Faith & Life
Cultivating the Heart
Short but touching writings will make the field of your heart rich.
September 21, 2021
Writers Who Exercise
“I learned many things about writing fiction while running every morning,” said Haruki Murakami, Japanese best-selling novelist. He runs every day. He wants to be remembered as a…
September 19, 2021
As If a Blind Man Touches an Elephant
Some blind people touched an elephant with their hands and made each different claim. The person who touched its body said, “The elephant is like a solid wall,”…
September 13, 2021
Fastidious Mother-in-law and Her Polite Daughter-in-law
A woman who was fastidious and thorough in everything got a daughter-in-law who was a careless and easy-going person contrary to her mother-in-law. The villagers talked in whispers,…
September 10, 2021
How to Run Less Hard
Researchers from Ulster University and Swansea University in the U.K. conducted experiments on twenty-four men and women whose hobbies were running. It was an experiment to see what…
September 7, 2021
Three Elements of Persuasion
Aristotle said that in order to persuade others, logos (logic), pathos (emotion), and ethos (ethics) are needed. Logos refers to clear proof and logic. Because man is a…
September 5, 2021
Maternal Love of Webfoot Octopus
Fishermen weave the shells of veined rapa whelks and put them down under the sea for a period of time and pull them up to catch webfoot octopuses.…
September 2, 2021
Resentment and Understanding
There was a man who felt bitter against his father. Since he had run away from home after quarreling with his father in his school days, he didn’t…
August 30, 2021
Refinement
“What do you say about a person who is poor but does not flatter, or a person who is rich but not haughty?” “He is a decent person.…
August 27, 2021
True Faith
In June 1859, a French acrobat, Charles Blondin, challenged himself to a feat to surprise the world. It was to cross the Niagara Falls by walking on a…
August 24, 2021
Invisible Difference
In the 1990s, Anders Ericsson, a world-renowned psychologist, studied the students of a music academy in Berlin. The research focused on what factors differentiated the best musicians from…
August 22, 2021
Guide Runner
In the Paralympics, a major international sports event for physically challenged athletes, there are people who can participate in the Paralympics as the able-bodied. They are guide runners.…
August 19, 2021
Mother’s Last Beautiful Message
A 78-year-old woman living in Gwangju, Korea, died of cancer. Since her husband passed away, she alone raised her three sons and one daughter for 35 years. Feeding,…
August 13, 2021
British Schindler
In February 1988, an English TV show host released an old notebook. It had information on Jewish children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia to be placed with foster…
August 10, 2021
Two Sons Who Saved Their Father
In 2017, a 60-year-old Korean man was diagnosed with liver cancer recurrence. His only hope was the liver transplant. His two sons, who always got along well with…
August 8, 2021
If You Want to Assess
It was when Jeong Yak-yong, one of the greatest thinkers in Joseon Dynasty of Korea, was conversing with his acquaintances in a pavilion. When they were in good…
August 5, 2021
The Mind of Serving Others
A teacher and his student were going on a long journey. The teacher asked the student who was excited to go and see the world. “One person has…
August 2, 2021
Power of Collaboration
The Higgs boson is an elementary particle that composes the universe, and it plays an important role in explaining about the universe through modern physics. However, physicists failed…
July 30, 2021
The Key to the Bird’s Intelligence
Birds that belong to the crow family, including azure-winged magpies, nightingales, and magpies are the smartest of all bird species. In fact, some magpies or crows can even…
July 27, 2021
Shackleton and His Crews 2:The Captain Who Gives Hope
“Low wages, harsh cold, impenetrable darkness lasting for months, constant hazards, and unsecured return! However, honor is given when you succeed.” Captain Shackleton did not ask the applicants…
July 25, 2021
Inventions That Saved Humanity
The New York Times chronicled milestones in medical technology that influenced generations to come. In chronological order, it dealt with inventions that has had a great influence on…