By Kendrick Lee, guest contributor
Sometimes it’s easy to forget. Forget? Forget what? Your name? Hopefully not…although I did forget my name once in Chinese school when I was ten. But maybe it’s something just as integral to my identity as my name is. I’m talking about forgetting what it means to be a Christian. You know, what it means to be one of those “followers of Christ.” Has this ever happened to you?
Sunday, January 3, 2010
夏日裡的反思
原文：Kendrick Lee | 中譯：蔡穎
有時候我們很容易就會忘記，忘記…忘記什麼？你的名字？不會吧…（我十歲時在中文學校上課忘記過自己的名字）。我想說得是與名字一樣對我的身分而言有著象徵性，不可缺少的一部份。我說的是，忘記身為「基督徒」的意義，也就是忘記所謂做一名「跟隨耶穌的人」的意義。這種情況是否也曾發生在你身上？
有時候我們很容易就會忘記，忘記…忘記什麼？你的名字？不會吧…（我十歲時在中文學校上課忘記過自己的名字）。我想說得是與名字一樣對我的身分而言有著象徵性，不可缺少的一部份。我說的是，忘記身為「基督徒」的意義，也就是忘記所謂做一名「跟隨耶穌的人」的意義。這種情況是否也曾發生在你身上？
Friday, December 11, 2009
Open 開啟
By Kiera Lhys | 中譯：小米
An open window invites a refreshing breeze
Into a hot, stuffy room with ease.
An open door provides a warm welcome
To a weary traveller at last approaching home.
An open book fires the imagination,
Taking it to faraway places just for fun.
An open heart…what does it do?
Allows Christ to enter, and fill it up with love for you!
開啟一扇窗，請進一陣涼風
悶熱的屋子裡從此恬淡清爽
開啟一道門，熱烈歡迎
歡迎那個疲憊的旅人，終於重歸故里
開啟一本書，點燃想像的火花
只為了喜笑顏開，帶著它直到遠方
開啟一個心靈——能做什麼呢？
讓基督走進去，為你將它裝滿愛！
An open window invites a refreshing breeze
Into a hot, stuffy room with ease.
An open door provides a warm welcome
To a weary traveller at last approaching home.
An open book fires the imagination,
Taking it to faraway places just for fun.
An open heart…what does it do?
Allows Christ to enter, and fill it up with love for you!
開啟一扇窗，請進一陣涼風
悶熱的屋子裡從此恬淡清爽
開啟一道門，熱烈歡迎
歡迎那個疲憊的旅人，終於重歸故里
開啟一本書，點燃想像的火花
只為了喜笑顏開，帶著它直到遠方
開啟一個心靈——能做什麼呢？
讓基督走進去，為你將它裝滿愛！
Saturday, December 5, 2009
The Extremity of God
By Brad Snider
A few years ago I visited San Francisco for the first time. Besides being a fascinating city, there was something else that struck me. It was something that I read one afternoon in Starbucks as I was waiting for my coffee. I was looking at a specialty mug that they were selling, featuring some general information about the city. On the mug was listed the average temperatures of San Francisco in both January and July, and it read something like this, “Average temperature in January: 14 degrees Celsius. Average temperature in July: 16 degrees Celsius.” “What?” I thought to myself. “Two degrees – that’s it?” Apparently it is never hot, it is never cold, it is always just somewhere in between.
In a strange way, on a spiritual level, God hates San Francisco. Not the city, not the people, but the temperature.
A few years ago I visited San Francisco for the first time. Besides being a fascinating city, there was something else that struck me. It was something that I read one afternoon in Starbucks as I was waiting for my coffee. I was looking at a specialty mug that they were selling, featuring some general information about the city. On the mug was listed the average temperatures of San Francisco in both January and July, and it read something like this, “Average temperature in January: 14 degrees Celsius. Average temperature in July: 16 degrees Celsius.” “What?” I thought to myself. “Two degrees – that’s it?” Apparently it is never hot, it is never cold, it is always just somewhere in between.
In a strange way, on a spiritual level, God hates San Francisco. Not the city, not the people, but the temperature.
上帝的極端
原文：Brad Snider｜中譯：蔡穎
我幾年前第一次去舊金山，那是個很有意思的城市，不過有一點令我很震驚。某天下午，我正在Starbucks買咖啡，看到賣架上有一個特別的咖啡杯，杯上列出了舊金山一月及七月的平均氣溫：「一月平均氣溫，攝氏14 度；七月平均溫度，攝氏16度」。我心想：「什麼？只相差兩度而已嗎？」看來這裡從不炎熱也從不寒冷，總是在酷熱和寒冷之間。
奇怪的是，在屬靈層面上，上帝恨惡舊金山。祂恨的並不是這城市，也不是這裡的人，而是這地方的溫度。
我幾年前第一次去舊金山，那是個很有意思的城市，不過有一點令我很震驚。某天下午，我正在Starbucks買咖啡，看到賣架上有一個特別的咖啡杯，杯上列出了舊金山一月及七月的平均氣溫：「一月平均氣溫，攝氏14 度；七月平均溫度，攝氏16度」。我心想：「什麼？只相差兩度而已嗎？」看來這裡從不炎熱也從不寒冷，總是在酷熱和寒冷之間。
奇怪的是，在屬靈層面上，上帝恨惡舊金山。祂恨的並不是這城市，也不是這裡的人，而是這地方的溫度。
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Taiwan Part II: The Public Declaration
By Iris Lo
It was a cloudy Sunday afternoon, and I was sitting at a restaurant with my friends, waiting for our take-out orders. We were planning to take our lunch to the beach, where we can hang out until the baptism later that day. I looked across the table at my friend Cindy*. She had just graduated from senior high school, and today she was going to be baptized in the ocean. Her face showed a mixture of excitement and nervousness, and she was very quiet, as if trying to contain all the emotions within herself.
It was a cloudy Sunday afternoon, and I was sitting at a restaurant with my friends, waiting for our take-out orders. We were planning to take our lunch to the beach, where we can hang out until the baptism later that day. I looked across the table at my friend Cindy*. She had just graduated from senior high school, and today she was going to be baptized in the ocean. Her face showed a mixture of excitement and nervousness, and she was very quiet, as if trying to contain all the emotions within herself.
台灣第二章：公開宣言
原文：盧詠莛 | 中譯：蔡穎
那是個多雲的星期日下午，我和幾個朋友坐在餐廳裡等我們點的外賣，計畫著將午餐帶到海邊，在那兒打發時間，等待將在海邊舉行的浸禮儀式。我看著坐在對面的朋友Cindy*，剛高中畢業的她要接受浸禮。她很安靜，彷彿要將一切情緒隱藏起來，可是我卻在她臉上看到了夾雜著興奮又緊張的心情。
那是個多雲的星期日下午，我和幾個朋友坐在餐廳裡等我們點的外賣，計畫著將午餐帶到海邊，在那兒打發時間，等待將在海邊舉行的浸禮儀式。我看著坐在對面的朋友Cindy*，剛高中畢業的她要接受浸禮。她很安靜，彷彿要將一切情緒隱藏起來，可是我卻在她臉上看到了夾雜著興奮又緊張的心情。