Advent Word, Day 18 ‘trust’
Day 18 #trust #信任 Thursday December 15 ‘God’s love, like any love, involves real trust. And in relationships, trust requires mutuality. Sometimes it may require a part of myself that I don’t necessarily want others to see. This same vulnerability, intimacy, and mutuality should characterize our love for and trust in God’. 上帝的愛，如同一切的愛，是真實的信任。在人際關係中，信任需要雙方彼此依存。有時，卻也需要一些自己並不希望別人看見的部分。我們愛主（信任上帝），就常具有如此一般的脆弱性、親密性、相互性。 Big thank you to my good friend, ‘Superbaby’ at Advent Church for letting me take his photo! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 18 ‘trust’
Advent Word, Day 17 ‘surprise’
Day 17 #surprise #驚訝 Wednesday December 14 ‘God comes to us as a vulnerable human baby to an unlikely couple in an obscure place. And in doing so turns the world upside down. Jesus says: Stick with me even if I am different, confusing, or surprising. I have come, and I am coming to you today with love! Look for me. Listen. I am coming in an unexpected way’. 神降臨世間，以柔弱之身生於幽暗角落，做卑微人家的嬰孩。這世界因此得以全然翻轉。耶穌說：緊跟著我吧！即使我和他人不同，即使我令人困惑、又讓人驚訝。我已降臨；懷著滿滿的愛，我來到你這裡。注意，我來的方式完全出人意外。 A big surprise in Taichung at Stock20 台中20號倉庫! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 17 ‘surprise’
Advent Word, Day 16 ‘mend’
Day 16 #mend #修補 Tuesday December 13 ‘Christianity is really all about mending. That is what redemption means: mending something which is broken. Every Christian is called to share with God in mending that which is broken: mending our relationship with God, with one another, and mending the torn canvas of God’s broken world’. 基督教其實是攸關「修補」的信仰；贖罪的意義，正是將那「已破損的」加以修復。每位基督徒都蒙上帝呼召來分擔「補缺成全」的聖工：我們要修復與神、與人的關係，並補救這幅「理應完美歸主，卻遭世人撕裂」的世界圖像。 The Parable of the Lost Sheep at the St. James’ Preschool, Taichung, Christmas Show 2016! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 16 ‘mend’
Advent Word, Day 15 ‘rely’
Day 15 #rely #仰賴 Monday December 12 ‘When we are inconvenienced, we have to rely on God. When we have to rely on God, the impossible becomes possible, and we find that we are able to do and achieve that which we never could do or achieve on our own power. We have to have God’s help’. 當我們遇到困難時，必須仰賴上帝。當我們仰賴上帝，那「不可能」的，就變成「可能」了。我們發現，先前靠本身力量無法達成的，有了上帝的協助，都能逐一進行，圓滿成就。上帝的幫助，的確是不可或缺。 Sign on the Taipei Metro Continue reading Advent Word, Day 15 ‘rely’
Advent Word, Day 14 ‘glow’
Day 14 #glow #光明 Sunday December 11, Third Sunday in Advent ‘As children of the light we have the opportunity to either squander God’s riches or to capitalize on them by being ministers of God’s light, life, and love for all people’. 身為光明之子的我們，有可能白白浪費上主所賜的財富，也可以善用那財富，做主的僕人，傳揚上帝的光明、生命、和博愛。 Tamsui Church, Taiwan Continue reading Advent Word, Day 14 ‘glow’
St. James’ Preschool, Taichung ~ Christmas Show-Time!
And what a wonderful event it was! As always, St. James’ Preschool / Kindergarten, Taichung put on a spectacular all-singing-all-dancing Christmas extravaganza for all the children to take part in ~ magical, and such fun! Two long months of rehearsals for about 3 minutes of performance for each class, but it was oh, so worth it ~ the children were delightful, even the few who cried all the way through, or who stood motionless throughout ~ next year, they’ll be fine, honest! Every ‘small’ class (aged 3-4) and ‘middle’ class (aged 4-5) performed to a song, and the older children … Continue reading St. James’ Preschool, Taichung ~ Christmas Show-Time!
Advent Word, Day 13 ‘befriend’
Day 13 #befriend #親近 Saturday December 10 ‘On my journey of faith, Mary has become a kind of friend, and our shared experience of Jesus has become a sacred communion. He invites me into her presence with contagious joy. She points me to him with fresh insight and renewed simplicity’. 在信仰的旅程中，聖母馬利亞可說是我的朋友，我們有共同的體會，就是經歷耶穌，這已成為一種神聖的「共融」（共襄盛舉之交流）。耶穌奇妙地邀我進入馬利亞的喜樂心境；馬利亞則以清新的眼光和單純的心，指點我靠近耶穌。 Supermaster and his Superfriends at St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach on Thursday night! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 13 ‘befriend’
St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach 2016 ~ SJU愛的團契聖誕佈道會!
Supermaster and his Superfriends were in action last night at last ~ YES! After 2 long months of rehearsals and preparation, their moment in the spotlight finally arrived ~ and what a great moment it was! A whole evening of non-stop action, colour, noise, music, dancing and singing ~ and it was wonderful! This was the Christmas Outreach evening of our Student Fellowship at St. John’s University, held in our new Advent Church Center, in use for the first time for our Christmas Outreach Program. We had singing and worship, the Supermaster drama, sharing time from our chaplain Rev. … Continue reading St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach 2016 ~ SJU愛的團契聖誕佈道會!
Advent Word, Day 12 ‘promise’
Day 12 #promise #應許 Friday December 9 ‘God gives us the responsibility of doing something ourselves about those faithless fears and worldly anxieties that are holding us back. We don’t have to do this alone. We have God’s promise of holding our hand and of helping us’. 上帝有時要我們負責，做一些自己全無把握，心生憂慮，甚至裹足不前的事。但我們無須「重擔一肩挑」獨力苦撐；我們有神的應許，祂會伸出援手給予必要的幫助。 Ah, Tanzania ~ a wonderful country of great promise. Pray for Tanzania today on this their Independence Day ~ December 9, 1961 ~ 55 today! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 12 ‘promise’
Catherine Lee 