最近放聖誕假﹐跟太太在家“喪煲”天與地。不眠不休﹐廢寢忘餐﹐天昏地暗地煲完三十集。走火入魔地學林保怡食齋飲紅酒﹐跟陳豪唱歌打泰拳(“Oh Baby Come On….”)﹐仿黃德斌閉目煮飯食。我可以頗為肯定地說﹐從來沒有一套無線劇能這樣吸引我的興趣。

其中最重要的原因﹐除了陳豪前面的六件腹肌和後面的兩塊膠紙之外﹐是因為我覺得天與地是對生命和信仰一個非常現實和準確的寫照。所以此文章定名 “從天與地看神與人”。

“天與地”最基本的架構﹐是幾個人的故事。在現實生活中﹐每個人都有自己的故事。天與地其中一個特點﹐就是劇中人無傳統絕對的角色﹕誰是好人﹐壞人﹐忠角﹐奸角﹐朋友﹐敵人﹐在每一集都因人而異﹐見人見智。今日被出賣的熱血青年﹐十集後變成出賣人的冷血奸商﹐再過幾集又變成捨命救人的無名英雄。我們往往把世界分開“好人”和“壞人”。“我們是好人﹐他們是壞人。他們做的我們不會做”。“天與地“帶觀眾問一些重要的問題﹕真的嗎﹖人真是可分為“好”與“壞”嗎﹖“他們”作的﹐“我們”真是不會作嗎﹖

天與地是一個故事。聖經是一個故事。在天與地中一班最好的朋友﹐當他們的性命有危險的時候做出了最難以置信的事﹕他們吃掉了他們最愛的朋友。在聖經中一群最虔誠的教徒﹐當他們的信仰受到威脅的時候做出了最不可思議的事﹕他們殺掉了神最愛的兒子。天與地問觀眾﹕”他們“作的﹐“我們”真的不會作﹖聖經問我們﹕“他們”當日所作的﹐“我們”今日真的不會作﹖

“他們”當日在信仰中的盲目﹐固執﹐驕傲﹐讓”他們”有眼看不見﹐有耳聽不到。“他們”無法明白耶穌最重要的信息﹕“神的國度﹐不是你們想象中的狹窄。在神的眼中﹐人不是被分門別類。” 當日的”他們“﹐是否就是今日的“我們”﹖

在天與地中﹐“鼓佬”當日為了生存吃掉了他的好朋友“家明”。到劇的最後﹐”鼓佬“在街頭捨命救了一位小孩。他在醫院死亡之後﹐被救的小孩和他的父母來到“鼓佬”的妻子面前感謝”鼓佬“救命之恩。在對話中發現原來小孩的名字竟然是“家明”。“鼓佬”的妻子流著淚擁抱著小孩說﹕“家明﹐你將來一定要做個‘好人’”…

當日“鼓佬”殺了“家明”來保住自己的性命﹐今日“鼓佬”捨了自己的性命救了“家明”。 一個“家明”的死亡﹐一個“家明”的誕生。“鼓佬”一生不知自己是“好人”或“壞人”﹐今日﹐輪到年幼的“家明”開始嘗試做“好人”。

天與地最後的信息﹖歷史的重演﹐故事的重復。當日的“他們”﹐其實就是今日的“我們”。

聖經最後的信息﹖可能神要說的﹐並不是 “你們要做‘好人’﹐不要像他們當日做‘壞人’”。而是﹐”今日的你們﹐就是當日的他們。跟本沒有‘好人’﹐‘壞人’之分”。

“No one is ‘good’ – except God alone”
~Jesus

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2011 年,這樣就過了。

忙了一年,今年的聖誕假選擇了簡單,寧靜。

沒有出外旅行,沒有大搞派對。沒有瘋狂購物。連出街吃飯也很少。

每日的早餐:一碗麥片,一塊多士,一杯齋啡。

每日的節目:陪女兒看電視,玩 boardgames. 跟太太煲天與地 (三十集。完。勁!). 去溜冰場打 hockey.

在這每日簡潔而淡定的 groove 當中, 重新體驗到一個事實:

簡單,製造空間。空間,容許靜思。靜思,引發創作。

而創作,就是生命。

這幾天,拿起結他,試唱一些新歌。 在六條結他線中勾出新的思想。

在此,祝各位在2012 中:

Create more, consume less
Share more, own less
Give more,
Love deeper,
See further.

Happy new year everyone!!

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Why I believe in Santa Claus

December 24, 2011

A couple of days ago I had an interesting discussion with a friend about what we tell our kids about Santa Claus.  Coming from a Christian background, my friend was quite surprised to find out that I have not told my daughter that Santa is not real, and that Christmas is all about Jesus, etc. [...]

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Footprints

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I woke up this morning, and as I rolled out of bed and my feet touched the floor, I felt a strange sense of…connectedness.  It was as if after a few hours of withdrawl from the world for the purpose of rest, I am now recharged and reconnected to the world with my energy flowing [...]

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Halloween…from another perspective

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Today, after reading the well written Facebook note by my friend Jonathan Chan,  it occured to me that much of the debate amongst Christians surrounding Halloween has to do with the broader, deeper issue of how we approach something that is integral to our popular culture: symbols. Symbols are powerful.  They provoke deeply emotional, sometimes diametrical [...]

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He had dreams…

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I was watching the news coverage on the tragic death of Jamie Hubley, the teen who committed suicide after battling depression and the bullying and abuse he received from being gay.  They interviewed his father, Allan Hubley.  The first words that came out of his mouth during the clip was “He had dreams…and we had [...]

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Journeying Forward…

September 20, 2011

It has been a quiet month following the concert.  We spent some time relaxing, took a week off to spend with Taylor to get her ready for the school year, and pretty soon life drifted back to “normal” with the busyness of work.  Last week Anna and I shared about our experience in doing the [...]

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Look Daddy!

August 26, 2011

Today was the final day of our little girl’s Summer Day Camp and they had a “banquet” for all the parents to attend, showcasing some of the activities the kids have been a part of throughout the summer.  The kids were seated together with their fellow campers, and the parents were in the audience. At [...]

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Thank you!

August 10, 2011

Crazy Hope the concert has come and gone for 3 days now.  What a night it was!  The music, the photography, the dancers…the sold out theatre felt more like a living room where we chatted, sang some songs, shared laughters and a few tears… For the last 3 days, I kept feeling like I should [...]

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Giving and Receiving…Generosity in Spirit

July 18, 2011

Wow!  I can’t believe the concert is only about 3 weeks away!!  I just had a super busy weekend: singing at a funeral on Saturday morning, rehearsing for 3 hours Saturday afternoon, and helping a friend move on Sunday…talk about exhausting!! As my head hit the pillow last night, I experienced this peacefulness that I hadn’t [...]

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