Faith & Life
Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
July 8, 2020
It Is Entirely Up to You
Even the same writing gives different feelings to different people. A word that is skimmed by someone can be a clue to precious realization to another. Sometimes, situations…
July 6, 2020
A Heart More Beautiful than a Crown
Khanittha “Mint” Phasaeng, a 17-year-old girl, won a beauty contest in Thailand in 2015. As soon as the contest was over, Khanittha ran straight to her mother and…
July 2, 2020
A Lesson from a Spider
A troop of a country was defeated in a battle; it was almost wiped out. The general, who barely survived and hid in a cave with his remnants,…
June 26, 2020
Good Weather
Just because the sun is hot, wind blows fiercely, or it rains, are you sometimes in a subdued mood or irritated? Sunlight helps generate vitamin D in the…
June 24, 2020
Turning a Weak Point into a Strong Point
A shark, the apex predator in the sea, has fatal weak points as a fish. It is that it doesn’t have an air-filled sac, namely, an air bladder…
June 22, 2020
Just Like Him
Just as a lighthouse guides ships sailing in the dark sea, you need a guide to lead you to the right path in your voyage of life. Such…
June 18, 2020
Life-saving Invention
Jack Andraka was a teenage boy who created revolutionary pancreatic cancer detection tool. A close friend of his family had suddenly died of pancreatic cancer and Andraka was…
June 16, 2020
At the Sound of the Daughter’s Cry
The only way of expression for babies is to burst into cry. So a mother is sensitive to her baby’s crying, and when her baby cries at night,…
June 12, 2020
Weight
A man carrying his load complained to God. “Why do you give me such a big and heavy load while giving others small and light one?” God took…
June 10, 2020
Just by Looking at Mom in the Photo
The University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States conducted an experiment on children aged seven to twelve years. When they were asked to solve math problems before strangers,…
June 8, 2020
The Value of the New Covenant
People are apt to make a wrong choice when they do not know the value of something; they may even make a choice that they will bitterly regret…
June 4, 2020
For the Co-worker in Danger
A man is being hung upside down, tied with a safety belt at the top of the pole, losing his consciousness. On the next pole another man is…
June 2, 2020
Serving the Magistrate by Looking at His Clothes
A county magistrate disguised himself as a woodcutter to see how the people lived. While looking around the town, he felt thirsty and knocked on the gate of…
May 28, 2020
If My Burden Is Heavy
In a horse race, each horse is to carry an assigned impost, which is a specified weight. It includes the weight of jockey, saddle, and saddle pad. Race…
May 26, 2020
Lake Wobegon Effect
Those who live around Lake Wobegon are almost perfect. Men are all handsome, women are strong, and children are smart. This town, where everyone believes with groundless self-confidence…
May 22, 2020
Why Do Baseball Managers Wear Their Teams’ Uniforms?
Soccer, basketball, volleyball, and handball coaches usually wear suits when their teams are in the game. However, baseball managers and coaches wear their teams’ uniforms with the uniform…
May 20, 2020
Kindness That Changed a Robber’s Mind
It happened in New York, U.S. A young social worker ran into a robber in a lonesome place on his way home from work. The robber with a…
May 18, 2020
Resonator
Musical instruments that make beautiful sounds! Their material, shape, and way to be handled are different, but they all have something in common: Their inside is empty. The…
May 14, 2020
A Heart That Goes Out to the Neighborhood
Jang Gye-hyang is another great mother in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea along with Shin Saimdang, the mother of famed scholar Yi I. Jang wrote recipes invented around…
May 12, 2020
As the Children of Light
The darker it is, the brighter the moonlight seems. The brilliant shining moon in the night sky lights up the streets at night and works as a guide.…