Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
Without Losing a Single Soul
About a month after I moved to Syracuse, I needed to go to a hair salon, and so I looked for a Korean hair salon in my neighborhood on the Internet. Happily, there was one that opened a year before,…
Kim Hye-yeon from New Windsor, NY, U.S.
How to Calculate Love
“I know you’re having a hard time at work. Here is some money for you to treat yourself with something you want to eat. And don’t get sick.” The son who just saw off his mom found an envelope on…
Lost Memories
When I was a kid, I liked animated TV shows a lot. Whenever I came home after school, I was always excited to watch them, and whenever they ended, I felt so sad. I tried to figure out how to…
Hong Sun-tae from Gangneung, South Korea
Benjamin Franklin Effect
In the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin, who was an American scientist and politician, was trying to figure out how to deal with a rival legislator who tried to find fault with him about everything. He wanted his relationship with him…
Blessings of the Feasts, Which Even a Lion Couldn’t Stop
I am an electrician. I work for a company that sells heavy logging equipment. When the Autumn Feasts were just around the corner, I had to go on a business trip because one of the machines had a problem. The…
Djangue Rudolphe from Douala, Cameroon
Compliment and Silence
A middle-aged man who was tired of boredom every day went to a consultant for counseling. “I am not happy with my marriage life. My relationship with my wife isn’t bad, but we don’t really have anything to laugh about.”…
The Reason He Can’t Die
There was a lazy son in a family. Even after coming of age, he didn’t work but spent every day sitting around at home. His parents, who worried about his lifestyle, sent his son to a renowned sage. The son…
Eyes, Where Heart to Heart Connections Are Made
“The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.” Audrey Hepburn “The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage that the…
The Flower of Unity Blooms in the Frozen Land of Eastern Europe
Starting the year 2019, Mother blessed us, saying, “If you unite, the gospel in Europe will go well.” Now that a year has passed, I feel that Mother’s words are being exactly fulfilled in Eastern Europe. Last spring, I was…
Park Seong-hyeon from Prague, Czech Republic
Time to Be Relaxed
It is very important to check your tire pressure before driving on the highway. This is because if the air pressure is low, the braking distance is long, the car totters, and the tire damage can lead to a serious…
A United Family in a Difficult Time
One day, my husband came back from work, limping. As I asked him what happened, he said he fell at a small car accident and he felt pain in the leg. He thought he would be okay and came straight…
Gye Gyeong-nam from Seoul, South Korea
Useless Stubbornness
A prominent architect was in charge of designing the city hall. When all the construction was finished, city councilors went to the city hall to check. The councilors who looked around the building ordered that more columns be built, saying…
To Live Happily for a Long Time
Many people regard happiness as the ultimate goal in their lives. Then, what is needed most to enjoy happiness for a long time? People may think of material elements first, such as a good house and a nice car. However,…
Invisible Sweat Drops
Soccer players run all over the ground for ninety minutes in the first and second half. Players’ performance is measured in a variety of ways, thanks to technological advancement in data collection. Every movement is precisely analyzed, including time of…
Valuable Work
In April, 2020, I participated in the “Cheer Up Campaign” held by ASEZ, the Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, hoping to ride out COVID-19. The Cheer Up Campaign is an activity to deliver encouragement letters and gifts to…
Kim Tae-ho from Gwangyang, South Korea
Excellent Adaptability
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] conducted a number of training programs for astronauts who would perform research and missions in space to adapt to extreme environments. As a part of the programs, they conducted an experiment to see…
Please the Ears of Your Family!
Delicious food is pleasant to your mouth, beautiful scenery to your eyes, and fragrant scent to your nose. Also, soft touch is pleasant to your tactile sense, and beautiful sound to your ears. The mission of this month is to…
Removing the Waste Vinyl
Many farms were severely damaged by heavy rains in summer 2020. Members in Gwangju planned to help farmers in hardship. We were in a hurry, hearing that the Hwangryonggang River was flooded and all the agricultural lands and greenhouses nearby…
Lee Sun-ju from Gwangju, South Korea
How to Choose a Goat
A market opened in a village in the Himalayan high mountains. A boy came to the market with his father and saw people buy and sell goats. Interested, the boy pestered his father to go see the goats. There were…
Doing My Best
Two years ago, I had a cancer surgery. After the surgery, I was admitted to a convalescent hospital to receive cancer treatment. One day, I was knitting on a terrace when one kind-hearted patient approached me for a talk. We…
Lee Gyeong-ja from Suwon, South Korea