an anti-Progressive Conservative Party campaign during this fall’s provincial election has been rightly criticized by a number of groups and individuals. In fact, the OECTA decision is just the tip of the iceberg, and a reminder of how bad labour laws in Canada are at protecting individual workers from abuse at the hands of powerful mega-unions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neither Canadians, nor their political leaders, seem to grasp just how far behind the rest of the developed world we are when it comes to defending these rights. Only in Canada can workers be forced to join a union as a condition of employment, and even in those places where workers are not forced to join the union, they still have to pay full union dues. The only way workers in Canada can legally opt out of joining a union – or paying dues if not actually forced to join – is if they have a religious objection to union affiliation. Even then, opting out does not entitle workers to keep their money. Instead of going to the union, the dues are re-directed to a charity the union approves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The above arrangement is referred to as the Rand Formula after Supreme Court Justice Ivan Rand who, in an arbitration decision settling a strike at Ford Motor Company in Windsor, ruled that employers must deduct and turn over to the union, dues from all employees including non-members. Rand explained that this was because all workers benefited from the union’s collective bargaining.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For decades, union bosses in Canada have been collecting fees from workers including many who are not even members, and then using those fees to fund, not just the collective bargaining mandate of the union, but a myriad of partisan social and political causes as well. These bosses claim that the Rand Formula permits them to do this. They also claim that unions are democratic organizations, and that, Rand notwithstanding, the decision to allocate a portion of collected fees for any purpose is the outcome of a democratic process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are wrong on both counts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To begin with, Mr. Justice Rand himself explained that his decision to force non-union workers to pay union dues could only be justified if those dues were used exclusively for collective bargaining purposes. Anything else would be nothing less than legal robbery (my words, not his).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for the argument that the decision-making process is democratic, that might come as a surprise to all those non-union members from whose paychecks mandatory union dues are deducted every week. They are not entitled to vote in any union elections or plebiscite and, as a consequence, have no say whatsoever regarding how their dues are being spent. Only bona fide members of the union can participate in the decision making-process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is another reason why the “democracy argument” does not hold water though. The right to vote for or against a person or political party running for public office, or to assist, financially or otherwise, a social or political cause, is an individual right. It cannot be transferred to anyone else, even if that transfer is accomplished through democratic means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is quite astonishing that this simple fact has been so utterly overlooked here in Canada. Even in Europe – where liberal-left public policy is de rigueur – the courts have consistently ruled, not just against unions using dues to support causes unrelated to collective bargaining without the consent of individual members, but against any form of compelled membership altogether.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nor is Europe the only jurisdiction where workers’ rights are given precedence over union privileges. In America, depending on what state they operate in, unions that engage in activities unrelated to collective bargaining must either raise the necessary funds through a voluntary appeal to their members, or if mandatory dues are to be used they (unions) must offer to discount dues commensurately, or they must offer members a refund of that portion of their dues that would otherwise have been used for these purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is there something the Europeans and Americans know about workers rights and their protection that we in Canada don’t? Apparently so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s time for Canada to join the rest of the developed world in the 21st century by reforming labour laws to protect workers from the voracious appetite of unscrupulous and virtually unaccountable union bosses. That would require politicians with backbone though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is that really too much to hope for?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-8939140541319595886?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.policystudies.ca/library-mainmenu-76/95-governance/414-time-to-clip-union-power' title='Time to clip union power in Canada'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/8939140541319595886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=8939140541319595886' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8939140541319595886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/8939140541319595886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/04/time-to-clip-union-power-in-canada.html' title='Time to clip union power in Canada'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-4064558932891875866</id><published>2011-04-09T22:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-09T22:23:06.863-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>Devotions</title><content type='html'>Life Application Study Bible ® Devotion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joshua 1:5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joshua's new job consisted of leading more than two million people into a strange new land and conquering it. Every new job is a challenge. Without God it can be frightening. With God it can be a great adventure. Just as God was with Joshua, he is with us as we face our new challenges. We may not conquer nations, but every day we face tough situations, difficult people, and temptations. God promises, however, that he will never abandon us nor fail to help us. By asking God to direct us we can conquer many of life's challenges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 1:11 And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be careful what you promise in prayer because God may take you up on it. Hannah so desperately wanted a child that she was willing to strike a bargain with God. God took her up on her promise, and to Hannah's credit, she did her part, even though it was painful. Although we are not in a position to barter with God, he may still choose to answer a prayer that has an attached promise. When you pray, ask yourself: "Will I follow through on any promises I make to God if he grants my request?" It is dishonest and dangerous to ignore a promise, especially to God. God keeps his promises, and he expects you to keep yours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Samuel 12:24 Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Samuel reminded the people to take time to consider what great things God had done for them. Taking time for reflection allows us to focus our attention upon God's goodness and strengthens our faith. Sometimes we are so progress- and future-oriented that we fail to take time to recall all that God has already done. Remember what God has done for you so that you may continue your life accompanied with gratitude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 8:15 So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;King David's reign was characterized by doing what was "just and right." David was fair in interpreting the law, administering punishment with mercy, respecting people's rights, and recognizing people's duties toward God. Is it any wonder that almost everyone trusted and followed David? Justice should characterize the way you relate to people. Make sure you are fair in the way you treat them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Samuel 22:47 The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David praises God wholeheartedly. Praise is not just a song about God; it is a song to God. Praising God has several aspects to it: (1) Say thank you to him for each attribute of his divine nature; (2) focus our hearts on him; (3) thank him for his many gracious gifts to us; and (4) thank him for our relationship with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-4064558932891875866?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/4064558932891875866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=4064558932891875866' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/4064558932891875866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;specially like: "且慢下手"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EQ四段曲&lt;br /&gt;請照主旨之順序讀 : &lt;br /&gt;1. 誤會； 2. 釘子； 3. 且慢下手； 4. 寬大 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. 誤會 : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;早年在美國阿拉斯加地方，有一對年輕人結婚，婚後生育， 他的太太因難產而死，遺下一孩子。 &lt;br /&gt;他忙生活，又忙於看家，因沒有人幫忙看孩子，就訓練一隻狗， 那狗聰明聽話，能照顧小孩，咬著奶瓶餵奶給孩子喝，撫養孩子。 有一天，主人出門去了，叫牠照顧孩子。 他到了別的鄉村，因遇大雪，當日不能回來。 第二天才趕回家，狗立即聞聲出來迎接主人。他把房門開一看，到處是血， 抬頭一望，床上也是血，孩子不見了，狗在身邊，滿口也是血， 主人發現這種情形，以為狗性發作，把孩子吃掉了， 大怒之下，拿起刀來向著狗頭一劈，把狗殺死了。 之後，忽然聽到孩子的聲音，又見他從床下爬了出來， 於是抱起孩子；雖然身上有血，但並未受傷。 他很奇怪，不知究竟是怎麼一回事，再看看狗身， 腿上的肉沒有了，旁邊有一隻狼，口裡還咬著狗的肉； 狗救了小主人，卻被主人誤殺了，這真是天下最令人驚奇的誤會。 &lt;br /&gt;註：誤會的事，是人往往在不瞭解、 無理智、 無耐心、缺少思考、 未能多方體諒對方，反省自己，感情極為衝動的情況之下所發生。 誤會一開始，即一直只想到對方的千錯萬錯；因此，會使誤會越陷越深， 弄到不可收拾的地步，人對無知的動物小狗發生誤會， 尚且會有如此可怕嚴重的後果，這樣人與人之間的誤會，則其後果更是難以想像。 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. 釘子 : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;有一個男孩有著很壞的脾氣，於是他的父親就給了他一袋釘子； 並且告訴他，每當他發脾氣的時候就釘一根釘子在後院的圍籬上。 第一天，這個男孩釘下了37根釘子。慢慢地每天釘下的數量減少了。 他發現控制自己的脾氣要比釘下那些釘子來得容易些。 終於有一天這個男孩再也不會失去耐性亂發脾氣，他告訴他的父親這件事， 父親告訴他，現在開始每當他能控制自己的脾氣的時候，就拔出一根釘子。 一天天地過去了，最後男孩告訴他的父親，他終於把所有釘子都拔出來了。 父親握著他的手來到後院說：你做得很好，我的好孩子。 但是看看那些圍籬上的洞，這些圍籬將永遠不能回覆成從前。 你生氣的時候說的話將像這些釘子一樣留下疤痕。 如果你拿刀子捅別人一刀，不管你說了多少次對不起，那個傷口將永遠存在。 話語的傷痛就像真實的傷痛一樣令人無法承受。 &lt;br /&gt;註：人與人之間常常因為一些彼此無 法釋懷的堅持? 而造成永遠的傷害。 如果我們都能從自己做起，開始寬容地看待他人，相信你（妳）一定能收到許多意想不到的結果....幫別人開啟一扇窗，也就是讓自己看到更完整的天空..... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. 且慢下手 :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;大多數的同仁都很興奮，因為單位裡調來一位新主管，據說是個能人，專門被派來整頓業務；可是日一天天過去，新主管卻毫無作為，每天彬彬有禮進辦公室， 便躲在裡面難得出門，那些本來緊張得要死的壞份子，現在反而更猖獗了。 「他那裡是個能人嘛！根本是個老好人，比以前的主管更容易唬！」 四個月過去，就在真正努力為新主管感到失望時， 新主管卻發威了－－壞份子一律開革，能人則獲得晉昇。 下手之快，斷事之準，與四月表現保守的他，簡直像是全然換個人。 年終聚餐時，新主管在酒過三巡之後致詞： 「相信大家對我新到任期間的表現，和後來的大刀闊斧，一定感到不解， 現在聽我說個故事，各位就明白了：「我有位朋友，買了棟帶著大院的房子， 他一搬進去，就將那院子全面整頓，雜草樹一律清除，改種自己新買的花卉， 某日原先的屋主往訪，進門大吃一驚的問：『那最名貴的牡丹哪裡去了？』 我這位朋友才發現，他竟然把牡丹當草給剷了。 &lt;br /&gt;後來他又買了一棟房子，雖然院子更是雜亂，他卻是按兵不動， 果然冬天以為是雜樹的植物，春天裡開了繁花； 春天以為是野草的，夏天裡成了錦蔟；半年都沒有動靜的小樹，秋天居然紅了葉。 直到暮秋，它才真正認清哪些是無用的植物， 而大力剷除，並使所有珍貴的草木得以保存。」說到這兒，主管舉起杯來： 「讓我敬在座的每一位，因為如果這辦公室是個花園，你們就都是其間的珍木， 珍木不可能一年到頭開花結果，只有經過長期的觀察才認得出啊！ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. 寬大 : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這是一個甫自越戰歸來的士兵的故事。 &lt;br /&gt;他從舊金山打電話給他的父母，告訴他們：「爸媽，我回來了，可是我有個不情之請。 我想帶一個朋友同我一起回家。」「當然好啊！」他們回答「我們會很高興見到的。」 不過兒子又繼續下去「可是有件事我想先告訴你們，他在越戰裡受了重傷， 少了一條胳臂和一隻腳，他現在走投無路，我想請他回來和我們一起生活。」 「兒子，我很遺憾，不過或許我們可以幫他找個安身之處。」 父親又接著說「兒子，你不知道自己在說些什麼。 像他這樣殘障的人會對我們的生活造成很大的負擔。 我們還有自己的生活要過，不能就讓他這樣破壞了。 我建議你先回家然後忘了他，他會找到自己的一片天空的。」 就在此時卻掛上了電話，他的父母再也沒有他的消息了。 幾天後，這對父母接到了來自舊金山警局的電話， 告訴他們親愛的兒子已經墜樓身亡了。警方相信這只是單純的自殺案件。 於是他們傷心欲絕地飛往舊金山，並在警方帶領之下辨認兒子的遺體。 那的確是他們的兒子沒錯，但驚訝的是兒子居然，只有一條胳臂和一條腿。 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-521041180029305124?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/521041180029305124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>一封給女士的公開信</title><content type='html'>星期日檔案 - 偷聽男人心&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這是一封給全港女士的公開信。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6NrJ-FbTiQ"&gt;星期日檔案 - 偷聽男人心 2011-04-03 Part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWYygyxBTEw"&gt;星期日檔案 - 偷聽男人心 2011-04-03 Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6152226983661444761?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/6152226983661444761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=6152226983661444761' title='0 Comments'/><link 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type='html'>在核輻射近距離直接威脅下的日本民眾雖然憂心忡忡，雖然被深重的危機弄得心緒不靈，雖然久久看不到希望的曙光，但他們仍然保持冷靜沉着，沒有恐慌，沒有自亂陣腳，沒有被謠言煽動，沒有出現人潮搶購那些無任何科學根據的抗輻射物資。&lt;br /&gt;在距離核電廠過千公里的中國各大城市包括香港、澳門，在遠離輻射塵直接威脅的中國城市，民眾包括香港一些市民卻陣腳大亂，自行製造危機。從昨天大清早開始，大批民眾就湧到超級市場、雜貨店、街市掃貨，把貨架上的所有食鹽買清光，後來的向隅者紛紛鼓譟投訴存貨太少，要求超市補貨。一時間，各大城市都出現長長的買鹽人龍，大家都惴惴不安，人心惶惶，彷彿出了甚麼大危機。不明就裡的人甚至可能以為發生核事故的不是日本，而是中國，而是中國的核電廠！&lt;br /&gt;那中國各地民眾包括部份香港市民為甚麼會突然搶購食鹽呢？據說主要有幾個原因。第一個是有傳言說鹽含有碘之類的物質，吃進身體可以抗輻射；第二是說鹽的生產可能受輻射污染，需要早作儲備；第三是其他人都在搶購，不想執輸便跟其他人一起排隊搶購。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在重大天災人禍期間，在情況及前景不明朗的時候，人心虛怯是免不了的事，各種各樣的假消息、假資料四處流散也不奇怪，特別是在網絡、 facebook、手機年代，一條沒有證據、根據的流言很容易在瞬間傳遍不同地方，引發不理性的反應。只是，食鹽可以抗輻射的說法不但沒有任何科學根據，跟一般常識、常理也不相符。單單因為這樣無稽的說法就引來多個大城市民眾恐慌搶購，這充份反映中國民眾包括部份香港市民連基本的科學常識也欠奉，連基本的防災知識意識也缺乏，容易變成驚弓之鳥，被不法商人、居心叵測的人利用魚肉！若果這樣的素質不改善，真正有災難臨頭時不管中國或香港都很容易自亂陣腳，令災情進一步惡化。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;當然，防災知識、意識不足不僅僅是市民個人的問題，也跟社會條件、政府政策不足有關。以內地為例，資訊長期受政府嚴格控制，民眾往往無法從正式渠道了解事件的真相，必須依賴非正式途徑或小道消息補充。久而久之，民眾便容易聽信流言，出現非理性反應。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;另一方面，防災抗災知識並不是與生俱來的，必須透過教育、訓練、演習逐步培養。日本民眾在地震、海嘯中的冷靜沉着表現就是月復月、年復年的教育、演習成果。他們清楚知道事故前該作甚麼準備，事故中該如何對應，事故後該如何逃生。中國、香港民眾卻欠缺這方面的教育及訓練，出現事故包括核威脅時自然手忙腳亂。&lt;br /&gt;自八十年代末興建大亞灣核電廠後，核電及核事故已成了近在眼前的事，已成了必須認真面對的事。可惜歷年來電廠、港英政府及特區政府只是不斷強調核電廠非常安全，不大願意討論風險問題，也沒有大力宣傳應對核事故的方法，更不要說組織緊急應變演習活動。在這樣的情況下，市民對核安全知識的了解相當零碎有限，如何應對災難更是茫無頭緒。結果當有威脅臨近時，市民便容易失去方寸，進退失據，甚至被無根據的流言騙倒。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我們認為，今次日本核輻射危機雖然未必直接影響香港，但由於內地特別是廣東省大力發展核電，核安全問題將會是個長期問題，揮之不去。要避免昨天那種自亂陣腳、「自己嚇自己」的情況，最根本的做法是培養抗災知識及意識，包括加強核事故應對方法的宣傳教育，讓市民明白甚麼該做甚麼不該做，讓市民有能力判斷消息的可信性，從而提升市民、社會對謠言的免疫力。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-3566148516532819123?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.hotpot.hk/fruit/art_main.php?iss_id=20110318&amp;sec_id=4104&amp;art_id=15087224' title='蘋論：日本未亂　中港先亂？'/><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-4872606677427902873</id><published>2011-03-17T00:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T00:04:20.153-04:00</updated><title type='text'>基督日報(香港) - 陳世協院長：教會的興衰決定於領袖優劣</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.gospelherald.com.hk/news/gen_1889.htm"&gt;基督日報(香港) - 陳世協院長：教會的興衰決定於領袖優劣&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;新加坡神學院陳世協院長上周末在紐約中宣會領袖訓練營中分享如何塑造「領袖的品格和條件」。陳院長表示這是非常重要的一個課題，因為領袖的優劣可決定教會的興衰，真正屬神而又委身、聖潔和有領導力的領袖能帶動教會的復興。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;遠景清晰&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;陳院長用四個方面來探討領袖的品格和條件。其中，擁有清晰的遠景（異象）是作為稱職的領袖最重要的品格和條件。他根據箴言書29章18節（沒有異象，民就放肆）總結說，「倘若教會領袖沒有從神而來的異象和使命，整個教會將迷失方向、不知何去何從。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;從微觀來看，教會各部門的領袖也要對自己所負責的工作懷有夢想。陳院長說，所有事工都是從夢想開始的，夢想是推動事工不斷向前發展的動力；倘若領袖沒有夢想，那麽由他所負責的事工就不會有發展。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;因此，他建議每位領袖先檢討對於神托付自己的工作是否懷有夢想。倘若發覺自己還沒有夢想，或者夢想並不清晰，就要禱告直到神賜下清晰的夢想為止。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;敢於領導&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;合神心意的領袖應具備的第二個品格和條件就是要敢於領導。陳院長表示「勇氣」是領袖不可缺少的品格，因為好的領袖不會安於現狀，而是尋求突破、改變的，然而在改變過程中一定會出現質疑和抗拒的聲音，領袖若缺乏迎接挑戰的勇氣則無法擔當領導重任。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;但陳院長也同時澄清，這裏所說的勇氣並非魯莽蠻幹、一意孤行，領袖也要帶著謙卑的心去聆聽不同的聲音，「待大家誠懇的交換意見、且同心禱告後，若仍有不同的聲音出現，這時候領袖就要頂住壓力當機立斷，帶著甘願承擔一切後果的心誌做出最後的決定。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;他特別提醒領袖都按照神的心意來做每一項決定，「我們所作出的決定不是基於合人的心意，而是要順服神的心意。因此領袖萬不可為了何討好人而不視神的指引。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;講到做到&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;第三，作領袖的要說到做到，說到做到的領袖才能樹立威信、令人折服。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;自我領導&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;陳院長還提出領袖要學會自我領導。首先領袖要不斷提升靈命，使自己「言行一致」，給跟隨著留下美好的榜樣和見證。其次，領袖在事奉中難免會遭遇挫折、感到疲憊，因此好的領袖要懂得如何管理自我情緒，使自己恢復元氣、時刻保持旺盛的鬥誌。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;再次，一個合神心意的領袖要有寬闊的胸懷，敢於收納比自己優秀的同工。他表示，這些有恩賜、又有同樣夢想的新同工是教會的未來，迎接他們將促使自己的夢想早日成真。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;陳院長最後總結說，做領袖是一輩子的工作，盼望所有領袖不要失去學習的心誌，在事奉中不斷挑戰自我、完善自我。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;不少西方語言中的「政治」一詞(法語politique、德語Politik、英語politics),都來自希臘語πολις,這個詞可以考證出的最早文字記載是在《荷馬史詩》中,最初的含義是城堡或衛城。古希臘的雅典人將修建在山頂的衛城稱為“阿克羅波里”,簡稱為“波里”,城邦制形成後,“波里”就成為了具有政治意義的城邦的代名詞,後同土地、人民及其政治生活結合在一起而被賦予“邦”或“國”的意義。後又衍生出政治、政治制度、政治家等詞。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;因此,“政治”一詞一開始就是指城邦中的城邦公民參與統治、管理、參與、鬥爭等各種公共生活行為的總和。 　　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;中國先秦諸子也使用過“政治”一詞,。《尚書•畢命》有“道洽政治,澤潤生民”;《周禮•地官•遂人》有“掌其政治禁令”。但在更多的情況下是將“政”與“治”分開使用。“政”主要指國家的權力、制度、秩序和法令;“治”則主要指管理人民和教化人民,也指實現安定的狀態等。 　　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在中國古代,“政”一般表示: 朝代的制度和秩序,例如“大亂宋國之政” 一種統治和施政的手段,如“禮樂刑政,其極一也” 符合禮儀的道德和修養,如“政者正也,子帥以政,孰敢不正” 朝廷中君主和大臣們的政務活動,如“其在政府,與韓琦同心輔政” “治”在中國古代則一般表示 安定祥和的社會狀態,如“天下交相愛則治” 統治、治國等治理活動,例如“修身、齊家、治國、平天下” 中國古代的這些“政治”的含義,與西方和古希臘的“政治”含義完全不同,很大程度上政治只是一種君主和大臣們維護統治、治理國家的活動。 　　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;中文裡現代的“政治”一詞,來自于日本人翻譯西方語言時用漢字創造的相同的“政治”一詞。當英文的Politics從日本傳入中國時,人們在漢語中找不到與之相對應的詞。孫中山認為應該使用“政治”來對譯,認為“政就是眾人之事,治就是管理,管理眾人之事,就是政治。”他的這一說法在當時的中國非常具有影響力。&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"政就是眾人之事,治就是管理,管理眾人之事,就是政治。"議員不以因為政治的考慮為出發點,可以用甚麼?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;另外，"立法會通過臨時撥款，是立法會應該做和有責任做的事情。"通過"者,有被認同的需要，亦等於有不被認同的可能。若是不能被人所接納，"不通過"也"是立法會應該做和有責任做的事情"。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我並非在此認同或是不認同今次的行為，只是慨嘆香港比D連何謂"政治"都不通的"高官"話事,唉...!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-5676308419404043936?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/5676308419404043936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=5676308419404043936' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/5676308419404043936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;撒迦利亞的反應是難以明白的，他是祭司，當下他在聖殿事奉，屬神的人在屬神的殿聽見屬神的話本應該驚喜！而且他是清清楚楚看見了的天使加百列顯現，說出了他期待以久的說話──神要賜他一個兒子，約翰！然而，這樣一個在神前蒙恩的人，他卻竟然不相信親眼看見的真事！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;人類的天性就是對陌生的事物抱存疑懼，為了叫自己能夠保持現狀，千方百計不惜壓抑、欺騙、隱瞞，甚至訴之暴力，也要避免陌生的事情發生在自己身上。於是，我們為了保持生命的現有境況，就連賜人生命的主也排斥了。&lt;br /&gt;我們鼓勵人憑著信心經歷神，我們相信靈修親近神就充滿著神蹟奇事，因為有耶穌在心裡就是神蹟。信徒可以敞開臉看見主的榮光，按照聖經所說：「這帕子在基督裡已經廢去了」（林後三：14）主的靈親自揭開蒙在心中的帕子，釋放了你，讓你得以自由，從此你就與主同行了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;所以根本上，屬神的人經歷屬神的事是理所當然的！ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;然而，我們的真相就是害怕，而且我們也害怕揭示真相。揭開帕子之後，你要在主面前敞開生命了，你真真正正的貼近這位主耶穌。我們要與這位陌生的主開始最深入生命的關係。你的生命有了愛你的主，但祂也等候你愛主更深。你的罪被抖了出來，也被主清洗乾淨。你的人際關係被主的愛觸摸了，但也表示了你要復和、寬恕和關懷你身邊的人。你的困難有了出路，但這出路也表示了你要面對困難。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;經歷神的人就是不斷向真相開放自己，做一個勇敢向前邁進的人。你願意對自己的生命和信仰認真，勇敢地揭開帕子，與神相遇嗎？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-695715819944898016?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/695715819944898016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=695715819944898016' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/695715819944898016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/695715819944898016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post_08.html' title='揭開帕子之後'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-7947830059631152986</id><published>2011-03-05T02:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T02:07:37.235-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>Hipster Faith</title><content type='html'>To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when 'cool' meets Christ?&lt;br /&gt;Brett McCracken | posted 9/03/2010 10:26AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/september/9.24.html"&gt;(http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/september/9.24.html)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a riddle: A young man walks into a building. From the outside, it looks like a nondescript, run-down, abandoned warehouse. Inside he finds mood lighting, music with throbbing bass, and young people wearing skinny jeans and superfluous scarves. A bar off to the side offers drinks of some sort, and a frenetically lit stage is shrouded in fog. Jumbo screens display what appear to be music videos. Everywhere people text on their iPhones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A young woman with a nose ring and a vaguely Middle Eastern tattoo comes up andintroduces herself. She makes awkward (but refreshingly earnest) small talk about her passion for community gardens and food co-ops. She asks him if he has heard Arcade Fire's new album, and compliments him on his bushy beard and lumberjack look. Beards like that are cool, she says. Eventually she asks him for his contact information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Question: Is the man in a bar? Or is he in a church?&lt;br /&gt;It could go either way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the world of hipster Christianity. It's a world where things like the Left Behind book and film series, Jesus fish bumper stickers, and door-to-door evangelism are relevant only as a source of irony or nostalgia. It's a world where Braveheart youth-pastor analogies are anathema, where everyone agrees that they wish Pat Robertson "weren't one of us" and shares a collective distaste for the art of Thomas Kinkade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest incarnation of a decades-long collision of "cool" and "Christianity," hipster Christianity is in large part a rebellion against the very subculture that birthed it. It's a rebellion against old-school evangelicalism and its fuddy-duddy legalism, apathy about the arts, and pitiful lack of concern for social justice. It's also a rebellion against George W. Bush—style Christianity: American flags in churches, the Ten Commandments in courtrooms, and evangelical leaders who get too involved in conservative politics, such as James Dobson and Jerry Falwell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new subculture of young evangelicals—I call them "Christian hipsters"—grew up on Contemporary Christian music (CCM), Focus on the Family's Adventures in Odyssey, flannel graphs, vacation Bible school, and hysteria about the end times. Now all of that is laughable to them, as they attempt to burn away the kitschy dross of the megachurch Christianity of their youth—with its emphasis on "soul-winning" at the expense of everything else—and trade it for something with real-world gravitas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They prefer to call themselves "Christ-followers" rather than "Christians." They cringe at the thought of an altar call, and the prospect of passing out tracts gives them nightmares. Christian hipsters alarm some church leaders and mystify others. But for many observers, hipster Christianity is an exciting development. It reassures them that not all young people are abandoning the church. They are just rehabilitating its image, making it their own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to remain relevant in this new landscape, many evangelical pastors and church leaders are following the lead of the hipster trendsetters, making sure their churches can check off all the important items on the hipster checklist:&lt;br /&gt;- Get the church involved in social justice and creation care.&lt;br /&gt;- Show clips from R-rated Coen Brothers films (e.g., No Country for Old Men, Fargo) during services.&lt;br /&gt;- Sponsor church outings to microbreweries.&lt;br /&gt;- Put a worship pastor onstage decked in clothes from American Apparel.&lt;br /&gt;- Be okay with cussing.&lt;br /&gt;- Print bulletins only on recycled cardstock.&lt;br /&gt;- Use Helvetica fonts as much as possible.&lt;br /&gt;- Leverage technologies like Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what hipster Christianity looks like; this is what it requires. But what does it all mean? As the latest zeitgeisty Christian subculture in a long string of zeitgeisty Christian subcultures, what does hipster Christianity offer the church??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And what does it take away?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The History of Cool Faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before we examine those questions, we need to take a whistle-stop tour through the somewhat brief history of "Christian cool."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By most accounts, the story of cool Christianity begins in the 1960s. Its seeds were planted in the exploding post-war youth culture, which gave rise to a new emphasis on youth ministry within evangelicalism, the growth of parachurch organizations like Youth Specialties (founded in 1969), and a general feeling that, to reach increasingly rebellious and countercultural adolescents, Christianity had to get a bit edgier and wiser to the trends of the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the biggest boost for cool Christianity came in the most unexpected way—when, in the late '60s and early '70s, hippies started following Christ. Acid-tripping, long-haired, sandal-wearing hippies like Ted Wise and Lonnie Frisbee led the pack, as hip Christian coffeehouses and communes sprung up in San Francisco, Greenwich Village, Chicago, and all across the country. Denominations like Calvary Chapel and Vineyard exploded, fueled by the charismatic fervor of the young hippie converts. Christian rock was born, led by people like Chuck Girard, a friend of Brian Wilson's whose band Love Song came out of the Laguna Beach dope scene, and Larry Norman, "the grandfather of Christian rock," whose 1969 masterpiece, Upon This Rock, is considered the first Christian rock album. It wasn't long, however, before the alternative/organic Jesus movement lost steam in the process of becoming mainstream. It wasn't long before "Christian rock" the movement became CCM the industry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the 1980s, most of the Jesus People had cut their hair, shaved their beards, and traded in their tunics and sandals for argyle sweaters and penny loafers. Yet the legacy of the hippie Christian movement was alive and well. For one thing, the deeply personal, experiential, Spirit-filled emphasis of the Jesus People remained as the charismatic movement took off, as well as the "just how you like it," seeker-sensitive approach that became common evangelical practice. This included an emphasis on the new and an elevation of trend and cool. Following the lead of Chuck Smith, whose outreach to hippies through Calvary Chapel reaped huge dividends, more evangelical leaders in the 1980s and '90s actively sought cool. They began to reach out to the youth culture and form churches to fit its needs—motivated by a renewed desire to be contemporary, current, and relevant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result, evangelicalism in the '90s had a firmly established youth culture, built on the infrastructure of a lucrative Christian retail industry and commercial subculture. Huge Christian rock festivals, Lord's Gym T-shirts, WWJD bracelets, Left Behind, and so forth. It was big business. It was corporate. It was schlocky kitsch. And it was begging to be rebelled against.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enter the age of the Christian hipster. As the '90s gave way to the 2000s, young evangelicals reared in the ostentatious Je$us subculture began to rebel. They sought a more intellectual faith, one that didn't reject outright the culture, ideas, and art of the secular world. In typical hipster fashion, they rejected the corporate mentality of the purpose-driven megachurch and McMansion evangelicalism, and longed for a simpler, back-to-basics faith that was more about serving the poor than serving Starbucks in the church vestibule.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They looked up to young Christian authors and pastors like Shane Claiborne, Rob Bell, and Donald Miller, read Relevant magazine, adored indie-folk musician Sufjan Stevens, and were fascinated by ancient church liturgies and prayers. They began to dress and act like secular hipsters: drinking beer, getting tattoos, riding fixed-gear bikes, and eating raw and organic foods. They took interest in a broader range of issues (the environment, HIV/AIDS, globalization) than their parents' generation, and voted for Barack Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a way, the contemporary Christian hipster is a full-circle return to the Jesus People hippies of yesteryear. But the Jesus People were secular "hipsters" first, then—having converted to Christianity—began to shed their hippie clothes and customs to form communities that were set apart, ultimately becoming their own subculture (e.g., Jesus People USA). Today's Christian hipsters are doing the reverse. They seek to break out of the Christian subculture. The clothes and customs they shed are nothing less than the evangelical establishment itself, formed through decades of attempts at cool Christianity. Today's Christian hipsters retain their faith, but they want it to be compatible with, not contrary to, secular hipster counterculture. Their mission is to rebrand Christianity to be, if not completely void of its own brand altogether, at least cobranded and allied with the things that it had previously set itself in opposition to: art, academics, liberal politics, fashion, and so on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result of its intentional melding of Christian and secular, hipster Christianity often feels a bit like a stealth operation. One cannot easily decipher the Christian elements of a Christian hipster, not because they aren't there, but because they aren't in the foreground as much as, say, the "can't miss it" sartorial expressions (lumberjack beards, vintage dresses, flask as accessory) that traditionally signify hip. You're telling me that indie folk singer is a Calvinist? Blue Like Jazz is a book about Christianity? That guy with the Poseidon tattoo I saw at the hookah bar last night is a Presbyterian pastor? Who knew?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hipster Look&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this confounding world of intentionally blurred distinctions and redefined categories, can we make out any clear marks of a Christian hipster?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What makes a church a "hipster church"? Does it have a one-word name that is either a Greek word or something evocative of creation? Does the pastor frequently use words like kingdom, authenticity, and justice, and drop names like N. T. Wright in sermons? Does the church advertise a gluten-free option for Communion? If the answer is yes to all of those questions, chances are that it's a hipster church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course that's simplistic. The hipster Christianity that I discovered during the research for my book—which entailed visits to hipster churches and interviews all over the country—is actually complex and diverse in its incarnations, even if it isn't very diverse in ethnicity and socioeconomics. Hipster Christianity isn't a monolithic subculture that can be easily categorized, but it definitely has some recognizable characteristics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing we can fairly say of hipster Christianity is that it frequently strives for shock value. Take, for example, Seattle's Mars Hill Church—a Christian hipster Mecca pastored by Mark Driscoll, the polarizing Howard Stern of neo-Calvinist Christianity. On the Sunday I visited, Driscoll's message was on the Dance of Mahanaim in the Song of Solomon (an "ancient striptease," as he referred to it, and "one of the steamiest passages in the Bible"). During his sermon, Driscoll—looking like a metrosexual jock in an Ed Hardy—esque tight T-shirt, cross necklace, and faux-hawk—talked about how wives should be "visually generous" with their husbands (e.g., they should keep the lights on when undressing and during sex). I never thought I'd hear a preacher talk about these things from the pulpit. And that's exactly the point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hipster Christianity's attention to shock value manifests in others ways. Some churches hold their services in bars and nightclubs—Mosaic in L.A. meets in the Mayan nightclub, and North Brooklyn Vineyard in New York meets at a place called the Trash Bar. Some churches, like Grace Chicago, host wine tastings or schedule outings to microbreweries. I even attended an Anglican church a few years ago that sponsored a cookout with fine wines, beer, and a selection of cigars from the priest's own humidor. Other churches focus more on the shock value of sermons, delving into touchy subjects such as homosexuality, child abuse, sex trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and so on, sometimes with an f-bomb or two thrown in for good measure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another distinguishing mark of hipster Christianity is the music in its worship services. In keeping with the overarching "avoid doing what everyone else is doing" motif of hipsterdom at large, most of the hipster churches I visited seemed done with the U2- starry-rock style that now dominates megachurch evangelicalism. Rather than contemporary praise choruses, many of them favored centuries-old hymns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Sunday I visited Resurrection Presbyterian in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (the heart of worldwide hipster culture), the music was pared down (one singer and one instrumentalist), acoustic, vintage, and reverent. All the worship songs were old hymns, including "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" and "Fairest Lord Jesus." Almost everyone in the audience was under 35.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hipster Christianity also expresses itself theologically, through preaching that often emphasizes covenantal and "new creation" ideas and attempts to construct a more ecclesiological or community-centric view of salvation. Things like soul-winning and going to heaven are downplayed in favor of the notion that heaven will come down to earth and renew the broken creation. Thus, the world matters. It's not a piece of rotting kindling that we will abandon for heaven one day. It's the site of a renewed kingdom. All of this informs hipster Christianity's attention to things like social justice, environmentalism, and the arts, because if God is building his kingdom on earth, then it all matters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Small But Influential&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lest we overemphasize its importance in worldwide Christianity, we should remember that hipster Christianity is a rather narrow subset of the faith: mostly white evangelical, mostly economically well-off. It has little pertinence to, say, a rural Appalachian church or a monastic community in Ohio, let alone most of Christendom in the non-Western world. It also has little impact on non-white communities in the U.S., a point made by Anthony Bradley—professor of theology at New York's King's College—in a recent blog post titled "Can hipster Christians reach non-hipster blacks and Latinos in urban areas?" Soong-Chan Rah asked a similar question in a recent Sojourners article, "Is the Emerging Church for Whites Only?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hipster Christianity is undoubtedly a specific enterprise, which means its overall impact on global Christianity might be negligible. But it's clearly shaping some aspects of evangelical culture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of hipsterdom's positive values is its concern for justice—whether it be sweatshops or sex trafficking, water wells or finance reform. Hipsters almost always champion the cause of the underdog (immigrants, the poor, minorities) over those with power and privilege. Christians would be hard-pressed to find any Scripture passages that suggest Jesus didn't do the same. Many Christians, sadly, have moved away from social justice and fighting for the well-being of the downtrodden, but Christian hipsters are leading the way back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hipster Christians also have a healthy appreciation for the finer things in God's creation. With childlike awe and wonder that betrays their otherwise cynical demeanor, hipsters glory in the little pleasures of life: riding bikes along rivers, eating homemade macarons on a blanket in a friend's front yard, or playing Frisbee in the park. Hipsters appreciate the detail and artistry of creative, well-crafted films, music, books, and woodwork. They take the arts seriously and recognize their crucial part in human flourishing. Mainstream evangelical Christianity—too long in the ghetto of subpar subculture—should take note.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, some wonder if hipster Christianity goes too far in embracing worldly things—especially when those things arguably become stumbling blocks or idols in the Christian life. Some suspect that its rebellious embrace of formerly taboo behaviors actually might do more long-term harm than good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to be a hipster, one must be a rebel. Despite the fact that (ironically) hipster culture usually operates within and is sustained by the very structures it opposes, hipsterdom's raison d'être is countercultural, boundary-pushing rebellion. As such, hipster existence is frequently rife with vices. If hipsters cannot completely overthrow the structures that bind them, they can at least destabilize them by engaging in hedonistic behavior: smoking, drinking, cursing, sexual experimentation, and so on. It's about freedom, partying, and transgression—not in the Jersey Shore, frat-party sense (unless ironically), but in the "bourbon cask ales taste good and I don't care if I get drunk" sense. Hipsters ridicule bourgeois concerns such as "cigarettes cause cancer" and "drinking should be done in moderation," opting instead to recklessly embrace such vices with "why not?" abandon. If you aren't willing to engage in at least some of this "subversive hedonism," you will have a hard time maintaining any hipster credibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what does this mean for Christian hipsters? When, in the name of rebellion and "freedom in Christ," Christian hipsters begin to look and act just like their secular hipster counterparts, drinking and smoking all the same things, shouldn't we raise a red flag?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isn't Christianity supposed to be distinguishable and set apart from the world? Christian hipsters are rebelling against a mainstream Christianity that they see as too indistinguishable from secular mainstream culture (i.e., consumerist, numbers-driven, Fox News—watching, immigrant-hating, SUV-driving), but their corrective may not turn out much better. Some hipster Christianity is as indistinguishable from its secular hipster counterpart as yesterday's megachurch Christianity was indistinguishable from secular soccer-mom suburbia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The challenge for hipster Christians is to figure out what it means, in their cultural context, to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness (Eph. 4:24). We are new creations, and the old has passed away (2 Cor. 5:17). How does that mesh with the Pabst-guzzling, Parliament-smoking nonchalant image that seems important to many hipsters?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another concern about hipster Christianity is its fundamentally disposable, moving-on-to-what's-next transience. Granted, there is a tension here, because hipsters are rediscovering ancient liturgy and hymns. But one gets the impression that these are valued mostly because they are countercultural and therefore cool in their own way. But cool is all about the "now." It relentlessly pursues the next big thing, abandoning today's trend for tomorrow's with mechanistic speed and efficiency (think trucker hats or messenger bags).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This "of the moment" trendiness is an understandably appealing quality for those seeking to advance Christianity in today's world. How can we be taken seriously if we are perceived as behind the times or irrelevant? This is the reasoning that leads many churches to obsess about keeping their churches on pace with the latest technologies, worship music trends, or theological buzzwords (missional!). But is this painstaking, resource-draining rat race of staying ahead of the pack worth it? And what happens to Christianity when it becomes, like hipsterdom, a chameleon of fleeting fashion and transient trend?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As hipster Christianity grows, the temptation for church leaders will be to fashion themselves (and their churches) in the hipster mold. But in so doing, these churches will likely only reinforce a growing distinction between "authentic hipster" and "wannabe hip" churches. The former type is often simply an organic embodiment of an urban environment where hipsters live (and, thus, attend church). These churches are hip not because they self-consciously strive to be, but because they happen to exist in a hipster milieu (e.g., Resurrection Presbyterian in Brooklyn, or Grace Church in London's Hackney neighborhood).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latter type, on the other hand, appropriates what it perceives to be the prevailing hipster sensibilities in a utilitarian, "staying relevant" way. These wannabe hip churches—largely of the suburban, megachurch, and "contemporary evening service" variety—dress themselves in the accoutrements of hipsterdom not because they understand or value it, but because they are terrified of being excluded, left behind, or undesirable. They are playing catch up, frantically maneuvering to be in the inner rings of culture and fashion rather than the dreaded periphery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wannabe-hip churches are springing up everywhere these days, but what will it mean for the larger church? Will this sort of Christianity bring back the youth, or will it further alienate a younger generation fed up with being a target market? Will hipster Christianity repair Christianity's PR problem? Or will it fizzle in a faddish wisp before anyone can say lectio divina?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are open questions. In the meantime, hipster Christianity is a sometimes encouraging, sometimes maddening, always fascinating phenomenon. It defies easy yes-or-no understanding. And that's precisely how it prefers it to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brett McCracken is author of Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide (Baker, 2010). He works at Biola University in Los Angeles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copyright © 2010 Christianity Today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-7947830059631152986?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/september/9.24.html' title='Hipster Faith'/><link rel='enclosure' type='text/html' href='http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/september/9.24.html' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/7947830059631152986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=7947830059631152986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://unwire.hk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/steve-jobs-email-fake-580x304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" width="464" src="http://unwire.hk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/steve-jobs-email-fake-580x304.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(轉載自：&lt;a href="http://unwire.hk/2011/03/04/appleipad2trap/column/"&gt;http://unwire.hk/2011/03/04/appleipad2trap/column/&lt;/a&gt;）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;在國內的 cnBeta 網站，出現了一篇名為「我對蘋果哲學的理解－蘋果的騙局」(&lt;a href="http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/136262.htm"&gt;http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/136262.htm&lt;/a&gt;)，在網絡上隨即惹來爭議。當然一間企業有人支持亦有會有人反對，我們可以聽取他們的心聲分享，為方便閱讀我們把原文轉成了繁體，不知各位閱讀後有甚麼意見呢?可以發表一下&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;借iPad2發佈的契機，把這篇長久以來的構想落在筆頭。就像我在狀態中所說的，我佩服蘋果的技術，卻不能接受蘋果的哲學。騙局？你肯定不信。待我問你，iPad2最大的賣點是什麼？你會說，加上了攝像頭，前後兩個，減小了厚度，加了蓋，"2x/9x"的速度提升。好，我們單說 加了攝像頭這一點。想一想，當今世面上的電腦、網本、智慧手機，能找到一款沒有攝像頭的麼？難。攝像頭已經成為移動電子產品的標配，為什麼iPad2上裝 了攝像頭，大家就無比激動？因為iPad1沒有攝像頭。那麼請想一想，為什麼iPad1沒有攝像頭？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;如果你還沒有被騙的感覺，請繼續往下看。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;蘋果的技術與行銷&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;任何一家依靠技術立足的公司，都必須有源源不斷的技術創新。然而，大家能在市場上買到的所謂"新"產品，其實並不一定是那家公司的最新技術。新技術是市場競爭中的籌碼，籌碼一定要攢在手中，適時的試用。如果產品在市場上業績不錯，一個公司沒有必要用出籌碼。只有當產品推出時間長了，銷量下滑了，人們開始淡忘了，或者有競爭產品推出時，一個公司才會吧之前已有的研發成果包裝成新產品推向市場。總而言之，所有企業在推出新技術時都是有所保留的，這是基本的策略，不足為奇。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;蘋果卻將這種策略退向了極致。蘋果的技術保留，往往不是它的新技術，而是陳舊成熟的技術，或簡單易得的技術。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;iPad2 的攝像頭是一個明顯的例證。攝像頭是非常成熟的技術，安裝攝像頭對於蘋果這樣的公司簡直沒有任何技術難度可言。從工程設計上，恐怕蘋果只要1個星期的時間 就能搞定，增加的成本也忽略不計。那麼它為什麼不在iPad1上安裝攝像頭？難道Jobs喝醉了忘記要求了？明顯不是，這就是為了讓iPad2顯得有所進 步。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;再說iPad2的HDMI接電視的功能。在蘋果的官方網站上，有一個iPad1的VGA輸出附件，利用這個附件，可以把視頻和 Keynote輸出到電視或投影。然而，如果你留意一下這個附件下面的留言，幾乎所有用戶的評價都是2星一下，因為大家都希望共用其它App的顯示。但對 於iPad1，這是不能做到的。是技術上的限制麼？顯然不是，明明在發佈會上，Jobs都可以吧自己的iPhone/iPad螢幕投影到大螢幕上。使用者不 能這麼做，完全是個軟體上的限制。現在，iPad2支援了這個功能，從技術上，或許僅僅是注釋掉了幾行代碼，1分鐘的成本都用不了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這樣的例子有很多，諸如iPhone4的Video Call，錄影。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;這樣做，蘋果得了大利益。它開發一代新產品的成本非常低廉。不瞭解技術的用戶紛紛以為所有新產品的亮點都是技術革新，從而覺得新產品遠遠超越了原產品。這是一個假像。大部分新產品中的亮點，都是原本理所當然出現，卻硬生生的砍掉的。的確，新產品遠遠超越了原產品，不是因為新產品高端，而是因為原產品低端。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;總結起來，蘋果的思路是，先用鮑魚龍蝦把你吸引來，然後餓著你，餓夠了再高價給你加個宮爆雞丁，你還激動的要死。殊不知如果你不貪那鮑魚龍蝦的面子，可以在別家吃的酒足飯飽。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;強勢控制&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;所有企業都號稱以用戶為本，蘋果也不例外，號稱每個產品的更新，都聽取了大量用戶的回饋。但是蘋果真的在乎用戶麼？蘋果其實很強勢。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;蘋果的每樣產品，多樣性都極其匱乏。並且這少的可憐的多樣性也僅僅體現在一些"硬"指標上，諸如記憶體大小、快閃記憶體大小。消費者沒有在功能上的選擇餘地，硬體軟體皆如此。蘋果的產品，充斥著這樣的信號：“我說有的就有；我說沒有的就沒有；我說有但是不給你的，你就別想要”。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mac OS X不支持最大化是眾所周知的。"我們認為視窗的大小應該適合裡面的內容。" 好，就算你認為這是合理的，那麼你應該考慮到世界上還有很多認為"內容應該被調整以填滿整個視窗"的人，給個選項不好麼？蘋果的回答是，給你什麼你就用，抱怨也沒用。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;又如上一節提到的，蘋果故意在產品中保留一些非常廉價、簡單、理所當然的功能。"大家都有的功能我偏不裝"，一樣是強勢的表現。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;蘋果之所以這樣強勢，是為了樹立威信。人總是對待弱者很專橫，而對待強硬者就服服貼貼的。蘋果做出強硬的面孔，反倒利用了人的這種本性，讓人覺得“蘋果的概念都是真理，是我自己沒見過世面、太老土；蘋果的產品都是最高端的科技，是我自己的要求太科幻、白日夢。” 於是，人們也就不再吭聲了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;封閉的產品&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;蘋果的野心可謂無窮。它試圖以它的產品建立一個完全封閉的系統，以形成壟斷。微軟也曾經被指流覽器的壟斷，和蘋果相比，簡直小巫見大巫。蘋果經常藐視業界成文或不成文的標準、規範，藐視人們的習慣，只為建立自己的壟斷之勢。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;iPhone 和iPad都有1G甚至更高頻率的處理器，卻不支援flash播放。flash已經成為目前互聯網上最常用的多媒體交互平臺，沒有之一。即時我個人也不主 張不必要的用flash，但蘋果直接選擇不支援flash，無疑又是挑戰標準的一例證。為什麼？因為flash本身是一個完善的多媒體交互環境，很多 iPhone/iPad app其實完全可以在flash中實現，況且flash是完全跨平臺的。如果開放了flash，就意味著開發人員或用戶可能放棄蘋果自己的環境，轉而直接 開發flash版本，使得蘋果成為一個空殼。為了商業利益，還是犧牲一下用戶吧。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;iPad沒有SD卡槽。SD卡恐怕是當今最流行的存儲卡格式。即便Sony的筆記本，也在支持記憶棒的同時支持SD卡了。iPad不支持，是為了避免用戶買一個8G的iPad再配一個8G的SD卡，這樣的價格遠遠低於16G的iPad。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;用過iPhone的人都知道，iPhone號稱支援藍牙，其實只支援藍牙耳機。市面上幾乎全部藍牙手機，都支持通過藍牙共用檔，唯獨iPhone不支持。猜測這是為了迫使使用者用網路傳輸，產生流量費用。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;蘋果的軟體也極其封閉。這無需我解釋了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;營造產品的生態圈是人們所提倡的，但應該允許其它廠家的產品參與到競爭中來。蘋果卻努力排斥目前通行的行業標準，從而故意製造和其它廠商產品的不相容，以便形成自己封閉的生態圈。這是明顯的壟斷。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（值得一提的是，蘋果也服軟。它不敢不支援doc/docx/ppt/pptx，不敢不支援youtube。）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;總結&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我承認，蘋果擁有絕對領先的工程技術。然而，蘋果卻沒有利用這樣先進的技術千方百計造福人類，它想的全是如何斂財。我不否認斂財是一個公司的最重要功能之一。但是作為蘋果這樣一個世界上名列前茅的公司，理應在斂財之外，擔負起站在這個位置的社會責任來。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;蘋 果擁有領先的技術，卻故意人為的製造產品的瑕疵，以期為後續產品贏得市場。蘋果故意抵制對自己壟斷事業不利的行業標準。要知道，一個規範的定型是一件非常 不易的事情，標準是人類智慧的結晶。只有有了標準，競爭才有準繩，技術的發展才有所依據，才能減少重複開發和浪費，提高效率。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;作為消費電子 的使用者，我感到不被尊重，因為每當使用蘋果的產品，就有被強迫、被束縛的感覺。作為電子工程師，我感到羞恥，因為我看到人們夢想的技術不能得以實現，不是 被技術本身所限，不是被成本所限，而是被企業的野心與利益驅使所限；看到人類智慧的結晶被藐視，只因為企業的壟斷野心。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;蘋果擁有領先的技術、地位、市場，卻不能承擔起應有的社會責任。這就是我對蘋果哲學的看法。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;來源 :&lt;a href="http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/136262.htm"&gt;http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/136262.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-7847744845631439957?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-2368015135084157168</id><published>2011-03-01T09:37:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T09:47:05.561-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>We are indeed in need...</title><content type='html'>Life Application Study Bible Devotion&lt;br /&gt;Exodus 4:10-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moses pleaded with God to let him out of his mission. After all, he was not a good speaker and would probably embarrass both himself and God. But God looked at Moses' problem quite differently. All Moses needed was some help, and who better than God to help him say and do the right things? God made his mouth and would give him the words to say. It is easy for us to focus on our weaknesses, but if God asks us to do something, then he will help us get the job done. If the job involves some of our weak areas, then we can trust that he will provide words, strength, courage, and ability where needed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-2368015135084157168?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/2368015135084157168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=2368015135084157168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/2368015135084157168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/2368015135084157168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/03/life-application-study-bible-devotion.html' title='We are indeed in need...'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-6120385703004581711</id><published>2011-02-28T00:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-28T00:10:58.224-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='missions'/><title type='text'>Panama Updates (4)</title><content type='html'>Dear all,&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your prayer support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanksgiving:&lt;br /&gt;1) 20 students @ Panama IEC Music Camp, they learnt music and Jesus at the same time...  Many parents and other families enjoy the closing ceremony which included a drama done by the campers... :P&lt;br /&gt;2) Sharing @ Alliance youth fellowship re: Messages in games&lt;br /&gt;3) Karen arrived safely in Panama&lt;br /&gt;4) Toronto STM for Music Camp safely arrived in Canada&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prayer items:&lt;br /&gt;1) Please continue to pray for Youth Ministries in different Panama churches&lt;br /&gt;2) Lung, brother from the Alliance youth fellowship have his problem changed from brain infection to lung infection.  Although not in lift threatening situation, still critical.  Please continue to pray for him and his family.&lt;br /&gt;3) Our schedule&lt;br /&gt;Feb 28: Alliance Youth fellowship&lt;br /&gt;Mar 1: Visiting brothers and sisters at Arraijan (a city around one hour drive from Panama)&lt;br /&gt;Mar 2: Panama IEC youth fellowship leaders training&lt;br /&gt;Mar 6: Preaching at Living Water Alliance church&lt;br /&gt;Mar 7: Leaving Panama for Toronto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more updated photos, you can click &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=276047&amp;id=514761224&amp;l=81e9b95bba"&gt;*here*&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6120385703004581711?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/6120385703004581711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=6120385703004581711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/6120385703004581711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/6120385703004581711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/panama-updates-4.html' title='Panama Updates (4)'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-6055058971530048243</id><published>2011-02-21T23:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-21T23:48:01.486-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='missions'/><title type='text'>Panama Updates (3)</title><content type='html'>Dear all,&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for all the support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanksgiving:&lt;br /&gt;1)Sharing @ Alliance youth fellowship was wonderful.  We talked about how to utilize the media and internet to encourage the fellowship among the fellowship.&lt;br /&gt;2)Almost 40 people attending 10th Anniversary of IEC Daniel fellowship, which started because of the Panama youth camp.&lt;br /&gt;3)With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I share His words at IEC Spanish (using English, of course!), IEC Cantonese, and Iglesia Evangelica China de Arraijan, a city around 45 mins drive from Panama City.&lt;br /&gt;4)Enjoying Amador, the great harbour front of Panama city, with the STM from Toronto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prayer items:&lt;br /&gt;1)Father of the youth pastor of IEC passed away last Friday (18th) night, please pray for Pastor Louisa and her family.&lt;br /&gt;2)A brother from the Alliance youth fellowship, Lung, was admitted into the emergency Sunday (20th) night.  Out of life threatening situation but still critical.  Please pray from him and his family.&lt;br /&gt;3)Music Camp @ IEC, Feb 21-25.  20 kids camping at church to learn more about music and God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more updated photos, you can go here: &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=276047&amp;id=514761224&amp;l=81e9b95bba"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=276047&amp;id=514761224&amp;l=81e9b95bba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks&lt;br /&gt;kelvin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-6055058971530048243?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/6055058971530048243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=6055058971530048243' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/6055058971530048243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/6055058971530048243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/panama-updates-3.html' title='Panama Updates (3)'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-3894698805355551748</id><published>2011-02-21T10:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-21T10:34:37.919-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feelings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>Men and Women</title><content type='html'>One day, there was a catastrophic event that caused all living creatures on Earth to die. To sort things out, everyone went to heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God said, "I want the men to form two lines. One line for the men who ruled their women on Earth and one for the men who were ruled by their women."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The line of men who were ruled by their women was 1,000 miles long, and in the line of men who ruled their women, there was only one man. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God said, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you in my image and you were all whipped by your mates. Only one of my sons made me proud. Tell them, my son, how did you manage to be the only one in this line?" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I don't know," the man replied. "My wife told me to stand here."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tbs.com/punchline/"&gt;"Joke of the week - www.TBS.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-3894698805355551748?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/3894698805355551748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=3894698805355551748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/3894698805355551748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/3894698805355551748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/men-and-women.html' title='Men and Women'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-507352397394754338</id><published>2011-02-17T12:27:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T23:57:12.745-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='missions'/><title type='text'>Panama Updates (2)</title><content type='html'>Dear all, thank you for your prayer support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanksgiving:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2011 Panama Youth Camp:&lt;br /&gt;The camp was very thankful.  The 120 kids are great.  There are some challenges during the camp, like without running water or fridge is not cool enough.  But God definitely got His hands there and many of the kids willing to committee or re-committed themselves to Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pictures:&lt;br /&gt;Camp album 1/2 &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004510&amp;id=168600074&amp;l=b34a8fc43e"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004510&amp;id=168600074&amp;l=b34a8fc43e&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camp album 2/2 &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004526&amp;id=168600074&amp;l=6aa66a79e1"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004526&amp;id=168600074&amp;l=6aa66a79e1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have Facebook account, you can see some pictures and videos thru these links&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camp album 1/2 &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004510&amp;id=168600074"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004510&amp;id=168600074&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camp album 2/2 &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004526&amp;id=168600074"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004526&amp;id=168600074&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talent Show &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150107000081225"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150107000081225&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Campfire / sharing night &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150107085466225"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150107085466225&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alliance Youth Fellowship: &lt;br /&gt;Monday night Valentine's gathering got around 30 people.  Pray that they are being encourage about true love by Pastor Howard Ngan of NTCAC (Toronto).&lt;br /&gt;I had a chat / training with the leaders on Tuesday.  Definitely we can see the potential and ability in their hearts, just their confidence is lacking a bit.  Please keep praying for them.&lt;br /&gt;We will have another training session this coming friday, and most likely next friday too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IEC (Panama Chinese Church - Iglesia Evangelisa China de Panama) Daniel Fellowship:&lt;br /&gt;Almost 40 people showing up in the past two meetings.  Around 30% are Panama-grown, Spanish speaking.  Wonderful spiritual sharing and instructions from the youth leaders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some prayer request:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1) My schedule ahead&lt;br /&gt;-Feb 18 Alliance Youth Fellowship leaders training&lt;br /&gt;-Feb 19 IEC Youth Fellowship 10th Anniversary &lt;br /&gt;-Feb 20 IEC Chinese Worship&lt;br /&gt;-Feb 21-25 Music Camp @ IEC&lt;br /&gt;-Feb 25 Alliance Youth Fellowship leaders training&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(2) Panama Youth Ministry&lt;br /&gt;As different churches putting more effort in youth and 2nd generation ministry, there are more and more attending churches in Panama, Panama City and other gospel stations around Panama.&lt;br /&gt;However, at the same time, challenges surfacing during these growth.&lt;br /&gt;-Rev. Beltran is a missionary from Columbia.  He is now the pastor of Alliance Church serving all Spanish-speaking congregation.  His wife has been diagnosed  with some kind of tumor in her body, fortunately, latest news is those cells are not cancer.&lt;br /&gt;-Pastor Esther, the pastor of Living Water Alliance, is also the pastor of the Alliance Youth Fellowship.  She was diagnosed with Lymph Nodes Cancer and is now being treated in HK.  Pastor Michael, her husband, will head back to HK in March to take care of his wife.&lt;br /&gt;-The Alliance plans to build a youth centre to help out with the youth ministry in Panama.  Original budget was about $400k.  However, due to the inflation rate and other unexpected cost, that might cause to a increase in the building cost.  Please pray for the financial supply.&lt;br /&gt;-Among those trained leaders of the IEC Daniel fellowship, most of them either getting married or moving back to China.  The next generation need time to develop their potential to pick up the ministry.  Please pray for the development.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(3) Other STM&lt;br /&gt;- Calgary West Alliance (Living Water Alliance)&lt;br /&gt;- North Toronto Alliance (Panama City and Chitre)&lt;br /&gt;- A group of youth from Toronto (IEC Music Camp)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please keep us in prayers.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks&lt;br /&gt;Kelvin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-507352397394754338?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/507352397394754338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=507352397394754338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/507352397394754338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/507352397394754338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/panama-updates-2.html' title='Panama Updates (2)'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-5962822197371655076</id><published>2011-02-17T11:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T11:01:23.719-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>TheStar DiManno: Unlike Forsberg, some guys just don’t know when to quit</title><content type='html'>Rosie DiManno&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2011-02-16 06:11:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;Here today, gone tomorrow, back the day after that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or a year later, or four years later — or in the case of Martina Navratilova a decade later, 47 and an aging baby-boomer heroine with a first-round win at Wimbledon in 2004, oldest tennis player ever to take a professional singles match.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breaking up with sports is the hardest thing to do for elite athletes. Whether Hamlet-like — Favre-like — indecisive about retirement or fleetingly firm in hanging ’em up, only to reverse themselves as time goes by, it is an often agonizing and discombobulating adjustment to civvy street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They pine for the cheers, they ache for the existence left behind and they genuinely miss what they used to do so well. Few attempt comebacks for the money. What most yearn for is the person they once were.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glory days, they will pass you by, as Bruce Springsteen sang. Retrieving them is usually a mug’s game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only a handful manage to seize again the shimmery éclat that was: Michael Jordan, the first time he had a re-think, picking up his career where he left off and leading the Chicago Bulls to three straight NBA championships; George Foreman, a serial comeback artist but especially in 1994, 45 years old when he knocked out Michael Moorer, 25, to become the oldest boxer in history to capture a heavyweight title; and Roger Clemens, revising retirement plans in a last hurrah with the Houston Astros, winning the 2004 Cy Young Award in the process. (Leaving aside, for the moment, that ignominious appearance before a U.S. House committee probing steroid use in baseball.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the other end of the spectrum, there was Stephane Richer — admittedly, not remotely in the same league as the aforementioned stars — who re-retired in 2009 after precisely one (1) practice with the Washington Capitals. Sometimes reality bites hard. And quick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lance Armstrong announced Wednesday that he was done with competitive cycling, wryly calling it “Retirement 2.0’’. In an interview with Associated Press, the 39-year-old teased: “Never say never’’ about perhaps changing his mind down the line, then added: “Just kidding.’’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is he?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His comebacks have been legendary — first from testicular cancer and then, following seven straight Tour de France titles and a subsequent four-year withdrawal from competition, a return to the circuit in ’09, though never reclaiming the grandeur and hounded by accusations of using performance-enhancing drugs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More ill-advised were the unretirements that damaged legacies: Muhammad Ali, who sadly demonstrated that being the “greatest of all time’’ doesn’t make you immune from the ravages of time, losing back-to-back decisions to Larry Holmes and a then-unknown Trevor Berbick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bjorn Borg, still using a clumsy old wooden racket, was handed his hat by one young player after another after a decade away from the courts. And Mark Spitz, the most gold medal-decorated swimmer in history until Michael Phelps came along, tanked when, at age 41, he tried and failed to qualify for the Olympics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s particularly poignant when early retirement is imposed on athletes because of injury and they can’t accept that their tickets have been punched prematurely. Some try and try to resurrect halted careers, putting body and mind through exceedingly harsh travails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Forsberg was arguably the best two-way forward in the NHL until suddenly plagued by a befuddling foot ailment in 2003. The former league MVP, who spent most of his career with the Colorado Avalanche, leading them to two Stanley Cup titles, and two-time Olympic gold medallist repeatedly dipped that foot in and out of unofficial retirement in the years that followed. Multiple surgeries later, he drifted back to Sweden, practising on and off with the Modo junior team, never abandoning hope that he’d one day play again in the NHL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That day came a week ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Convinced that he’d finally conquered the problem that caused his foot to feel like it was weirdly sliding around in his skate, and wearing a specially fitted brace on the extremity, Forsberg approached the Avs in January, suggesting a comeback. The struggling team eagerly said YES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He began practising with the Avs on Jan. 22, agreed to a $1 million prorated contract and, after a visa issue was resolved, dressed for his first game back on Feb. 11, 3 ½ years after his last one, against Columbus. Though scoring no points, a seemingly vintage Forsberg enjoyed 17:38 of ice time, displaying his familiar puck-handling dexterity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the foot hurt afterwards, and more so next game out against Nashville.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Monday, the usually stoic Forsberg — nickname Foppa — had to pause several times to fight back tears at a press conference where he announced the experiment was over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teammates were taken aback by the abrupt decision. On the flight back from Nashville, he’d given no indication what was on his mind during a long chat with captain Adam Foote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Forsberg, 37, had promised his fiancee that if he couldn’t adequately defend himself on the ice, he’d pull the plug on his comeback. And he’d regretfully concluded that he couldn’t. And the foot was throbbing. And the dream died.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We can fly to the moon, we should be able to fix the foot,’’ Forsberg said, attempting humour. More touchingly, he said he felt “like a little kid that had candy stolen.’’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And he conceded: “I can’t do it anymore.’’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accepting the truth of that, in his heart, puts Forsberg ahead of the game, unlike so many others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-5962822197371655076?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nhl/article/940195--dimanno-unlike-forsberg-some-guys-just-don-t-know-when-to-quit?sms_ss=blogger&amp;at_xt=4d5d46028dd615c6%2C0' title='TheStar DiManno: Unlike Forsberg, some guys just don’t know when to quit'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/5962822197371655076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=5962822197371655076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/5962822197371655076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/5962822197371655076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/thestar-dimanno-unlike-forsberg-some.html' title='TheStar DiManno: Unlike Forsberg, some guys just don’t know when to quit'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-788318071702523859</id><published>2011-02-17T00:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T01:34:27.025-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thanksgiving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>證明你喜歡他／她的17條依據</title><content type='html'>十七&lt;br /&gt;你經常看他/她的網誌,facebook,blog,無名...等等&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;十六&lt;br /&gt;當你和他/她打電話打到很晚，他/她掛了電話，你仍然想念他/她，即使電話只掛了2分鐘&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;十五&lt;br /&gt;你一遍又一遍讀他/她的短信/SMS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;十四&lt;br /&gt;你和他/她一起走路的時候，走得很慢很慢&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;十三&lt;br /&gt;他/她在你周圍的時候，你敢到害羞&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;十一&lt;br /&gt;當你想到他的時候，你的心跳一會跳得快，一會跳得慢&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;十&lt;br /&gt;你聽到他/她的聲音的時候會笑&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;九&lt;br /&gt;當你和他/她在一起的時候，你看不見周圍的所有人，你的眼中只有他/她&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;八&lt;br /&gt;當你想到他/她的時候，你會聽抒情的慢歌&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;七&lt;br /&gt;你想到的全都是他/她&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;六&lt;br /&gt;你聞到他/她的氣味就很興奮&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;五&lt;br /&gt;你意識到當你看著他/她的時候，你總是在笑&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;四&lt;br /&gt;為了見到他/她，你會為他/她做任何事&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;三&lt;br /&gt;當你讀這篇文章的時候，有個人一直在你的腦中浮現&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;二&lt;br /&gt;你不停的想他/她，以至於你都沒有發現這裡沒有第十二條&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一&lt;br /&gt;你翻上去找第十二條，然後默默地笑自己....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lovediary.thesharestory.com/view/4d5c9a22def47"&gt;(http://lovediary.thesharestory.com/view/4d5c9a22def47)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-788318071702523859?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://lovediary.thesharestory.com/view/4d5c9a22def47' title='證明你喜歡他／她的17條依據'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/788318071702523859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=788318071702523859' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/788318071702523859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/788318071702523859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/17.html' title='證明你喜歡他／她的17條依據'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-7749478140655726164</id><published>2011-02-16T09:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T11:02:55.903-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>Righteous</title><content type='html'>Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saying that Noah was "righteous" and "blameless" does not mean that he never sinned. Rather, it means that Noah wholeheartedly loved and obeyed God. For a lifetime he walked step by step in faith as a living example to his generation. Like Noah, we live in a world filled with evil. Are we influencing others or being influenced by them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 15:6  And he (Abram) believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although Abram had been demonstrating his faith through his actions, it was his belief in the Lord, not his actions, that made Abram right with God. We, too, can have a right relationship with God by trusting him. Our outward actions-church attendance, prayer, good deeds-will not by themselves make us right with God. A right relationship is based on faith--the heartfelt inner confidence that God is who he says he is and does what he says he will do. Right actions will follow naturally as by-products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hardt for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Is anything too hard for the Lord?" The obvious answer is, "Of course not!" This question reveals much about God. Make it a habit to insert your specific needs into the question. Asking the question this way reminds you that God is personally involved in your life and nudges you to ask for his power to help you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(From Life Application Study Bible Devotion)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-7749478140655726164?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/7749478140655726164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=7749478140655726164' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7749478140655726164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/7749478140655726164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/genesis-69-these-are-generations-of.html' title='Righteous'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-3671697068801876784</id><published>2011-02-15T10:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-15T10:52:14.448-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>我們所需要的神蹟</title><content type='html'>我們所需要的神蹟&lt;br /&gt;(11.02.02 靈修勵語)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;最感動我的神蹟是這樣的：有一位年屆七十歲的姊妹，在主裡領受呼召，差往自己的鄉間建立教會，她忠於主命，就拿著一筆可觀的積蓄，老遠從美國飛返家鄉。到了家鄉，她被安排住在荒僻鄉間的一所簡陋小屋裡。剛坐下來，迎接她的竟然是百多隻蚊子，短短幾小時間，就被蚊子針個遍體鱗傷。終於她忍耐不住，起來收拾包袱，決定連夜趕回美國。就在她踏出門口的一剎那，聖靈在她中心動工，吩咐她留下來。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;老婆婆是敬畏事奉神的忠僕，不敢不留，但面對這困苦，又不知如何面對。最後，她只好跪下來，求主憐憫。這一刻神蹟就出現了！聖靈在她心中大大的加力，她勇敢地站起來，就拿起拖鞋，開始打蚊，打了幾個小時，把這個地方所有蚊子清理了。自這第一天的經歷開始，她就在這鄉間倚靠著神的恩典，全力為主作工。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今天正在尋求與神相遇的人，或許聽到上述的見證，會覺得沒有甚麼大不了。因為我們還是喜歡看見那些轟天動地的大能見證，我們要求醫治、靈語、異象和奇特啟示。對於不能刺激官能，平平無奇的事件毫不動心。因為人性就是只喜愛隔岸觀火地去觀賞神蹟，卻不願意去親身承受那背負十字架的生命能力。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;然而，這就是今日我們所需要的神蹟！當你願意經歷神，你就要付上代價。首先，神要成為你的神，在你心靈深處以祂的大愛和大能觸動你，叫你將生命完全奉獻給祂；其次，神要用十架的大能介入你的生命裡，要幫助你去面對那些你無力面對的困難，好叫你勝過自己的軟弱，為主的名忍受一切不能忍受的環境。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;讓我們重新思想與神相遇的意義，今日，神以祂的大愛切切呼喚你，神要的是你，祂要你真心真意愛上這位與你復和的神。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-3671697068801876784?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/3671697068801876784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=3671697068801876784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/3671697068801876784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/3671697068801876784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post.html' title='我們所需要的神蹟'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-3542118788695444520</id><published>2011-02-14T12:56:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-14T12:58:22.802-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dream'/><title type='text'>Valentine's gift</title><content type='html'>A young woman was taking an afternoon nap on Valentine's Day. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After she woke up, she told her husband, "I just had a dream that you gave me a diamond necklace for Valentine's Day. What do you think it means?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You'll know tonight," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she ripped off the wrapping paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the wrapping paper, she found a book called, "The Meaning of Dreams."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tbs.com/punchline/"&gt;"Joke of the week - www.TBS.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-3542118788695444520?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/3542118788695444520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=3542118788695444520' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/3542118788695444520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/3542118788695444520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/valentines-gift.html' title='Valentine&apos;s gift'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-3945280355732374597</id><published>2011-02-13T01:52:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T01:52:57.921-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><title type='text'>Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?</title><content type='html'>Gen 4:6-7&lt;br /&gt;6 The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Life Application Study Bible Devotion:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you react when someone suggests you have done something wrong? Do you move to correct the mistake or deny that you need to correct it? After Cain's gift was rejected, God have him the chance to right his wrong and try again. But Cain refused. The next time someone suggests you are wrong, take an honest look at yourself and choose God's way instead of Cain's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-3945280355732374597?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/3945280355732374597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=3945280355732374597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/3945280355732374597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7641923/posts/default/3945280355732374597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/2011/02/why-are-you-angry-and-why-has-your-face.html' title='Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-2797202066875893939</id><published>2011-02-07T15:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T15:40:09.111-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='missions'/><title type='text'>Panama Updates</title><content type='html'>Thank God for having me here in Panama.&lt;br /&gt;Things are great and so far so good.  I have been going out with the youth fellowship of IEC (Panama Chinese Church - Iglesia Evangelisa China de Panama) for the weekend and we have a good chat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This coming week (Feb 7-11) will be 2011 Panama Youth Camp.  Theme: My Future is not a Dream.&lt;br /&gt;There are 116 kids there, 51 of them are first time campers.  Please pray for their hearts.&lt;br /&gt;Also please pray for the message by Rev. Michael Lau from York Region LBC of Toronto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and here is a list of gatherings / workshops after the camp&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feb 12 Alliance Church Young Adult fellowship leadership training (by Rev. Lau)&lt;br /&gt;Feb 14 Alliance Church Young Adult fellowship Valentines day EM (by North Toronto CAC)&lt;br /&gt;Feb 15 Alliance Church Young Adult fellowship leadership training&lt;br /&gt;Feb 16 Alliance Church prayer meeting (sharing about Youth and Young Adult ministry)&lt;br /&gt;Feb 19 IEC Youth Fellowship&lt;br /&gt;Feb 20 IEC Chinese Worship&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here are some pictures:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=276047&amp;id=514761224&amp;l=81e9b95bba"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=276047&amp;id=514761224&amp;l=81e9b95bba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your support.&lt;br /&gt;kelvin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-2797202066875893939?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-480531906773881231</id><published>2011-01-25T23:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T23:55:50.555-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>合理與不合理</title><content type='html'>吳志森：菜園村事件的合理與不合理&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2011年01月26日   蘋果&lt;br /&gt;菜園村收地，衝突再起。特區政府開動宣傳機器，把村民抹黑成貪得無厭的惹事之徒。在雞蛋與高牆之間，主流傳媒又一次站在高牆的那一邊，以目前香港的傳媒生態，這樣的結果，我一點都不感到意外。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;為了使既有的生活方式得到延續，幾十戶村民用賠償金集資買了農地，請專業人士規劃生態村，錢付了，地契有了，規劃也做好了，萬事俱備，獨欠入村的路權。過路費是新界買地的規矩，這也罷了，但路權原來是海鮮價，昨天是三十萬元，今天突然猛漲到五百萬元，又提出更苛刻的條件，要價都是不明來歷的中間人。有路權，新村馬上動工，搬村事成，就可騰出舊村讓高鐵工程順利展開。搬村就卡在路權的問題上，村民無法接受天價的苛索，只能死守舊家園，要求政府介入，讓事情得以解決。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;官員的口徑是：這是私人糾紛，政府不會介入。有評論附和說，路權費應收多少，應參考市價作為標準，也可請仲裁機構評斷，收地風波，只有一個標準：是否合理，合理就應支持，不合理就要反對。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;高鐵來了奪人私產這種放之四海而皆準的評論，表面看來無可辯駁，但最關鍵是：甚麼才算合理？村民幾十年來選擇了這種半農半工的生活方式，但一聲高鐵來了，就要毀人家園，奪人私產，這算合理嗎？如果可以的話，他們願意繼續保留菜園村，過着日出而作，日入而息，帝力於我何有哉的務農生活，但「帝力」卻偏偏找上門來，別無選擇，只能含着淚水，把經營幾十年的家園連根拔起，這算合理嗎？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;好了，在警察推土機官員和建制力量等國家機器面前，村民脆弱得只像一群螻蟻，他們只有向現實低頭，同意搬村。但在發出復耕牌的問題上，當局諸多阻撓，直到去年九月才完成，覓地搬村也遇到重重障礙，最後終於買了土地，卻卡在路權的問題上。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;合理與否看賠多少新界土地勢力複雜糾葛，政府袖手旁觀，區區幾十戶村民的力量，處理路權問題，只能任由宰割。要村民獨力應付這種無限度的苛索，算合理嗎？入村的路權是獨市生意，根本無市價可言，找仲裁機構評估，也非要雙方同意不可，這些提議你認為合理嗎？&lt;br /&gt;主流媒體的評論，擺脫不了傳統的「中環價值」：發展新的就要拆毀舊的，合理與不合理只能看賠償多少，市區重建是這種思維，基礎建設也跳不出這個框框，「維持現有的生活方式」，就等於阻住地球轉。如果菜園村民真的貪錢，他們應該拿着賠償炒樓，何必費勁堅持過這種永遠不會發達的務農生活？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一位八十後青年烽煙，引述網上流傳，改編自納粹時期一位德國牧師的懊悔發人深省：「當日政府要領匯打橫行，我沒有注意她，因為我不是住公屋；當日政府要拆皇后碼頭，我沒有守護她，因為我不是保育人；當日政府要掃平菜園村，我沒有保衞她，因為我不是社運人；當日政府要強拍舊唐樓，我沒有理會她，因為我不是買該區；如今田生的人已經在我家門外，可是已經沒有人剩下來幫我了。」&lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;菜園村事件見證了香港人(除了少數社運人士)對弱勢社群的冷漠無情！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div 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title='合理與不合理'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-2145207060780512797</id><published>2011-01-18T20:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T20:34:32.023-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>全心相信神愛我們</title><content type='html'>(靈修勵語11.1.19)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;全心相信神愛我們&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我們向神打開生命多少，就經歷神多少。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;打開生命，是一項不容易行動，因為這表示了你願意放下你對生命的控制和擁有權，交由神去管理你自己。向神打開生命，彷彿就是失去了自己似的；然而神不是要剝奪我們所有的，把一切都霸佔在祂手中。神要豐豐富富祝福我們，由祂介入我們的生命開始，去叫我們有智慧、心力、勇氣進入人生。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;對神有信心，也就是願意相信神是以純全、善良和可喜悅的心意去愛我們，而且祂是可靠的。於是，每一次我們信神是愛，也就是來到神面前，讓祂愛我們，在我們身上施恩憐憫。你向神打開那一部份的生命，生命的那一部份就因基督得到自由、能力和保守。而信心就是一度通向神的橋樑，我們憑信跨越了恐懼和憂慮，來到耶穌的面前與祂同行，享受祂的平安和喜悅。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;當年紀大了少許，對人生會多了體驗，我們就明白人一生滿有擔子，甚至一種關係就是一項承擔、一份關懷和難以計較的付出。當我們愛自己的能力也是如斯薄弱，實在承受不了還要愛更多的親人朋友。面對自己的十字架我們可以支持嗎？面對人生逆境我們可以承受嗎？對自己認識深一點的人，自然發現生命實在脆弱，誰可受得起這一生擔子的挑戰？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;然而，靠著向那位慈愛施恩的神打開生命，我們凡事都得勝有餘了。我自小學習唱「恩友歌」，其中幾句使我常引以為誡：「多少平安屢屢失去，多少痛苦白白受，皆因未將萬事，帶到主恩座前求。」一個開放生命給神的人，就經歷到神原來並非想奪去我們的東西，而是想賜福我們的生命。我們越多交托和放手讓神參與生命，也就越多經歷神自己；我越是常常到主面前，也越是發現生命的確很豐富。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;願意經歷神的人是坦誠向神傾訴一切苦處，又肯相信神是愛我們的人。所以，每天靈修不是一項命令，而是一條通道向神打開生命，通向這能力之源。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;願你憑信經歷神的愛。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-2145207060780512797?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-5014058364931620826</id><published>2011-01-11T21:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T21:34:51.816-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='devotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='readings'/><title type='text'>做神要你做的你</title><content type='html'>(靈修勵語11.1.11)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;做神要你做的你，你就經歷到生命的平安、力量和滿足。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;做自己真是一門極不容易的學問。我們不外乎一個軟弱的罪人，受罪污染到本性常常活在敗壞之中，又活在一個充滿罪惡的世上。做合神心意的我？對人來說是一個難題。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今天我們的恐懼、憂慮、憤怒和緊張是從那裡來的呢？可以說，就是因我還未懂得做我。我們豈不是承擔那超越我們能力的壓力，憂慮失去那本就不屬於我的物件，憤怒一個不按我要求好好待我的世界，緊張去活在一種我把握不住的生活裡嗎？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;讓我們認真想一想，是否我做我時還未能流暢和得力。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今日我們感到生命乏力有兩個可能，其一是我們強求做超越本身能力的事，於是我們生命盛載不起這擔子。另一個原因是我們不去承接自身的能力，而這能力就是神原本早已賦與我們的。其實，只要返回內心去肯定做神創造了的你，當你面迎人生逆境時，你裡面就有能力面對困難了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我們由那裡開始呢？由返回神的面前開始，當我們與神之間的關係貧瘠不堪，我的生命既無神的介入和參與，我就缺乏神所賜的能力去應付人生的千百種要求，也無法做神要你做的你，雖然是老生常談，但人若不常常活在主裡面，我們就不能做甚麼。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;甘心做你自己，就是最好的你。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;然後，我們經歷到美好的人神關係，我們在神裡面就能做好自己，神就出手在我們生命的本質上培育我們，豐豐富富的神極之樂意叫我們豐豐富富的活出我們的生命，因為我們是祂造的，我們生命的目標就是透過這個有限的生命，好好以神的恩典服事他人，完成使命之際，我們會感到心滿意足，生命好得無比！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;願神陶造你生命！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7641923-5014058364931620826?l=stupidxteam.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stupidxteam.blogspot.com/feeds/5014058364931620826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7641923&amp;postID=5014058364931620826' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;    徹夜難眠，只想給你寫信，但33年戰友，從來沒想過寫信給你，也沒有你的地址，只寫天堂，相信你會收到。&lt;br /&gt;    你收到香港人的思念，千言萬語，無盡哀思，懷念你錚錚的情操風骨，懷念你平民教育的理想，懷念你民主普選的壯志，懷念你平反六四的堅持，這一切生命的奮鬥和追求，已成為香港歷史，感動香港人心。&lt;br /&gt;    立法會前的皇后像廣場，教協會、支聯會和民主黨，為你豎立了紀念平台，黑底白字，莊嚴肅穆，寫上「華叔，我們永遠懷念你」，市民含淚獻上鮮花，寫下深深的懷念和尊敬。這些冒著寒冷、遠道而來的市民，更有白髮蒼蒼的長者，讚揚你一生的堅持，至死不渝的愛國。&lt;br /&gt;    有市民給你寫上：一生正氣，兩袖清風，形容你高尚的情操，我覺得非常貼切。無論教育還是政治，寫作還是抗爭，你都堅持人間的大是大非，一生正氣；無論生前和死後，校長還是議員，你都摒除任何的個人私利，兩袖清風。&lt;br /&gt;情操以外，還有氣節。殖民地時期，你支持香港回歸中國；當選立法會，你拒絕向英女皇效忠；六四鎮壓後，你毅然辭去草委職務；臨時立法會，你寧願落車不做議員。但更重要的，是你領導支聯會21年，為平反六四奮鬥到底，為爭取民主貫徹始終。&lt;br /&gt;去年，你患上末期癌症，但仍竭盡全力，維護民主黨的政改方案，受到同路人的攻擊，最傷感的是七一維園，你坐在輪椅，被人辱罵，我的心難過得要死。但見你不動如山，勇者不懼，仍存留著初相識時，橫眉冷對的硬骨頭，擇善固執的勇氣。你曾說過兩陣對決，將軍中箭仍不下馬，以免動搖軍心。如今，將軍已去，戰馬悲鳴，風中有淚，你是否仍然知道？&lt;br /&gt;每年，六四的燭光集會，都有你的燭光和淚水。今年六四，當維園萬千燭光搖曳，當《祭好漢》歌聲高揚，你已經離開我們，但我仍然相信，你的英靈仍在其中，與我們共度維園的燭光，與港人走過六四的長夜。如今，六四燭光，清明獻花，新年揮春，民主大遊行，中聯辦抗議，都有著我們深深的懷念，懷念我們21年風雨同路的日子。&lt;br /&gt;華叔，去年年底，你仍關心劉曉波獲諾貝爾獎，你多次打電話要我陪你到遮打花園，參加慶祝集會。雖然癌細胞已經入骨，你仍在病床忍著痛楚，看著劉曉波的獎狀，放在一張空櫈上，才安然睡去。華叔，彌留前夕，你仍然在我們耳畔叮嚀，要我們守護教協會、支聯會和民主黨，這一切刻骨銘心的囑咐，我們怎會忘記？&lt;br /&gt;華叔，你離去的一刻，渴望聽到聖經，詩篇23篇說：我雖然行過死蔭的幽谷，也不怕遭害，因為祢與我同在。約翰福音12章說：我實實在在的告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒，若是死了，就結出很多子粒來。華叔，你就像那一粒麥子，在社會運動中啟蒙著很多後來人，十年樹木，薪火相傳。今天，上主垂憐，請你安息。&lt;br /&gt;華叔，你說過：功成不必在我，成功我在其中。堅持到底便是勝利。但我們多麼希望，那堅持到底的、必然到來的、平反六四的日子，你與我們同在一起，同在天安門廣場，慶祝人民的勝利。華叔，雖然你已離去，但我們一定會繼續奮鬥，在平反六四的日子，一定會向你報告，告慰你在天之靈。&lt;br /&gt;華叔，你說過：民主的道路是漫長崎嶇，艱難曲折。最初聽到這說話，以為是群眾運動的激勵。當民主派爭取普選的路，竟然超過四分一世紀；當真正的普選，即使2020年仍沒保證。當我們由青年變成中年，而華叔更離我們而去時，我們才深切感受到，這漫長崎嶇，艱難曲折的真正意義，是一生的奉獻和奮鬥。&lt;br /&gt;華叔，你說過：要紀念辛亥革命的一百周年，傳揚林覺民與秋瑾的詩文。自你離去之後，我想起林覺民的《與妻訣別書》說：今日死無餘憾，國事成不成，自有同志者在。也想起秋瑾的《對酒》詩：一腔熱血勤珍重﹐灑去猶能化碧濤。&lt;br /&gt;如今，遺志仍在，同志仍在，長路漫漫，熱血勤珍重，請華叔放心，一路走好。&lt;br /&gt;                                                              &lt;br /&gt;張文光&lt;br /&gt;2011年1月8日&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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title='張文光家書：華叔你是麥子'/><author><name>xteam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08735872953393495169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641923.post-2123189270005089985</id><published>2011-01-02T00:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-02T00:41:07.186-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><title type='text'>支聯會主席司徒華病逝 (明報)</title><content type='html'>支聯會主席司徒華病逝 (13:14)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110102/gb71314p.htm"&gt;http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110102/gb71314p.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;支聯會主席司徒華在沙田威爾斯醫院因肺癌病逝，終年79歲。&lt;br /&gt;司徒華於1931年2月28日生於香港，祖籍廣東開平，1989年起擔任香港市民支援愛國民主運動聯合會（簡稱「支聯會」）創會主席，是民主黨創黨成員，曾任立法會議員達19年。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1952年於葛量洪師範學院畢業後執教鞭多年，1969年起擔任葛師校友會觀塘小學校長至1990年。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1973年擔任教育團體聯合秘書處主席，並領導「文憑教師薪酬事件」，為非學位教師爭取合理薪酬而舉行大罷課。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1974年參與成立香港教育專業人員協會（教協），起初擔任會長，至1992年轉任監事會主席。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1978年發起第2次「中文運動」，爭取中文成為主要教學語言。同年發生因金禧中學校董會貪污、教育署處理不當引發引發大規模社會事件的
