響應中國國務院呼籲，為四川大災難死難者哀悼三天。
願上主憐憫我們，憐憫我們。
In response to the call from the Chinese government, we'll have three days of national mourning for the victims in the Sichuan Catastrophe.
Dear God, have mercy on us, have mercy on us.
:'(
To safeguard myself from fraud, I turned away from an old lady who was raising money for a charity in the street the other day. When conscience drove me back to her, I told her that I was just preoccupied with something and didn't notice her. That's simply not true. What a hypocrite I am!
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某天正午走在熱刺刺的中環，碰到一位婆婆，拿著貌似賣旗袋的東西，叫我支持一下。我下意識地摸摸褲袋，沒有零錢；望望她的旗袋，「XX老人中心」，沒聽過；想想，這是星期二不是星期三，應該不會賣旗。保護自己慎防被騙的本能，令我對婆婆微笑搖頭便走開了。
然後才看到，原來婆婆還有兩位比較年輕的隊友；我經過他們身邊的時候，再打量一下，但仍舊微笑搖頭....
雖然內心開始覺得不安, 但依然繼續往前，拐了彎，進了地鐵站，下了兩三級樓梯，終於按不住那重新發現的良心，回頭，一面走一面拿出錢包，確定自己真的有零錢，越過了那兩位年輕的隊友，走到婆婆面前，看清楚是賣獎劵不是賣旗。
「阿婆，唔好意思，我頭先諗緊野，唔為意你叫我。幾多錢呀？」
「廿蚊。」
我拿出廿元，塞進旗袋的紙幣孔，謝絕了婆婆的獎劵，「唔駛啦，我淨係捐錢得啦。」婆婆連忙多謝，我說 「唔駛客氣」隨即轉頭便走。
再次步向地鐵站的幾十秒，我充份感覺到自己的虛偽，明明是懷疑婆婆行騙，卻托辭 「諗緊野唔為意」。區區二十元的小惠，救贖不了我的小人之心。
All ye in the North Sea Communitas, all ye ethnic Chinese theologians and students of theology, regardless of where you are, please sing together in support of the good conscience and truth-telling of our big brother:
Jesus loves me this I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little one to Him belong;
Though I’m weak, He is strong.
Yes Jesus loves me, oh Jesus loves me.
Yes Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.
前事：
迴響：
Why did they (who??) encourage people in Hong Kong to dress in red during the Olympic torch relay as a sign of support? (You don't even see so much red colour during the relays in mainland China). Why do they call it the 'sacred flame' in the Chinese language? Is the 2008 Games hosted by Beijing (the city) or by China as a whole? Is it in line with the Olympic spirit (or any athletic spirit) to show off the country's capacity by such extensive footprint of the torch relay?
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熊熊 『聖火』席捲香港，螢光幕裡，盡見山河一片紅，全城赤化一整天，我身體內那僅有的丁點兒政治歷史意識讓我渾身不自在。紅潮退卻，或許香港已經沒有甚麼人記得奧運火炬是甚麼回事，只是給我留下連串赤的疑惑。
Our university has recently announced the appointment of Brian Stanley (currently of Cambridge) to the Chair of World Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non Western World, commencing in January 2009.
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人不在愛丁堡，悖得很。
原來剛好一個月前那場熱鬧而精采的重要選拔賽，已經有了結果。大學不久前正式宣布，委任Brian Stanley為 『世界基督教』教授，並出掌 『非西方基督教研究中心』，接替今年底退休的Jack Thompson。
上月那場遴選，剛好在我交論文那天舉行，錯過了，我只趕及聽到同學們的結案陳詞 (對各候選人的評價)，從中可窺見幾位候選人水平和表現都極佳，可以想像競爭頗為激烈。
Brian Stanley現任劍橋 『Henry Martyn宣教與世界基督教研究中心』主管，擅長於對中國和東亞基督教歷史的研究，大概會對敝校在這方面有進一步刺激。
