Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
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
True Faith
In June 1859, a French acrobat, Charles Blondin, challenged himself to a feat to surprise the world. It was to cross the Niagara Falls by walking on a tightrope. Numerous people came to see the exciting scene. He stepped forward…
A Prisoner in the City of Refuge
Clank! A blunt iron gate opened with a dull sound. A documentary captured the lives of prisoners in a women’s penitentiary. ‘How are their lives?’ My attention got focused on TV. Thirty minutes a day for exercise! It was the…
Cho Eun-yeong from Ulsan, South Korea
Invisible Difference
In the 1990s, Anders Ericsson, a world-renowned psychologist, studied the students of a music academy in Berlin. The research focused on what factors differentiated the best musicians from the good or the mediocre ones. After dividing the students into three…
A Happy Path of the Woman Pastoral Staff in Zion
I am the first born child in my family, and my parents always wanted me to be given over to God just like the mother of Prophet Samuel. My parents sent me to a theological seminary so that I could…
Angela Berry from Thane, India
Guide Runner
In the Paralympics, a major international sports event for physically challenged athletes, there are people who can participate in the Paralympics as the able-bodied. They are guide runners. Their role is to guide the way for visually impaired athletes to…
Mother’s Last Beautiful Message
A 78-year-old woman living in Gwangju, Korea, died of cancer. Since her husband passed away, she alone raised her three sons and one daughter for 35 years. Feeding, clothing, and educating her four children, she could not look after herself.…
Small and Trivial Things Have the Butterfly Effect!
“For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of the shoe, the horse was lost. For want of the horse, the rider was lost. For want of the rider, the battle was lost. For want of the…
Together with God, the Owner of Zion and of My Soul
The continent of Africa is vibrant with zeal for the Gospel, more powerful than the heat of the sun. When I was young, I once dreamed of preaching the Gospel in Africa, and as I became a young adult, I…
Jang Min-gyeong from Seongnam, South Korea
British Schindler
In February 1988, an English TV show host released an old notebook. It had information on Jewish children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia to be placed with foster families in England in 1939. The owner of the notebook was Sir…
Mom’s 70th Birthday Party
March 1, 2019, was my mother’s 70th birthday. The four of my siblings took each role and made full preparations for her wonderful and memorable birthday party. And the day before her birthday, we all gathered at the appointed place.…
Yun Ju-yeong from Seoul, South Korea
Two Sons Who Saved Their Father
In 2017, a 60-year-old Korean man was diagnosed with liver cancer recurrence. His only hope was the liver transplant. His two sons, who always got along well with each other, started to argue because of their father’s surgery. The reason…
If You Want to Assess
It was when Jeong Yak-yong, one of the greatest thinkers in Joseon Dynasty of Korea, was conversing with his acquaintances in a pavilion. When they were in good atmosphere, one man lamented the current state of affairs. “Someone has power…
The Mind of Serving Others
A teacher and his student were going on a long journey. The teacher asked the student who was excited to go and see the world. “One person has to lead and the other has to follow, for the order of…
With the Spirit of Ownership
“Things have changed, but I’m fine because Father and Mother are always with me!” This is what I repeatedly say to myself these days to let go of negative emotions that pop up in my mind, spending much more time…
Sidney Rogers from Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.