Faith & Life

Health, the First Condition for Happiness!

There are warning signs ahead for the health of modern people due to increasing environmental pollution, bad eating habits, improper diet, lack of exercise from convenient transportation and computerization of work, and so on. Medical skills continue to improve, but…

Broken Car

Pett paf pett paf pett paf . . . With a clamorous rumble, the yellow check engine light came on when I was about to enter the highway, passing the toll gate. ‘Why today?’ It was the last day of…

Baek Hyeon-mi from Iksan, Korea

It’s Time to Give Love to Elderly Parents

To a little child, his parents are like a huge tree that stands strong even in the heavy rain or strong winds. The child eats fruit from the tree, avoids rain and winds, runs around to his heart’s content, and…

Joy of Harvesting Fruits

When I was young, my playground was all the fields and paddies in my countryside village. Helping my parents was one of the most fun plays. In the busy farming season, I ran around the fields with a hoe or…

Park Jeong-ah from Gimcheon, Korea

A Housekeeper Who Brought Honor to Her Hotel

In 1992, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. It was the first hotel to win this award. This award is a prestigious award which the U.S. government gives to an enterprise with an outstanding quality of…

Sorry for Leaving You in Pain

I went to my daughter Seo-hee’s kindergarten to pick her up. When her teacher brought her out, she said to me with an anxious look. “Seo-hee blinked her eyes all day. It’s not her first time. I’m worried about her.”…

Jeong Eun-jeong from Seoul, Korea

Take Care of Your Emotions and Your Family’s

Feeling satisfied from eating delicious food; feeling awkward when encountering a person you are uncomfortable with in a narrow corridor; feeling confident when solving a difficult problem; feeling sad when breaking up with your loved one; feeling sorry when you…

I Eagerly Desired

Two years ago, I went to the hospital because my ankle was hurting. The doctor told me that my joint was worn out severely, and so I scheduled a surgery. I wanted to be quickly in full recovery through the…

Kim Jong-su from Seongnam, Korea

Every Work Is Led by God

I remember the first day I met Sister Lea for the first time. After hearing that we were preaching about God the Mother, she asked us back, saying, “God the Mother?” Though she appeared exhausted, we could sense in her…

Genevieve Joaquin from Bacolod, Philippines

Escaping from the Maze

One day, our Zion’s young adult members went to Busan Citizens’ Park together. The eco-friendly park with various themes had a lot of attractions. While taking a walk to the park, we spotted a fun place. It was a hedge…

Ryu Mi-gyeong from Busan, Korea

When You Open Your Ears, Your Mind Opens

Everything has its partner: teachers and students, patients and doctors, sellers and buyers, and leaders and followers. The same is true for conversations—speakers and listeners. A conversation consists of speaking and listening; a speaker and a listener exchange words with…

I Thought It Would Be Okay

One day, I found a bottle of drinking yogurt in the refrigerator. I had bought a pack of yogurt while ago and thought I had finished the whole pack, but one was left hidden deep in the refrigerator. It had…

Jo Eun-jin from Changwon, Korea

Supporters Open People’s Minds Joyfully and Excitedly

We, the young adults of the Cape Town Church, participated in the Cape Peninsula Marathon as supporters. Our duty was to hand out bottles of water from the drinking fountains at the start line and the finish line. African people…

The Cape Town Church in South Africa

With Family

“What is this?” Six years ago, my twin sister saw my veil and asked me what it was. It was when I just started attending the Church of God, and I simply explained to her about our church and the…

Park Bo-ra from Seoul, Korea

Things I compelled to do

“For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging…

Lee Jae-wook from Sacheon, Korea

The Final Flight

“Falling. I will escape. I see a village ahead. Escape impossible!” On December 13, 1991, over Deokheung Village in Gwangju, Korea, two fighter jets collided while preparing to land after a training exercise. One pilot managed to eject using his…

I Shall Rely Only on God

Finally, I was allowed to do the work of an evangelist, which I had hoped for. Every day, I worked for the gospel with a thankful heart. However, I was overly enthusiastic and gave an advice to a member out…

Bang Deok-sun from Cheonan, Korea

A Protector That Humanity Needs

During the Second World War, Britain implemented the “Evacuation of Children” project. It was a policy to evacuate young children from major cities vulnerable to concentrated bombing to safer areas. Approximately 830,000 children and hundreds of thousands of infants were…

Dignity of Faith

Doris Martin, a world-renowned consultant, reached one conclusion after observing and studying various people for 20 years: the difference between success and failure in life stems from an individual's habitus. Habitus, a concept established by the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu,…

Billionaire’s Happiness

“You should use your wealth to help people. You can’t wear two pairs of shoes at a time.” Chuck Feeney ‘Wealthy, Cold-Hearted, and Determined Man Who Is Only After Money’ In 1988, the American business magazine Forbes ranked businessman Chuck…