Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
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.
The Secret of Flying over 7,200 Miles
Bar-tailed godwits breed in Alaska, and when it begins to get cold, they move to Australia or New Zealand located in the Southern Hemisphere and get through warm winter. In order to fly from Alaska to their destination, they have…
Unconditional Remission
The accounting and financial sector often deals with debts. A debt is a loan amount plus interest, and debt interest is calculated at an interest rate associated with an allotted time. In the case of an individual who has a…
Elias Américo Massicame from Maputo, Mozambique
The Answers They Want to Hear
A teacher assigned homework to his students. It was to pick up trash for thirty minutes in front of each house on a holiday morning. It was to let the students get up early because they might oversleep with the…
Holding on to My Crown of Life
It was a very special day for me though it must have been a usual day for others. Some members from the Church of God in Windhoek let me know the existence of God the Mother and how important it…
Shange Valombweleni Nawa from Windhoek, Namibia
Writers Who Exercise
“I learned many things about writing fiction while running every morning,” said Haruki Murakami, Japanese best-selling novelist. He runs every day. He wants to be remembered as a runner as well as a writer. Famous Dutch artist Guido van der…
As If a Blind Man Touches an Elephant
Some blind people touched an elephant with their hands and made each different claim. The person who touched its body said, “The elephant is like a solid wall,” and the person who touched its leg said, “The elephant is like…
Social Media Security as Important as Locking Your Doors
Social media is an online platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people by sharing information and communicating freely, such as Facebook, Twitter, Kakao Story, Instagram, Band, and YouTube. As the spread of smart…
When People Need Comfort and Hope
“The government’s suggestion to take preventive measures against the pandemic while carrying on our daily lives does not mean that we are returning to the lifestyle before COVID-19. We might not be able to return to the lifestyle we had…
Gahng Gyeong-hun from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fastidious Mother-in-law and Her Polite Daughter-in-law
A woman who was fastidious and thorough in everything got a daughter-in-law who was a careless and easy-going person contrary to her mother-in-law. The villagers talked in whispers, “From now on, the daughter-in-law will have no good days,” thinking that…
The Most Special Day in Her Life
August 9 This is the name of a new cafe near my house. I thought it was very peculiar when I saw the signboard with a specific date written on it. Every time I passed the cafe, I was curious…
Oh Jin-hui from Anyang, South Korea
How to Run Less Hard
Researchers from Ulster University and Swansea University in the U.K. conducted experiments on twenty-four men and women whose hobbies were running. It was an experiment to see what look of face and state of mind bring the best running economy.…
Three Elements of Persuasion
Aristotle said that in order to persuade others, logos (logic), pathos (emotion), and ethos (ethics) are needed. Logos refers to clear proof and logic. Because man is a rational being, there must be a basis for making a reasonable decision.…
Maternal Love of Webfoot Octopus
Fishermen weave the shells of veined rapa whelks and put them down under the sea for a period of time and pull them up to catch webfoot octopuses. It is because webfoot octopuses take the shells as their homes. As…
Habit of Speaking Beautiful Language
I heard the news that the students of ASEZ, the World Mission Society Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, would carry out the “No More Verbal Abuse” campaign. I never expected that such a topic would be used for…
Son Chae-eun from Daegu, South Korea
Resentment and Understanding
There was a man who felt bitter against his father. Since he had run away from home after quarreling with his father in his school days, he didn’t visit his father. After getting married, he got a son as precious…
Keep Your Distance from Digital Devices!
Smartphones that men and women of all ages carry in their hands, computers that have become necessities for work and education, and TVs that occupy the center of the living room. It is hard to imagine our life without these,…
Refinement
“What do you say about a person who is poor but does not flatter, or a person who is rich but not haughty?” “He is a decent person. But he is not better than the one who is poor but…
Laying the Foundation with the Love of Serving One Another
Whenever I heard fragrances of Zion from the members who bore fruits of the gospel by making much effort and earnestly praying to God, I would feel a lump in my throat, because I could feel their burning heart. It…
Go Su-jeong from Yongin, South Korea