不公不義

小民是個名聲很不好的人，大家都說他殺人。

最後被抓到法庭之前，法官說：小民阿～大家都說你殺人，我決定判處你死刑。

小民十分震驚，說：我的律師？還有陪審團呢？為什麼連控方律師都還沒有到，法官大人您就已經判刑了呢？

法官說：你造成社會人心惶惶，殺你一人圖利天下，我還可以賺取名聲，何樂而不為？

至於你的律師與陪審團，等你死後我會慢慢將資料補上。你就安心上路吧！

隔天傳出小民已死的消息，大家都鬆了一口氣，說：法官大人殺的真好～

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事情沒有查清，不公！

不給被告權利，不義！

就算小民真是殺人犯，也應該有一個公正的審判，不是嗎？

The story of Abraham (2)

03.March.2012

For the Europe Prayer Group:

Gen 12:4  So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Gen 12:5  And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Gen 12:6  Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

God will not reject those who want to seek him. God didn’t call to Lot, but when Lot went with Abraham, God didn’t say to Abraham:”You cannot take Lot.” God will accept Lot, just as he accepts Abraham. However, it needs a beginning. If there is no Abraham, it was impossible for Lot to depart from his homeland. Today, we are Abraham’s offspring in spirit (Gal.3:7) and we also have this responsibility to invite others. Let people be blessed through us.

Abraham was 75 years old when he decided to leave. He is an old man. We know his whole life is 175 years old. Seventy-five years is about 43% of his whole life. Can you image? After 75 years passed, he still has such kind of brave to change! Abraham is a true hero! His greatness is not because of his wealth or his strength but of his inner charters! He wants to change after God’s calling, and he did it! How about us? After we heard the calling of God, can we also change as our father of faith did?

Abraham took all his possessions, his wife, and his servants to the land of Canaan. From his action we see that he has a determination: Never come back! Usually we will prepare a backup for our plans. Buying insurance is a kind of backup for life. However, Abraham didn’t prepare a backup. He didn’t leave anything in Haran. When facing God’s calling, he did his best without leaving a backup.

Sometimes, we are full of hopes and expecting a bright and successful future when we received the calling of God. After all, he promised to give us blessings. However, the reality may depress us just as Abraham faced when he went to the land. How could it be! There are people who lived there! In other words, no land is free for me! Abram found this truth. He tried hard to pass through the land and want to find a piece of small land for himself and for his family. Then he gave up to search because the Canaanites owned the whole land.

Gen 12:7  Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

At that moment, God showed himself to Abram. “Do not worry about the land.” “Do not doubt my promises.” “I will give this land to your offspring.” Abraham accepted God’s words, which many of us today cannot. “You promised that I will receive your blessings and that’s why I obeyed your words and moved my family to this place!” “You lie to me and keep telling lies!” Many of us then choose to leave the land and move back to our old place. But Abraham accepted! Are we willing to accept God’s comforts when the reality is not like what we thought?

Abraham built an altar to the LORD. Not only he accepts but also shows his thanksgivings. Sometimes, we are reluctant to follow God’s words. “Well, he is God and I fear to be punished.” Abraham is different. He accepts God’s words and truly offers his thanksgivings to God. Remember? “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (1The.5:16-18).”

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Index:

The story of Abraham (1)

http://blog.xuite.net/owenchaolin/deutschland/42301666

The story of Abraham (3)

http://blog.xuite.net/owenchaolin/deutschland/212569315

The story of Abraham (4)

http://blog.xuite.net/owenchaolin/deutschland/213807525

The story of Abraham (5)



http://blog.xuite.net/owenchaolin/deutschland/214392582

美味的庫斯庫斯

人類的文化真是奇妙！有太多東西是我這隻井底之蛙所不知的。

最近品嚐了著名的摩洛哥食物:庫斯庫斯(couscous*)。庫斯庫斯是一種磨製成粉狀的小米，是北非柏柏人(Berber)的主食，通常配上用香料熬煮的湯，湯中有蔬菜，像是瓜類、蘿蔔等。湯的味道十分特別，我個人是相當喜歡，現打文章的同時，還可以想像的到湯汁的味道，口水又在嘴中打轉了～

在庫斯庫斯上撒一點堅果與乾燥的水果，像是杏仁與葡萄乾，然後將熬煮的湯與湯中的蔬菜淋上庫斯庫斯，一道令我唾液分泌不已的摩洛哥美食就出現了～

當然，庫斯庫斯還要配上現烤的肉串，像是羊、牛、雞肉串。香味撲鼻的烤肉串，刺激食慾的濃湯，最後是具有口感的堅果與甜甜的乾燥水果，與加了湯後濃稠的小米，真是人間一大新奇與美味的體驗！

另外一種摩洛哥美食叫做塔吉(Tajine)。塔吉是運用一種像是尖角帽狀的陶器所燉煮的菜餚。將蔬菜與肉類(羊、牛、雞肉)加入香料一起燉煮，然後就可以上桌了。打開蓋子後，香濃的味道撲鼻而來，軟嫩又沒有腥味、帶有肉汁的羊腿肉絕對會令你吃過一次後，便難以不再想它。

吃完主菜後，不妨多點一杯北非的薄荷茶。清涼有勁又有甜度的薄荷茶，是幫助消化與去除油膩的好幫手喔～

人生，本該有許多驚喜。

這道菜在哪裡可以吃到呢？摩洛哥？埃及？事實上，在西班牙與法國，就有很多庫斯庫斯的餐廳，所以令我情有獨鍾的巴黎，又多了一項令我不得不去的好理由阿～

 

*庫斯庫斯: couscous是阿拉伯語，柏柏語是seksu，就是指著磨製。

3篇

寫論文是一件很好玩的事。

要絞盡腦汁、要前後連貫、要思慮周密。

費盡心思寫完後，需要不斷地修改，然後像父母一樣，讓孩子自由地飛翔。

最後，回首一望，才會發現孩子變了，記憶已然模糊。

到底是孩子長大了？還是我老了呢？

秋

秋是冬的彩衣，

紅的、黃的、紫的、綠的...

落下的不只是楓，也是愁。

就在神醉夢迷之處，

刹地一聲，只餘稀疏。

灰藍天空冷眼注視，

換上一襲純淨無垢的白。

一不小心就出國之Outlet

03.July.2011

很早以前就聽說在德國西區，想Shopping就要到荷蘭的Outlet。至於Outlet是什麼？我從來都不知道。

趁著今天天氣好，一路殺向荷蘭小城Roermond，去看看傳說的Shopping聖地Outlet吧！

Roermond就在德國與荷蘭的邊境。從杜賽道夫開車的話，經52高速公路，約50公里就會抵達。坐火車的話，通常就要先到荷蘭的小城Venlo，然後再往南轉向Roermond。

從火車站走到Outlet也不遠，慢慢走，十幾分鐘就可以到達了。

那麼到底Outlet是什麼呢？精品店？百貨公司？拍賣工廠？

原來Outlet是一座Shopping村！

走進Outlet，兩旁就是無數的商店，從衣服、飾品、包包、鞋子，到精品（Gucci、Prada）、運動用品，當然還有食物(麥當勞、義大利冰淇淋)與Curry Wurst啦！

整座村子不大，大概30分鐘可以繞完一圈，但是加上逛商店的時間，可能會耗掉一整天吧。強烈建議具有強迫購物症的人絕對不可以來此。至於想要挑戰自我購物意志的人，絕對可以來嘗試一下這裡的購買氣氛，你不會失望的。

(連我這麼節制的人，竟然也在Timberland失陷了...)

連小公主進到Timberland也買了一個十分漂亮的背包...雖然她本來是想在Burberry買外套的，可惜尺寸有點不合(Burberry真是貴，一個包包可以到500歐，我記得上次在巴黎到LV看包包，好像也沒有這麼貴阿...不過我記性一向不好...)。

推薦給喜歡Shopping的人來逛，敝人孤陋寡聞，直到現在，我才知道歐洲有Shopping村～而且可以逛的很爽～

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遇到打折時，人很多，有點擠，而且很多亞洲人，尤其是中國人，所以喊說中文的站出來，會有一大票吧！

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天氣怎麼了？

天氣是怎麼了？

25日星期六，13度。

27日星期一，33度。

會不會差怎麼多阿～我在德國嗎？

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地球快要爆炸了，趕快移民外星吧。