在 12/10/09 奧巴馬總統接受諾貝爾和平獎的演說中,表達了非常類似前布什總統的戰爭理念。獲得一般保守人士的稱讚。特別他說到 (大意):動武有時候是必需的,因為惡本身的確存在,這樣說不是虛無主義(cynicism),乃是正視歷史現實、人的不完美和理性的極限 (the recognition of history, the imperfection of man and [ ...阅读全文 ]
妻子在作她的小孩子靈性研究的博士論文,她要我幫她看一看她的結論,她訪問了多位4歲和 7歲的孩子。她談到4歲的小孩子的道德意識說: ”They can distinguish between injustice and infidelity. Injustice made them mad. Infidelity made them sad." 他們能意識到不公平和不忠的分別,不公平使他們憤怒,不忠 [ ...阅读全文 ]
前兩天聽到 John Stumbo 牧師的錄音講道。 講的是大衛迎約櫃進城,興奮的他,極力跳舞。他的妻子米甲卻在窗口觀看,心中藐視,卻因此而終生不育 (barrenness)。(代上15:28-16:43;撒下6:23)Stumbo 牧師說:"當我們在敬拜中祇作旁觀,就會導致靈魂的枯竭。" ("When we merely observe worship, it leads to the bar [ ...阅读全文 ]
小兒剛過 21 歲生日,他寫了下面的話:“Upon turning 21, I have been immersed into what it feels like to be crushed by the heavy costs of idealism--to envision the possibilities of the pathway ahead, only to stop, ponder and mourn the lack of means by which to get there--to strive and dream of the mor [ ...阅读全文 ]
Russian 有名作家索忍尼辛(Solzhenitsyn) 上星期天逝世,享年89。猶記其名言:“一字真言,力勝全世界。” (“One word of truth, outweighs the entire world.)他不但以自己的生命來經歷這句話的真理, 他是以全家人的生命來經歷的。 [ ...阅读全文 ]
Yesterday wasn't a good day for me. For some reason, I started out the day feeling frustrated. I expressed my anger and frustration unnecessarily on a few people. My wife, of course, was the first one to suffer. I really feel sorry for that. She somehow saw through it a [ ...阅读全文 ]
Yesterday, we visited my mother church near UCLA. Jennifer and I attended this church when I was a UCLA grad student. That was umpteen years ago. The building looked the same. Most of the people were different. We still know a few old faithful brothers and sisters in th [ ...阅读全文 ]
我終於買到了《不覊》這本英文原著。《不覊》是林語堂所寫, 這是我在美念高中時初接觸到林的作品。英文名為 The Pleasures of a Nonconformist. 那是在加州一所小鎮的圖書館讀到的。讀到時大喜若狂, 被其飄逸、赤裸、智慧、幽默的文字所吸引。在大學時好一段時間成為林語堂迷。現今買到這書,了此夙願,實為快事。 [ ...阅读全文 ]
I really like this 海外華人俱樂部“。 Nevertheless there are some glitches in some operations. Somehow, I can't upload any photos for my profile picture, and there are some types of picture formats they don't support. But it is good to see a social internet site for people who use Chine [ ...阅读全文 ]