Faith & Life

Having the Same Care for One Another

I’ve never been part of a dance group in my life. When I was asked if I wanted to partake in the dance for the elderly, I took this blessing with great gratitude. I was not good at it but…

Byron Reveles from Sunland, CA, U.S.

How to Get Up Early in the Morning

It is easy to lie down at night, but it is hard to get up at once from your cozy bed in the morning. Many people struggle in their beds every morning, or take another minute, and eventually rush out…

Mother’s Love that I Haven’t Realized

Before I was born, my family had lived in Lima, the capital city of Peru. One day, there was a very strong earthquake in a region in Peru. At that time, my father was working at the Ministry of Home…

Mertty Polack from Lima, Peru

The Place beyond Your Imagination

Man’s imagination is limitless. When you see an incredible invention or a beautiful work of art made out of brilliant imagination, you would marvel, exclaiming, “Wow.” When somebody achieves something that nobody thought was possible, people praise him with expressions…

To Finish the Spiritual Marathon

My mom died when I was three, and my father did when I was nine. My oldest sister, who was sixteen years old at that time, became the head of our family, and we strove to overcome the sorrow for…

Enkhod from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

To Create a Dense Forest

Forests not only purify the air, but also regulate humidity, temperature, and wind speed. Also, they provide us with a lot of products such as wood, herbs, and fruits, prevent landslides, and become nesting places for various plants and animals,…

We Are All Friends

In Western society there is an idea called six degrees of separation that anyone in the planet can be connected to anyone else in just six steps. It basically means that human relationships are all connected to each other in…

Family Is Not Coincidental, but Inevitable!

Family is a group of people who share genes biologically and have the same or related blood types. Since all cells of the body are provided with nutrition and oxygen through blood, blood is the basis of life. Family shares…

Eight-year-old Son Who Saved His Father

A man in China was given only six months to live due to acute leukemia. The only way to live was bone marrow transplantation. Even after three months, no bone marrow match was found. When the whole family got anxious,…

My Path, My Goal

‘What is it that I really want to do? Then what should I do right now for that work?’ After entering college, I lost my goal and directions both physically and spiritually and wandered around. I felt so frustrated that…

Ryu Su-hyeon from Seongnam, South Korea

Worry First, Enjoy Later

先憂後樂 This is a four-character Chinese idiom written in the essay, Yueyang Lou Ji (On Yueyang Tower) by Fan Zhongyan, a noted premier in the Northern Song dynasty of China. It means, “A venerable man is concerned about the future…

I Am Always on Your Side

When I was a high school senior, whenever I needed pocket money, I used to sell my articles online rather than ask my parents for allowance. Trade of used articles seemed to have many advantages; I could not only make…

Kang Min-seo from Seongnam, South Korea

Banbogi (Meeting at the Midpoint)

In Joseon Dynasty in Korea, married women could hardly visit their parents. At that time, a married daughter was no longer a member of her own family and had to become a member of her husband’s family thoroughly. Such daughters-in-law…

Age Groups

In 2015, the United Nations [UN] presented the age groups again, considering the average life span, physical changes, etc. This result was brought by taking the increase of the elderly's longevity with the development of science and medical technology into…

Opportunities in Everyday Life

People say, “An opportunity is just like long bangs which we find it easy to catch but hard to recognize that we miss it often; it has no back hair, so we cannot catch it again once it gets passed…

If We Work with One Mind

In the morning after a heavy snow warning was issued, I received a message that we were going to volunteer to remove the snow. When I got ready and arrived at Zion, it was already crowded with brothers and sisters,…

Im Mi-ran from Seoul, South Korea

Like a Diamond

Diamond is considered to be the emperor of gemstones and the hardest natural mineral on earth. It’s composed of carbon just like graphite that becomes a material of pencils and charcoal. Although diamond and graphite are made entirely out of…

Make a Family Time Capsule

What plans did you make with your family around this time last year? In the New Year, we make many plans to spend the year more fruitfully. As time passes, however, it tends to end in smoke unlike the first…

Walking with God

I spent the summer of 2017 in Fukuoka, Japan, and in January of the following year, I participated in the overseas mission for a month in Japan again. This time, it was in Yokohama. Before departure, I was excited, wondering…

Do Seong-yeong from Tongyeong, South Korea

Rejoicing in His Salvation

Let’s say, you were on the brink of death but get saved by someone’s help. You cannot help but rejoice at the relief that your one and only life was saved. At the same time you will be thankful towards…