Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
The Power of a Small Practice
If you set rectangular blocks in a long line at regular interval and push down the first block, the rest fall down one after another. This is called “domino show.” Dr. Lorne Whitehead of the University of British Columbia has…
Expectancy Violation Effect
If a kind and gentle person suddenly treats you coldly, you feel sad, but if a cold person suddenly treats you gently, you appreciate it. That is because of the expectation you have toward the other person. Everyone has some…
The Reason It Is Always Green
There is a tree that stands firm in a snowstorm, showing off its greenness. It is labeled as an evergreen, and is the symbol of integrity and firm spirit from old times, as it keeps the green color alone when…
The Way to Love Your Country
Ahn Chang-ho (1878–1938), a Korean independence activist and educator, went to the U.S. with his wife right after getting married. It was from his belief that the way to develop national power was to learn new culture, broaden horizons, and…
The Reason Why One Person’s Concern and Love Is Important
Due to the low birth rate and aging population, the number of blood donors is decreasing, whereas the number of patients who need blood transfusions is increasing. Hoping to help those in urgent need of blood, I decided to participate…
Kim Seon-suk from Chungju, South Korea
Happy Family Does Not Say, “It’s Your Fault!”
While two people were walking in the street, one of them found a wallet on the ground. “Wow, I’m lucky today. I got free money!” said the person who found the wallet. Then the man who was accompanying him flew…
People of Amazon Returned into Mother’s Arms
“The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come!’ Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.” Rev 22:17 The Bible says that…
The Manaus Church in Brazil
The Elderly and Kittens
Elderly people in nursing homes need to be in the care of others. But the elderly at a nursing home in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., are not only being cared, but also caring others—they feed milk to kittens. An animal protection…
Say, “I’m Happy!”
Recently, have you ever said, “I’m happy”? When you do something difficult or dissatisfying, you are likely to spit out complaints. But when you do something pleasant and satisfying, you are less likely to express how happy or satisfied you…
Overview Effect
If you go up to the rooftop of a skyscraper, you can see the whole town at a glance; if you climb up a high mountain, you can see the whole city at a look; if you fly up to…
Please People Close to You
About 2,500 years ago, there was a monarch of a small country in China. He had a worry: His people often crossed borders into neighboring countries, so the population and the tax revenue reduced. When Confucius came to visit the…
Realizing God’s Love
It was around the time when my sister attended a Protestant church. One day, she returned home with bruises all over her body. Shocked, I asked her what happened. She explained that she got the bruises from a religious ritual…
Kang Yeon-suk from Incheon, South Korea
Hiking
“Mom, can’t you take my backpack?” One holiday when my husband went away on a business trip, I decided to go hiking after much thought over how I would spend time with my child. However, she whined from the moment…
Cho Eun-jin from Changwon, South Korea
To Fly in the Sky
Human beings have long wanted to fly in the sky. After inventors’ constant study, trial and error, the plane was finally born, and today there are very large aircraft flying around the world, which can carry more than 700 passengers.…
Going to Work at Midnight
Before dawn, a police patrol found a young man walking on a lonesome road. The police approached him and asked where he was going at this hour. The young man said, “I’m on my way to work now.” The young…
A Daughter Found in Twenty-Four Years
In January 1994, Wang Ming-ching and his wife, who were fruit sellers in Chengdu, China, lost their three-year-old daughter while giving change to their customer. Even after twenty years since then, Wang Ming-ching couldn’t give up seeking his daughter and…
Breathing of My Soul
“Mom, the doctor said that I have pneumothorax, and that I might die if I don’t have surgery right away.” I received a phone call from my son who went to hospital for having breathing difficulty. Then the doctor talked…
Kim Eun-mi from Cheongju, South Korea
Mother’s Love That Does Not Yield to Old Age
In 2017, a 98-year-old lady named Ada moved into a nursing home in Huyton, Liverpool, U.K. The reason she entered the care home was because of her 80-year-old son, Tom Keating. The mother and her son are particularly close to…
What Will You Pass Down?
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Looks, intelligence, body constitution . . . children resemble their father and mother because they inherit biological genes, DNA, from their parents. When people see a child look just like his parents,…
Labeling Effect
The respected leader Winston Churchill was also famous for leading his subordinates well. To the person whom he wanted to proceed with a task quickly, he said, “You seem to be quick to make a decision,” and to the person…