Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
The Characteristics of a Wooden Cock
A king who loves cockfighting gave a cock to a famous fighting cock trainer and asked him for training it. After ten days, the king asked, “Is the cock ready?” The trainer replied, “He has a long way to go.…
Methi Puri with Mother’s Love
In April, 2019, I participated in the Global Leadership Conference for Female Pastoral Staff held in Korea. When I came back to India, I deeply thought about how to make a happy Church and support the gospel work as a…
Seong Ju-hui from Ulhasnagar, MH, India
Mental Graejil
In order to build a Hanok (traditional Korean-style house), after leveling the ground and setting the foundation stone, builders set up wooden pillars for framing and put a roof on it. The foundation stone, which is called by many names,…
Candies That Made a Boy Reflect on Himself
Tao Xingzhi (1891–1946) advanced the modern Chinese education theory. When he was the principal of an elementary school, he called a student who hit another student into his office. To the student with his head down, he handed a candy.…
Neither Hurt Nor Be Hurt
A wound is an injury or a damaged area of the body. Not only the body but also the mind has wounds. Unlike wounds on the body, wounds in the mind are invisible, so they are likely to be overlooked.…
From the Moment We First Met
A few months ago, I met a lady named Kana through a friend in Tokyo. Just as my friend told me we would get along well, she and I were on the same wavelength from the first time we met.…
Oba Miky from Osaka, Japan
A Reply from Mom
“To Mummy in Heaven. Happy Mother’s Day. I Love You. Ella.” This is a letter a Scottish four-year-old girl named Ella Lennon wrote to her mother. Ella lost her mother to brain tumors a year ago. She wrote a letter…
Love for Her Daughter-in-law
My family had lived with my parents-in-law for six years until we moved out. My mother-in-law took good care of my family while living together, but after we moved out, she is now taking greater care of us. One day,…
Jeong Hye-su from Daegu, South Korea
Wearing an Oxygen Mask
Before the plane takes off, the crew demonstrates how to wear an oxygen mask, telling the passengers how to cope with an emergency. The crew recommends that the adult wear it first, and then the child. When an emergency strikes,…
A Busy Life Is a Blessing
“Sir, congratulations on your retirement. You’ve written only at night so far. As you can work on it during the day, your works will shine more.” “As I can now see the sunlight while writing, it will definitely shine more…
Angstblüte
Plants produce beautiful and fragrant flowers in order to preserve their species. Blooming, bearing fruit, and spreading seeds away are their instinct. But there are times when plants are more faithful to their instincts than ever before. Bamboos seldom flower…
The Last Opportunity
Gurye, located between Mount Jirisan and the Seomjingang River, is famous for persimmons. However, an embankment along the Seomjingang River collapsed due to torrential rain, and the persimmon farms were severely affected. Restoration efforts had to be made quickly to…
Kim Shin-hyeong from Gwangju, South Korea
A Cup Warning of Overflow
In the late Joseon Dynasty in Korea, there was a potter named Woo Myeong-ok in a mountain village of Gangwon-do Province. He wanted to make beautiful porcelain beyond the earthenware, so he entered the Bunwon, which produced porcelain for the…
Keep Your Face as Bright as Sunshine
The weather is not only in the sky, but also on the face. A cold look, a warm smile, a bright look like sunshine, and a gloomy look like dark clouds … . Facial expressions are compared to weather. Just…
To Keep a Dying Boy Alive
In September 2018, an eight-year-old boy was carried to a hospital in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. His illness was fulminant myocarditis. It is very urgent illness that causes cardiac arrest due to sudden inflammation in the muscles surrounding the heart. Doctors…
Power of Change
Recently, a new sister received the blessing of leading her younger sister to God. She loves God’s word. Whenever she had time, she would come to Zion to study the Bible even though she was tired from work, and she…
Lim Chia Kee from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
An Impressive Race
This happened at the women’s 5,000-meter run in the Rio Olympics 2016. Some athletes were running in the second group when New Zealand athlete Hamblin tripped and fell, causing USA’s Abbey D’Agostino to fall. Abbey would feel aggrieved, but she…
Mother’s Love Is Special
Some say that our life on earth is based on love. In fact, when you look into how a person is born into this world and grows over time, that sounds right, because we are all connected with one another…
Bayasakh Oyunbat from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The Medici Effect
The Medici Effect refers to a phenomenon which inspires breakthrough insights or produces great productivity when different fields come together. This means “1+1>2” instead of “1+1=2.” It is derived from the House of Medici in Italy. From the 14th century…
Walking with Heavenly Father and Mother
One Sunday, on my way to a church that my relatives introduced to me, nearby my matrimonial house, I met members from the Church of God. They delivered to me news like a bolt out of the blue—the cross is…
Park Chan-jeong from Jeju, South Korea