凡走過的必留下痕跡

【凡走過的必留下痕跡】


最近學校最值得賀喜的事件應該是大學評鑑中心發表校務評鑑結果，本校榮幸獲得五項全部通過。這個結果即使是國立大學都不是容易達成的成果，長榮大學能夠有這樣的成績，可以說得來不易，可喜可賀!

Doing Theologies in Asian Ways with Asian Resources

- Recollection and Reorientation of PTCA in the New Era for Asian Theological Education -

Program Committee Meeting and Consultation, PTCA

STS, Sabah, Malaysia

Jan. 15-17, 2012

by Huang Po Ho, Dean of PTCA

Introduction

     The attempt to formulate theologies and to implement theological education in Asia can be dated back to the arrival and establishment of Christians of Oriental Orthodox tradition and multiplied with successive Christian sojourn to Asia of Roman Catholic and Protestant Christian missions from Europe and North America. Theological education as institutes of professional higher education has been operating in many of Asian countries for more than a century. Because of the Christian mission legacy, theological education systems implemented in Asia were/are mostly modeled after theological schools from western countries in all their structures, disciplines and curricula. Over the years, despite of many challenges and arguments for new form of theological education and many conferences which have been held to urge that transformation be made for traditional models of theological education, there is still ongoing search for appropriate theological education to meet the contemporary ministerial and societal challenges voiced both by theological faculties and students and church leadership.

【經師、人師與牧者】

【經師、人師與牧者】


中國唐代大文豪韓愈，曾被蘇東坡譽為「文起八代之衰，道濟天下之溺」，他在一千二百多年前寫了一篇傳誦千古的【師說】。在文中他一方面為【師道】定義，強調師者，傳道、授業、解惑也。另一方面卻感嘆：「師道之不傳也久矣，欲人之無惑也難矣！」。嚴格的說，韓愈對教育家的界說：傳道、授業、解惑，只不夠是把老師當成【經師】來期許。如果作經師的期待都不可得，可以想見教育工作的失敗與教育事業的崩毀。

懷念棕色教堂

「樹林邊有一座棕色教堂…」，這是我剛參加青契及聖歌隊時，最喜愛唱的詩歌之一，一直到現在都很喜歡這首歌，不但是因為它的旋律優美，歌辭內容溫馨引人入勝，更重要的是它就像在描述我心目中的梧鳳教會，陪我成長，滋潤我信仰，讓我一生戀戀不捨的一間鄉間質樸的小教會。多年來因為工作的關係到處奔波有如遊牧般的居無定所，一直以來就是捨不得將自己的會員籍從這間小教會移出，內心潛藏的除了一份對故鄉的依戀外，也是對這小棕色教堂的感情吧。

憶冬山—我傳道生涯的起點

一轉眼，冬山教會已經設教五十年了。我們到冬山教會服事剛好是25年前（1978）的事。 那時剛從神學院畢業，在總會傳道委員會及七星中會的抽籤和分派下，帶著既興奮又忐忑不安的心情，帶著為了要和我一起投入未來牧會生涯而剛辭去工作的妻子輾轉來到這一個台灣東北角的小鄉鎮赴任。從這裡開始了我們一輩子的傳道生涯。