Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
Keep My Family Healthy!
“To the well man, every day is a feast” (Turkey), “A good wife and health are a man’s best wealth” (U.K.), “We realize the importance of health and youth after losing them” (Arab), “Anybody who thinks money is everything has…
Attitude toward Problems
“On a day of heavy rain, you see three people at the bus stop as you drive. One is an old man fighting for life, another is a doctor who saved your life in the past, and the other is…
A Second Chance
I still vividly remember the day I set my foot on the land of India for the first time with my parents when I was in the middle school. I was excited to fly in the plane for the first…
Lee Jun-geon from Chennai, TN, India
A Gold Medal for Doing the Best
Steven Bradbury entered men’s 1,000-meter short track speed skating at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics. He barely passed the qualifier, repeating the same mistake of moving before the starting signal. In the quarter-finals, where only two out of…
Birthday Cake
When I was young, my family suffered financial difficulties. To make a living for seven children, my mother used to do hard work such as repairing walls, floors, and toilets. Since she could not afford to hire an employee, she…
Suzana Machado Botton from Porto Alegre, Brazil
A Flowering Desert
The Atacama Desert located in the north-west of Chile is the driest and the most barren region in the world. It is also well-known for its rough and rugged environment that resembles that of Mars—stony terrain, high sand hills, salt…
Faith Comes from Hearing the Message
“Do you attend church these days?” “Are you a minister?” This is what my acquaintances often tell me these days. When I hear them say that, I feel relieved, thinking, ‘I’m on the right track,’ because it means that my…
Han Chan-hyeon from Busan, South Korea
I Don’t Deserve Them
While a teacher was spending the latter years of his life in writing, his pupils visited him to pay their respect for the New Year. His whole family gathered in the house: his sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, who…
Fine Wine and Oak Barrel
“How long do you think it will take to produce ten-year-old wine?” At this question, you are likely to answer, “Ten years.” Actually, however, it is not too much to say that it takes more than a hundred years. Freshly…
About What We See and Hear
A mother happened to see her child imitating a mourner. Being shocked, the mother moved from near a graveyard to a house next to a market. Then, her child started imitating a merchant. So the mother packed up their stuff…
Clothed with the Holy Spirit of the Feast of Tabernacles
A few years ago, I invited a boss of a publishing company whom my wife came to know because of her work, to the “Our Mother” Photo and Writing Exhibition. Telling us that he’d been aware about the Church of…
Lee Jeong-hyeon from Incheon, South Korea
Demonstrate Your Skills with Confidence
“Confidence” is one of the most important factors in showing the best performance in a sport. If players are nearly equal in their skills, the player with high confidence definitely has an advantage. Self-confidence is assurance about success, a state…
I Want to Resemble Mom
Everyone has a role model in his or her life and tries to resemble the role model. I, too, have the person I want to become like; it is my mother. She is the most caring and loving person in…
Vini Alexander Chettiar from Vadodara, India
As I Am Free Now
In the early 1820s, Harriet Tubman was born a slave in a farm in Maryland, U.S. In those days, black people were treated worse than animals by white people and died in harness. Harriet desperately desired freedom since her childhood,…
Let’s Take a Walk
Apple founder Steve Jobs was famous for walking meetings when he came up with new ideas. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson also likes to have walking meetings. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg invited new talents to a forest path for recruitment…
Supporting the Heroes of This Age
“Heroes are born in turbulent times.” It is said that one who will save the world appears in times of confusion and difficulty. Admiral Yi Sun-shin in Joseon Dynasty of Korea defeated the enemy in the midst of an urgent…
Kim Min-gyu from Cape Town, Rep. of South Africa
A Beautiful Comfort
French tennis player Nicolas Mahut, ranked 252 in the world, took part in tennis tournament at the 2019 French Open. As a 37-year-old player, he wanted to fulfill his dream of entering the round of 16 at this tournament. It…
Keep Your Happiness with Language Etiquette!
Just as there are driving manners on the road, table manners, and dress codes, which are adjusted to the occasion, there is also etiquette for speaking. You will not be punished for not observing etiquette for dining and dressing. However,…
A Matter of Course Is What You Are Thankful for
One morning, an office worker got up late because his alarm clock broke down. He hurriedly ran to the bathroom to wash, but water did not come out because the water was cut off. He washed only his face with…
The Regret of a Death Row Inmate
I came to deeply realize how brutal the sin I committed in heaven is and how great God Elohim’s love is. As our Bulawayo Zion is situated near National University of Science and Technology, we have been granted the grace…
Shava Macdonald from Harare, Zimbabwe