好久好久

大夥一切安好吧?
好久好久沒有再聽見屬於華族的音樂了啊!
不知怎的非常的想念…

我想荒廢了三年的手真的再也無法捉起笛子了.
感覺非常的沉重…

Don’t let kids watch The Golden Compass!

There will be a new children’s movie out this month called The Golden Compass.

The movie has been described as ‘atheism for kids’ and is based on the first book of a trilogy entitle His Dark Materials that was written by Phillip Pullman.

Pullman is a militant atheist and secular humanist who despises C. S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia. His motivation for writing this trilogy was specifically to counteract Lewis’ symbolisms of Christ that are portrayed in the Narnia series.

Clearly, Pullman’s main objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. Pullman left little doube about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that ‘my books are about killing God’. He has even stated that he wants to ‘kill God in the minds of children’. It has been said of Pullman that he is ‘the writer the atheists would be praying for, if atheists prayed’.

While The Golden Compass itself may seem mild and innocent, the books are a more different story. In the trilogy, a young streetwise girl becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle to ultimately defeat the oppressive forces of a senile God.

Another character, an ex-nun, describes Christianity as ‘a very powerful and convincing mistake’. In the final book, characters representing Adam and Eve eventually kill God, who at times is called YAHWEH. Each book in the trilogy gets progressively worse regarding Pullman’s hatred of Jesus Christ.

The Golden Compass is set to premier on December 7, during the Christmas season (and staring Nicole Kidman although it remains a mystery as to why she agreed to the part especially after announcing her reconversion to Catholicism from the Church of Scientology), and will probably be heavily advertised. Promoters hope that unsuspecting parents will take their children to see the movie, that they will enjoy the movie, and that the children will want the books for Christmas.

Please consider a boycott of the movie and the books. Forwarding this message along to everyone you know (including church leaders), will help to educate parents, so that they will know the agenda of the movie.

This message is meant for those of you who have kids or friends with kids, grandkids or have influence with kids. So many things today are mindless darkness concealed in what appears to be pure innocence.

Don’t let kids see The Golden Compass!

Tim F Peters, Kuala Lumpur

This article is taken from Herald - The Catholic Weekly dated 12 December, 2007.

近來

近來真的很忙
簡直是沒時間來發貼
這部落格就快成為了荒地

近來壓力很大
簡直是沒時間來喘氣
這副身體就快亮起了紅燈

生命沒有過渡

和一位留德的老師談起老師在德國的留學生活。

老師∶”在德國，因為學制還有一些適應的問題，有些人一待就會待上 10年才拿到博士學位。”

我說∶”哇！那好久哦。”對於才20歲的我而言，10年，不就是生命的一半嗎？

老師笑了笑∶”你為什麼會覺得那很’久’呢？”

我說∶”等拿到學位回國教書或工作，都已經三四十歲了呢！”

老師∶”就算他不去德國，有一天，他還是會變成’三四十歲’，不是嗎？”

“是的。”我答道。

老師∶”你想透了我這個問題的涵義了嗎？”

我不解的看著老師。”生命沒有過渡、不能等待，在德國的那10年，也是他生命的一部份啊！”老師語重心長的說。”啊！我了解了！”

那一段談話，對我的影響很大，提供了我一個很重要的生活哲學與價值觀。前一陣子工作很忙，學弟問我∶”你要忙到什麼時候呢？”

“我應該要忙到什麼時候？或者說到什麼時候我才該不忙呢？”我反問。

“忙碌也是我生活的一部份，重點應在於，我喜不喜歡這樣的’忙碌’。如果我喜歡，我的忙碌就應該持續下去，不是嗎？”我補充著。

對我而言，忙碌不是生命的”過渡階段”，而是我最珍貴的生命的一部份。很多人常會抱怨∶”工作太忙，等這陣子忙完后，我一定要如何如何┅┅”於是一個本屬於生命一部份的珍貴片段，就被定義成一種過渡與等待。

“等著吧！挨著吧！我得咬著牙渡過這個過渡時期！”當這樣的想法浮現，我們的生命就因此遺落了一部份。

“生命沒有過渡、不能等待。”這時，老師的話就會清晰的浮現在我的耳邊。所以，我總是很努力的讓自己喜歡自己每一個生命階段，每一個生命過程，因為那些過程的本身就是生命，不能重來的生命.