Next Great City: Philly, Really
雖然不少人對本城的評價一般﹐但對於這個曾經與超人女友一起走過的城市的印象一直不算差。真的﹐文化與歷史俱備﹐有世界知名的orchestra﹐museums, 一級食肆(當然不是中菜)林立﹐剛收到技安forward 的article, National Geographic 更說本城是Next Great City...
Next Great City: Philly, Really
Osake in Chestnut Hill
對本城的日本菜﹐一向都swear by Sagami, 想不到最近發現了在Chestnut Hill 的
Osaka...
North Shore Roll
用cucumber包﹐有salmon, avocado, seaweed, mango, tuna. 好特別﹐又好味。
Chef Combination
加了有eel, spicy tuna, avocado 的Hong Kong Dragon Roll﹐sashimi 好新鮮。
Crabcake
啖啖肉的crabcake over red rice, 加上鮮花點綴﹐色香味全。
Green Tea Ice Cream
少有的不會太甜﹐server 說是
Bassetts, 但到過website, 發現無這種flavor, 太可惜啦。
Carnegie Hall...
今晚想起這個老笑話...
Q: "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?"
A: "Practice, practice, practice."
Beethoven rediscovered...
現場聽第五交響樂﹐真的非筆墨所能形容。
正如看完ACM的concert 再聽CD﹐在Broadway看完Chicago 再看電影﹐Live vs. Recording 絕對無得比! 好高興今次買到又便宜又靚的orchestra tier ticket, orchestra 的表現一覽無遺。真的難以了解Beethoven 的天才﹐是怎樣創作出一首交響樂呢?
又一豐富週末
再一次退修﹐無論靈裡﹐身體都得到飽足。考慮人生方向﹐反省生命中的優先次序。希望真的有機會跟牧師到神州一行。其實這些練習做得不少﹐但要在得到結論後付諸實行﹐才是最重要。
今次終於明白為何大家一去再去﹐最了水管之迷以外﹐原來地方(與膳食)真的很好。
好味!
有否背上我的十架呢?
香甜的沙梨。
炒左啦﹐好新鮮!
享受與不同弟兄姊妹傾談的時間(包括亞周麗琼同亞黃俊發﹐但係唔知點解亞細佬你明明話唔去﹐又會係玩game既時候出現既呢?)﹐玩螢光呼拉圈﹐見到無gel 頭既你﹐green 色﹐ 轉橙色﹐Dead Kenny, wine tasting, 影靚相, lunch time 討論。希望將來會在有機會一齊玩一齊傾。
ACM @ RCCC
- 再立志: 1) 不要空手回天家﹐2) 做一個真正的門徒
- 麥牧師用Google Earth 來附助講道﹐好精彩﹐真係大開眼界
- 享受活潑的敬拜﹐週六見到RCCC 弟兄姊妹努力練習的成果﹐很欣賞他們不論男女, 都樂意為神高歌﹐歡呼跳舞。 週日﹐在ACM 帶領下的讚美! 正!
- 在整個聚會中﹐知道神真的在我們中間!
- 聽到牧師分享他在初信時﹐如何一年之久, 每星期流著淚﹐被最愛的母親罵著地回教會聚會。因著神叫我們不可停止聚會的緣故﹐他沒有放棄﹐最後媽媽終於看到他的改變並與鄰居分享...感動...
- 今次遇見各地的弟兄姊妹﹐希望在可見的將來再見。會是明年三月? 還是明年六月? 會在楓葉國? 還是在聖地呢?
- 當然side benefit 還有見到RCCC 各弟兄姊妹﹐林牧師﹐姨甥女﹐問候了Stephen, 他女兒Tiffany 還在康服中﹐其中一隻眼的情況不大好。請為她媽媽禱告。又上了教會歷史主日學, 還吃了小籠包﹐買了鹿腳筋﹐煲仔飯...
嘩﹐在聽剛同李老闆買的ACM和平之君CD﹐聽到麥牧師的聲音﹐好親切呀!
Looking forward to...
...more GCW. Good night!
By faith alone...
Excerpt from "When God is Silent" from
His Imprint, My Expression by Kay Arthur
Madame Guyon, a French woman who lived during the reign of Louis XIV, knew a great deal about the silence of God. For seven years she was bereft of religious joy, peace or emotions of any kind - a time of "privation or desolation."
During all that period, she had to walk by faith alone. She continued her devotions and her works of charity but without the pleasure and satisfaction she had previously felt....For seven years she kept looking for feelings and emotions before she learned to live above feelings and by simple faith in God. Then she found the life of faith is much lighter, holier, and happier than the life governed by feelings and emotions.
Almost seven years after she lost her joy and emotion, she began to correspond with Father la Combe, whom she had been the means for leading into the light of salvation through faith some years previously. He was now the instrument of leading her out into the clear light and sunshine of Christian experience. He showed her that God had not forsaken her as she was so often tempted to believe but that he was crucifying the self-life in her.
"I had a deep peace which seemed to pervade the whole soul, and resulted from the fact that all my desires were fulfilled in God. I feared nothing; that is, considered in its ultimate results and relations, because my strong faith placed God at the head of all perplexities and events. I desired nothing but what I now had, because I had full beliefs that, in my present state of mind, the results of each moment constituted the fulfillment of the Devine purposes. As a sanctified heart is always in harmony with the Devine providences, i had no will bu the Devine will, of which such providence are the true and appropriate expression."
What Madame Guyon learned, in essence, was that God was her all in all. He was all that mattered - not her emotions, not her desires, not her pleasures...Only God. It was when she understand this that she began to walk in the totality of meekness.
Meekness is not weakness...It is strength. HIS strength Meekness is accepting everything as coming from God without murmuring, disputing, or retaliating...Even His silence.
Madame Guyon consecrated herself wholly to God; He could do with her as He pleased. She would no longer look to external experiences or internal joys. Instead she would find rest in His sovereigns dealings, whatever they were.
Feel it or not, see it or not, hear it or not, she knew that "He Himself has said, 'I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,' so that we confidently say, 'The LORD is my helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?'" (Hebrews 13:5-6)
Rediscover Beethoven
去年完全沒有聽過音樂會﹐剛剛看過
Philadelphia Orchestra 2005-2006 的節目安排﹐發現今年的主題是
Rediscover Beethoven. 有不少耳熟能詳的交響樂都在節目之內﹐不知大家有興趣否? 我很想聽多年都聽不到的Handel's Messiah (12/11, Sun, 2pm & 12/13, Tue, 7pm)。
可惜你不在...
Questions of the Day
I got the following questions from a fellow blogger...
Do bloggers often use metaphors or sentences with hidden meaning, to talk to a small group of people?
How often do people do this?
What do they think when they do this?
我的答案係
1) 係
2) 經常
3) 我覺得blog 係記錄自己所想的﹐如果這樣表達可以講出我的感受﹐我唔會多作解釋﹐太多時候﹐根本不是與一少部份人講﹐而只係想為自己的感受留下印記。
意想不到的祝福
今晚﹐抱著學習領詩的心態去參加由ACM主辦﹐麥樹明牧師主講的"聖殿的完備敬拜" 講座﹐想不到神一早為我們安排了意想不到的祝福。
牧師由經文中敬拜的意義﹐講到聖殿敬拜讚美的模式﹐教導我們如何在台上帶領敬拜﹐如何做司事﹐從他的見證分享﹐讓我們再一次反思我們的事奉﹐我們的使命﹐我們教會的光境。
牧師的分享點滴...
- 敬拜事奉係理所當然的﹐不是神欠了我們些甚麼(提醒我羅馬書12:1)
- 不讚美神是虧欠了神。
- 神看重的不是一些物件或建築物﹐甚至乎約櫃也曾被擄﹐聖殿也被毀﹐神重視的是我們的心。
- 神是全民生活的中心。
- 我們在敬拜中的事奉﹐就像祭司一樣將人帶到神面前﹐讓神的話語主導人的生命﹐叫我們生命改變。
還有很多很多, 不能盡錄...
牧師的分享﹐為近日所思所想來了答案。
如果如
A子所說﹐對於昨晚在
意想不到培靈音樂會﹐本城弟兄姊妹的回應﹐是有一點點唏噓﹐那麼﹐ 今晚令我看到神的恩典還是足夠。 縱然我們失信﹐祂還是可信的。藉著早前退修會賴牧師的信息, 看到祂在對我們說話。今晚的信息更加觸動各人的心靈﹐真的希望由今晚開始﹐心內的麻木﹐人與人之間的冰冷﹐能因神的愛而化解。
在這裡﹐為到今晚大家的立志留下印記﹐希望大家不會忘記今天的禱告﹐所流的淚水﹐弟兄姊妹的擁抱。願意我們教會的復興由我們開始﹐我們以性命來做證!
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