Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
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
Mother’s Love for Her Son
In April 2020, a report was filed at a police station in Tongyeong, Korea. It was that from some time a creased bill and a plastic bag containing snacks began to be hung regularly on the reporter’s car door handle.…
Mother’s Errand
I am the second child in my family; I have an older brother and a younger brother. We live in different parts of Melbourne in Australia, and our parents live in Adelaide which is nine hours away by car from…
Jeong Yeon-uk from Melbourne, Australia
Longing for Home
Nostalgia means a sentimental longing for home. This is a Greek compound word of “return home” and “pain,” meaning homesickness. In the 17th century, a Swiss doctor made this term to describe the pain of the soldiers who lived away…
When We Seek God and Stay Close to His Word
In March 2020, the Philippine government implemented Enhanced Community Quarantine [ECQ] in the capital city due to the spread of COVID-19. It was not clear what would happen in Bacoor where our Bible Center was located, though it was somewhat…
Mark Sumeguin from Mandaluyong, Philippines
A Doctor Who Admitted His Fault
In the 19th century when medical technology did not develop, Emil Theodore Kocher who was professor at the University of Bern in Switzerland was known as an authority on thyroidectomy. It’s because while the surgery was prohibited in some countries…
The Happiness Rules
In 2005, an unusual experiment was conducted in the small town of Slough in England. In order to find the secret of happiness, the Happiness Committee that consisted of experts such as psychologist, workplace specialists, and social entrepreneur made ten…
Think Before You Speak
There is a saying, “Pay more attention to the words coming out of your own mouth, than to the words coming out of others’ mouths.” Like this, there are many quotes about the importance of words in every country where…
Just One More
The bright new year of 2020, filled with hope for the Kingdom of Heaven, has arrived. In the New Year, 20 churches from the U.S. Southeastern Church Association united to go on a 21-day short-term mission to Newport News, Virginia.…
Alex Post from Ridgewood, NJ, U.S.
A Girl Who Had Apples
A little girl followed her mom to a fruit shop. The girl waited quietly while her mother was choosing what to buy, and the fruit shop owner gave her apples in her both hands. The girl and her mother returned…
Love Your Brother as Yourself
My house is always full of noise. The ones who make the noise are my son and daughter who are a year apart in age. The two always play together but mostly end up in a fight. Sometimes, I even…
Park Jeong-a from Gimcheon, South Korea
A Brain Scientist Who Had a Stroke
Competent brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor collapsed from a stroke at age 37. As she has been studying with great interest in the brain since she was young, she accepted her stroke as a wonderful thing rather than being in…
Teamwork Rather than Competition
Many enterprises induce competition by offering incentive, a pay raise, and promotion to improve work performance. At school too, students are made to compete with each other by grading and ranking them in an effort to improve learning. However, does…