Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
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…
The Greatest Gift
A few days ago, it was my birthday. I had a busy day so I went out early in the morning and came home late at night. So I didn’t have a proper meal all day long. When I went…
Choi Yun-hui from Daegu, South Korea
A Cure for Altitude Sickness
Altitude sickness is an acute reaction of the body that cannot cope with the lack of oxygen and pressure changes at an altitude of 2,000 meters [6,500 ft] or higher. Its symptoms are dyspnea, dizziness, nausea, and loss of appetite,…
Reality and Language
This is what happened at a lecture. The instructor let one member of an audience stand up during the lecture and said, “I’m telling you a lie now. You are a positive person and have a strong sense of responsibility.…
What We Can Do
‘What can we do there since we don’t even speak their language?’ This is what we thought while flying to Colombia, which is located on the opposite side of the earth from Korea, during the summer of 2019. Although we…
Kim Myeong-eun from Namyangju, South Korea
Reason for Doing Volunteer Services
I participated in a street cleanup organized by my campus club with my friend who enjoys volunteer opportunities. We got to clean at a food alley located at the back gate of our university. As the alley was lined with…
Kim So-jeong from Bucheon, South Korea
For a Friend of Mine
Some elementary school students went on a field trip to a car factory. When the students entered the factory, a man shook his hands, calling the name of one of the boys. He was an employee of the automobile factory.…
The Power of Three Seconds!
The sun rises and sets quickly, and a month passes by at a blink of an eye. In countless hours, three seconds may seem so short, but a long time consists of those short moments. For that short time, an…
In Lambarene Where God Has Opened Wide the Door to the Gospel
The way to Lambarene, a small city in the west, from Libreville the capital of Gabon! After driving for five hours on a rough road unpaved here and there, we arrived in the city and saw houses on both sides…
Short-Term Mission Team to Lambarene, Gabon
A Load That Is Not a Load
About 70% of the cargo that is imported or exported around the world is transported through the ocean. Ships are a means of transportation, which can carry the most amount of loads at once. There are ships of all different…
Happiness That I Learned in the Military
When I joined the military, my parents didn’t look sad while seeing me off. I entered the training center, thinking, ‘It’s good that my mom and dad didn’t get too emotional.’ But on the day we had the completion ceremony…
Kim Seung-hyeok from Busan, South Korea
The Result of a Positive Mind
A man who doesn’t have any talent on basketball throws a ball toward the hoop. He throws it ten times and fails all the ten times. However, when he tries again some time later, he makes the ball into the…
Happiness Comes When You Leave Your Worries Behind
Deep in the past, there was a person who was full of worries. He could not even sleep, eat, or go outside the house, worrying that the sky might collapse and the land might fall. Everyone dreams of a worry-free…