Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
A Miracle of Tree Planting
The Brahmaputra River is one of three major rivers in India, along with the Ganges and the Indus Rivers. The huge island, Majuli, formed on the river, is often flooded by monsoon1 rains. It was once a beautiful island with…
How to Enjoy Fruit Every Day
At a junior high school, a teacher asked his students, “A woman bought ten apples at a market. When she came home and took a close look at them, she found that each apple had a defect. It was annoying…
The Secret of Forests
The thick forest with trees and grasses! The forest is not just a concentration area of trees. Though they have no eyes to see and no mouths to talk, trees live together, communicating closely and helping each other. Suzanne Simard,…
Work Together with Love
A lot of changes were made in my daily life due to COVID-19. Semester opening date was delayed and I had to begin the first day of the semester on-line. While I was practicing social distancing and following government guidelines,…
Song Yeon-ju from Yangsan, South Korea
Although Different from Me
A baby elephant chased a butterfly and accidentally went to where baby giraffes were playing. The baby giraffes that saw the baby elephant for the first time started to comment on him. “Guys, look over there,” “Oh, the nose is…
“You Are a Good Person”
Everyone has good points you can learn. But it is not easy to find out what your good points are on your own. Often, you may know them only by hearing from others. When someone says to you, “This is…
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.…