Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
Two Fools
Two men were working in the mountain. One man dug a hole, then the other man filled up the hole with dirt. Moving from place to place, they repeated digging holes and filling them up. A man watching their work…
The Power of Gratitude
A paper titled “Undervaluing Gratitude” was published in the Sage Journals in June 2018. Psychologists Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley, co-authors of the paper, asked the participants to write gratitude letters to their friends or acquaintances. The participants were also…
A Habit, the Beginning of Change
From the moment you wake up in the morning until you fall asleep at night, you do countless actions. However, you do not worry about how to wash, in what order to wear clothes, and how to use spoons when…
Mother’s Special Lesson
In the Bible, youth is likened to the dew of the dawn. The pure and clean dew of the dawn is beautiful but it is seen only for a while. Though young adults receive great blessings in the time of…
Kim Min-cheol from Anyang, South Korea
The Tomb of Words
Four or five hundred years ago in Korea, there was a village where people were divided into groups with the same family name and argued each other almost every day. Quarrels arouse mostly because of a minor word of someone.…
When I Was Three Years Old
I happened to take care of a three-year-old daughter of my acquaintance for hours. My parents, who were out with me, picked her up together and headed home. My parents looked very happy, probably because they had little opportunity for…
Park Yun-jeong from Seongnam, South Korea
Loss Aversion Bias
Between the joy of picking one hundred-dollar bill on the road and the agony of losing it, which emotion do you think is bigger? People usually choose the latter one. This is because they feel the agony of losing more…
A Scientist Who Loved Corn
American scientist Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) questioned why a corn has several colors of kernels and they changed their positions in different corns. In her research, she discovered Jumping Genes, which move from one chromosomal location to another. As it was…
How to Defeat a Devastator
Wasps that are five times larger than honey bees are natural enemies of honey bees. While honey bees can sting only once and die after attacking, a single wasp is capable of stinging multiple times and is highly venomous. What…
No Graffiti! Yes Clean and Safe Town! 1
Graffiti is a headache in Australia because it does not look good aesthetically and gives a negative impression that the “area is not safe” to local residents. On a mild sunny Sunday morning, from the early hours on, about eighty…
Ju Su-jin from Sydney, Australia
How to Double Happiness
After entering college, I participated for the first time in a street cleanup held by the club. I picked up garbage, and by the time I got to a smoking area, I was surprised to find hundreds of cigarette butts…
Jeon Beom-jun from Jeonju, South Korea
The Anchoring Effect
Once an anchor is lowered, the ship moves only within the length of the rope tied to the anchor. In this regard, a cognitive bias that describes the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of…
Anger at Ebb Tide, Laughter at Flood Tide!
Sea levels repeat rise and fall by the invisible force between the Moon and the Earth. The phenomenon of seawater flowing away from the shore is called ebb, and the opposite is called flow. The sea gets purified in this…
Water Coming Down from the Sky
Three essential elements for plant growth are water, sunlight, and wind. The most important of them is water. But not all water is the same. Purified water is clean, but it doesn’t help plants grow because all the nutrients plants…
Gospel Work Fulfilled in Amazon
In 2020, COVID-19 pandemic alert was issued in Peru, and we were constrained on gospel activities and our daily life. Nevertheless, the gospel did not stop but even reached the Amazon region in Peru. The one who played the catalytic…
Lee Sun-yong from Chiclayo, Peru
Beautiful Conscience
In March 2019, a short note with cash was delivered to a bus company in Korea. “About forty years ago, I stole a coin from a receptionist while working at your company, and two mops. Please forgive me. I have…
The Most Beautiful Fingers in the World
When I was an elementary student, I was led by my aunt to a big hospital. When I went there without knowing the reason, I saw someone I was familiar with in a patient gown. It was my mom. She…
Ahn Ji-yeong from Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The Power of Diversity
During World War II, Germany controlled the seas with powerful submarines. The Allied Forces were helplessly defeated by the German troops that attacked suddenly, communicating each other by secret codes. Knowing this, the British government secretly summoned thousands of experts…
In Accordance with God’s Word
Heavenly Mother blessed us, “The gospel in Europe, too, will go well.” We had to be patient for a long time as the barrier of the gospel work in Europe was high. However, Mother’s words of blessing greatly cheered us…
The Church of God in Düsseldorf, Germany
Beautiful Showy Flowers
The flowers that are pollinated with the help of bees and butterflies usually have delicate scents and beautiful petals to attract insects that carry pollen. Hydrangeas need the help of insects, but they don’t stand out like other flowers, as…