2019年8月3日 星期六

Photos of the Election of the Next Bishop of Taiwan Diocese

#2019-0803

台灣聖公會選出新主教張員榮
(明年二月二十二日就任)

Following are 55 photos of the Election of new bishop of Taiwan Episcopal Diocese, the first 51 photos taken by me (Mookoo Liang) and the last 4 by Rev. Antony Liang; all these photos were taken at St. James' Church, Taichung, on Saturday, August 3, 2019.

























































2019年8月2日 星期五

主禱文 vs. 電視卡通

#2019-0802

My grandson James was interested in the gift from Winnie Kong (江泳嫺), one of our friends living in Hong Kong. It's the Hong Kong version of the Lord's Prayer (See the 4th picture below). Then, in just one or two minutes, James was attracted to the cartoons on TV, just as his little brother John was. Oh, for little boys like James and John, cartoon programs may be much more attractive than such things as the Lord's Prayer! -- But anyway, I'd like to say Thank You to Winnie for this special gift.












2019年8月1日 星期四

紅葉 (Red Leaves)

#2019-0801

Walking in the woods, I was attracted to a tree with many eye-catching leaves.

I didn't know the name of the tree and I didn't want to take even a second or two to check what kind of tree it was. However, this leafy tree ...

There are so many trees over there in the park, some very familiar and some quite unfamiliar to me; to tell you the truth, I don't really care about what they are, or what family they belong to. But ... But this tree, the leafy tree standing on the slope of the hill, became the focus of my attention yesterday morning.

Yes, I noticed the red leaves among lots and lots of green ones. Red is in sharp contrast to GREEN. Without the green leaves, these red leaves could not have attracted me; what's more, if there had been no sunshine coming into the woods, how could the red leaves express themselves so well? -- Oh, my dear Lord, may your Spirit come to and live in me, just as the bright sunlight penetrated the thick woods from above!

** Note: The last two pictures below tell the truth that red leaves will eventually fall to the ground near the roots of the tree. In Chinese we say "落葉歸根" implying that it's important for us to return home when we are old.