Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
Understanding and Care Instead of Advice or Pointing Out
Family conflicts are often caused by hard-hitting words. Speakers often think that honest advice and pointing out will help the other person, while the person who hears it often get wounded or stressed. A Jewish saying goes, “A hundred harsh…
Though We Cannot Meet
Ever since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hit the world, our circumstances have changed drastically in the United States. Almost everything in our daily life had stopped, including our job, and we could not even go to church. Despite the situation,…
Amelia Kitinoja from Denver, CO, U.S.
A Man Who Works for the Country
At a construction site where a school was to be built, a morning assembly was held before the construction began. The director asked the workers. “What do you work for?” Then one laborer said, “I have no other reasons but…
Say, “I’m Sorry,” Before the Sunset
When winter passed and spring was about to begin, lockdown was issued in all cities in the U.K. It was an action taken to prevent the spread of the virus as the number of confirmed cases and deaths increased every…
Kim Du-ri from Manchester, U.K.
Before Speaking
A word of wisdom repays a debt, but a careless word like a thorn that you spit out leaves a scar on the other person’s heart. Then, what should we think before speaking? The answers are contained in the spelling…
Family Love and the Meaning of Life I’ve Learned in Zion
I thought making a lot of money is all I have to do as the head of a household. I was running a diner at Shenyang in China, where I was born and grew up, but I moved to Shanghai,…
Lee Guk-cheol from Jeju, South Korea
A Parent’s Heart
A man had to go abroad on business. He was worried about his wife, who had to take care of their five children alone for a couple of months without him. So he thought over how to relieve his wife’s…
Ringwanderung
The Max Planck Society in Germany experimented with making people find their way through dense forests without a map and compass. As a result of tracking them with GPS, those who participated in the experiment went the right way while…
Happy Home Is Full of Humor
At a funeral in Dublin, Ireland, the crowd of mourners burst out laughing in a solemn atmosphere. It was because the daughter of the deceased played his funny pre-recorded message according to his request of making the mourners laugh. The…
With an Earnest Heart to Save a Soul
#1 Oh Seung-gwon from Osaka, Japan Now it is not easy to preach the gospel to our hearts’ content like before due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, a preaching festival titled “Bear Good Fruit” was held throughout Japan in obedience…
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Scientific Reasons Mothers Deserve to Be Served
First, mothers need a break. A study found that women have 40 minutes less leisure time every day than men. Second, mothers are worried about their children all their lives. No matter how hard you try to be a good…
Daily Life That I Have Taken for Granted
My parents share housework; Dad cleans the house, Mom does the laundry, and they cook together. Since I became an adult, I was ashamed of doing nothing for them, so I volunteered to help them. But my parents said it…
Kim Ha-jin from Anyang, South Korea
A Miracle of Tree Planting
The Brahmaputra River is one of three major rivers in India, along with the Ganges and the Indus Rivers. The huge island, Majuli, formed on the river, is often flooded by monsoon1 rains. It was once a beautiful island with…
How to Enjoy Fruit Every Day
At a junior high school, a teacher asked his students, “A woman bought ten apples at a market. When she came home and took a close look at them, she found that each apple had a defect. It was annoying…
The Secret of Forests
The thick forest with trees and grasses! The forest is not just a concentration area of trees. Though they have no eyes to see and no mouths to talk, trees live together, communicating closely and helping each other. Suzanne Simard,…
Work Together with Love
A lot of changes were made in my daily life due to COVID-19. Semester opening date was delayed and I had to begin the first day of the semester on-line. While I was practicing social distancing and following government guidelines,…
Song Yeon-ju from Yangsan, South Korea
Although Different from Me
A baby elephant chased a butterfly and accidentally went to where baby giraffes were playing. The baby giraffes that saw the baby elephant for the first time started to comment on him. “Guys, look over there,” “Oh, the nose is…
“You Are a Good Person”
Everyone has good points you can learn. But it is not easy to find out what your good points are on your own. Often, you may know them only by hearing from others. When someone says to you, “This is…
The Memory They Do Not Want to Lose
It is painful if the memory you want to erase keeps playing on your mind. On the contrary, if the memory that you do not want to forget becomes blurred, it is painful, too. Dementia is one of the most…
A Fruit Sweeter than Honey and More Precious than Pure Gold
In Dallas Zion, we have a male adult brother who is a firefighter. Since he is a firefighter who is dispatched to accident scenes, he feels the need of God’s protection more desperately than anyone else. So he’s been constantly…
Church of God in Dallas, TX, U.S.