Faith & Life

Dad’s Love

In my childhood, I pledged myself not to become a businessperson. It was because of my dad who was a businessman. He was so busy all the time that I could hardly see him. He frequently went on a business…

Wei Wei from Singapore

Erika Reyes-Soto from Ridgewood, NJ, U.S.

I was working as a freelancer, and my work was done. I remember clearly the day I decided that I would travel the world. One day, I was sitting in a coffee shop, watching people passing by. Suddenly, my mind…

Courage of a Mother

Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel Prize winner in literature, spent her childhood in China with her father who was a missionary. Once, there was a drought while her father was away on a long trip. A rumor spread that the…

Memory of Love

When I was little, it was always me who was in charge of running my mom’s errands as I was the youngest in my family. When my mom wrote down the things to buy from the market, I went all…

Ryu Mi-gyeong from Busan, South Korea

With Patience and Thanks

Heavenly Father and Mother’s undying love and great sacrifice are contained in the Passover of the new covenant. Even while Heavenly Father was walking the path of the gospel full of suffering and pain, His only joy was to find…

Iloilo, Philippines

The Miracle of Kindness

One day, John Rockefeller, a global businessman called the King of Kerosene, received shocking news that he only had one year left to live. When he was sitting in the hospital and thinking about how he would live the rest…

The Reason My Syngonium Revived

A few years ago, I went to a plant nursery. I didn’t think I could do a good job of raising a plant, so I asked the florist to recommend a plant that would grow well even if I didn’t…

Jeong Eun-jeong from Seoul, South Korea

Bibimbap

When I came back from school, my mom used to make me bibimbap mixed with young radish kimchi, boiled barley, a spoonful of red pepper paste, and drops of perilla oil. It was one of my favorite foods. But over…

Incheon, Korea

Success Created by Compliments

Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, who was also known as a famous executive, stuttered a lot when he was young. He stuttered so bad that once, when he ordered a tuna sandwich at a restaurant, the waiter brought…

Sansevierias Revived through Care

I saw on TV a boy who was very good at growing plants. I was watching it without thinking, but then there was something that caught my attention. It was his attitude toward plants. The boy’s love for plants was…

Yu Seung-hui from Busan, South Korea

Anger Is Poison Inside of Your Body

There is a saying that goes, “When you get angry once, you will age once. When you laugh once, you will get younger once.” Like these words, laughter makes us younger and healthy, but anger makes us get old and…

Laughter Is Followed by Blessings!

Laughter is another name for communication. Communication is to exchange one’s mind and will; so there can’t be laughter between people who don’t share minds and will. Laughter lets people understand each other even if they don’t say what’s in their hearts. So…

Power Pose On!

Standing tall with your feet shoulder-width apart, chest lifted, and hands on your hips—this is the iconic Wonder Woman pose. Just looking at it, you can almost feel the confidence and strength it radiates. Brave people often show their boldness…

Train Yourself to Be Godly

I was a quite aggressive man. I would be frustrated quickly if something didn’t go the way I had planned, or I would throw caution to the wind and go into everything if something was unsatisfactory. Many times, my aggressiveness…

Yu Wu-seung from Seoul, South Korea

Brother Whom I Sold because of My Sin

Reading a story about Jacob’s sons who sold their brother Joseph as a slave to the Midianites by their jealousy, I came to think of many things. More than anything, it is a pity that they committed sins because they…

Kim Min-ju from Cairns, Australia

Read When You Miss Me

Working on a school assignment, I learned about manuscripts. In the period of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, when printing techniques were not developed and books were in low quantity, it was common to transcribe books by hand. Such a…

Lee Seon-mi from Seoul, South Korea

The Result of Giving Thanks

Nelson Mandela, the former President of the Rep. of South Africa, was kept in prison for a long time. He was in prison for 27 years from the age of 46 to 73 about a third of his life. On…

Contextual Listening

When conversing with others, we may wear each other out by insisting on our own opinions. In this situation, we may become frustrated with one another. Speaking is not the problem, but rather our inability to listen attentively. For effective…

The Famous Gardener

A novice gardener once visited the home of a renowned gardener and was awestruck by the beauty before him. The trees, flowers, and fresh green lawn blended perfectly with the house, creating a scene of harmony and grace. Eager to…

The Cat That Repaid Grace

It happened fifteen years ago. At our detached house, we often had many unexpected “guests” throughout the year. In spring came butterflies, earwigs, and millipedes; in summer, crickets, cicadas, and spiders. But the biggest trouble was mice. One day, my…

Eun-jin Choi from Tokyo, Japan