becoming

Here is the final statement from GAFCON, as well as the response from ABC.

Just received this today:

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Isn’t there something wrong with this email?

若說這是為「跨宗教」那種所謂祈福聚會的講章，而要自然的「去耶穌化」、「去上帝化」，這倒還可以理解。

但這明明是香港基督教協進會所定的「香港主日」講章，那我就得問問我們的「主」去了那裡？

除了為中國奧運歌功頌德、從四川地震看出兄弟之愛，真的，在一個主日中，

沒有別的可以寫／講嗎？

君不見其他的「 環保主日」、「亞洲主日」，有同樣的「無主」情況。而從邀請信得知，這是顯然是「盼望有關的參考資料蒙貴堂回應及採用，造就貴堂會友」的資料，再留意禱文也未有這樣的情況…

究竟有甚麼不能寫、寫不出？

更要問，協進會中有沒有人看過講章，然後才出街？不論「有」或「沒有」，這又代表了甚麼？

還是從心底裡，真的只會為「人」而驕傲？

[HT:豪仔]

Bock on recent Obama and Dobson debate.

Many of my blogger friends have mentioned about NT Wright’s recent appearance on The Colbert Report — the satirical television shows on all things American! Hard to believe a Bishop will go to Comedy Central to talk about heaven and earth, eh?!

What was hard to find is the actual video link that allows you to view it outside US (due to broadcasting rights issue). Thanks Jake for transcribing the whole interview. And from BW3, I notice a video link through spike.com that is now available for people outside US to view the actual interview!

It is certainly fun to watch. Despite the fact that there were times when the Bishop was trying (too) hard to be funny, it is certainly good to see him doing us boring Christians a face-lifting favor and discuss something that most outsiders just couldn’t care less anymore because of our way of presenting it (ie. heaven).

Conductor Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us realize our untapped love for it — and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.

For 20 minutes, he talks about how to run your company, on leadership, his conflict resolution work in Ireland — all at the same time while he makes you absolutely love classical music all over again.

“And you know I have a defintion of success. For me, it’s very simple, it’s not about wealth and fame and power. It’s about how many shining eyes I have around me.”

[link: TED]

Thanks Jenny S. for sending me this:

“The central story of Christianity will fade away,” she [Gretta Vosper] explained. “The story about Jesus as the symbol of everything that Christianity is will fade away.”

The head of the United Church of Canada, David Giuliano, who went to divinity school with Ms. Vosper 20 years ago, said if he felt the way that she does, he would not be a minister. But it is not his job to condemn, he said, and the church is structured in such a way that complaints have to come from the congregation before any action can be taken. And so far there have been no complaints. He also sees the United Church, considered the most liberal of the mainline Protestant churches, as broad enough to encompass a wide range of theologies.

Sometimes you just don’t know what to say when you read something like this.

It just turns one’s stomach.

Read it all here.