Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
A Flycatcher Full of Worries
A flycatcher was wearing a long face, perching on a twig. A mother sparrow and her young saw the flycatcher and asked, “Flycatcher, what’s wrong with you?” “I’m worried about when I’ll be shot by a hunter. I’m too afraid…
Marks
For “Go” players, their favorite board to use is made of a nutmeg tree. In addition to its good color and fragrance, its resilience allows the trace of the stones to disappears after a certain period of time. Among the…
Build a Strong Home That Won’t Collapse Even by a Strong Wind
A home where the family members are united in love and trust is the strongest one that is able to stand against any strong wind. Though a man lives in wealth and honor, what good is his wealth if he…
Life’s Choice
Life is a series of choices. Even for small matters such as deciding whether to eat toast or cereal, or which dress to buy, people think things over and over again to make a choice. There is even a vending…
Working Together Voluntarily
We, the members from the Cape Town Zion and the Bellville Zion, rolled up their sleeves to clean the streets in the downtown of Cape Town. When we went there, the downtown looked clean but there were lots of weeds…
Park Eun-gyeong from Cape Town, Rep. of South Africa
If You Laugh
Generally, people think, ‘I laugh because I’m happy; I shiver because I’m afraid; I frown because I’m tired.’ However, there is a contrasting argument. The American psychologist William James, and the Danish psychologist Carl Lange published a theory named the…
My First Salary
I checked the text message at a vibration of my cell phone. My salary was deposited. I was happy because it was the first salary in my life. ‘Is this really mine? How should I use it?’ I thought of…
Kim Seon-wu from Seongnam, South Korea
What Is More Valuable than Competence
On September 16, 1976, in a city in the Soviet Union, a bus lost its balance and fell into the river. Then a man threw himself into the river without hesitation. He couldn’t see what was ahead of him because…
The Love of a Shepherd
“Then Jesus told them this parable: ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And…
Brother Whom I Sold because of My Sin
Reading a story about Jacob’s sons who sold their brother Joseph as a slave to the Midianites by their jealousy, I came to think of many things. More than anything, it is a pity that they committed sins because they…
Kim Min-ju from Cairns, Australia
Practice to Become Happy
‘I wish I could sleep more in the morning,’ ‘I wish the weather would be better,’ ‘I wish the traffic wouldn’t be bad in the morning,’ ‘I hope my project will pass,’ ‘I wish my wife would stop nagging,’ ‘I…
The Reason for Donating Blood
Before becoming a high school student, there was something I wanted to do most. It was blood donation. I wanted the souvenirs I could get after the blood donation, and liked the fact that donating blood once is acknowledged as…
Park Min-ji from Seoul, South Korea
If You Want to Fly
Carpenter bees move from this flower to that flower to collect honey from early in the morning. Their bodies are bigger and chubbier than other ordinary bees. For the body size, their wings are rather small. From a perspective of…
Finding Gospel Workers
Having the short-term mission to Keningau in Malaysia ahead, I was hoping many brothers and sisters would be found, so that Zion could be established and the gospel would spread more and more. Heavenly Mother gave us the words of…
Micheal Tan from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sensory Illusions in Aviation
As for flight operations, there are two types—conducting under visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR). Visual flight rules are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft, seeing outside the cockpit, whereas instrument flight…
A special photo
A son is mischievously sticking out his tongue looking at the bathroom mirror and there is his dad looking at his son through the mirror pleased. They are standing side by side in a photo without their shirts on. Their…
Respond Enthusiastically for Lively Conversations
How do you respond when you talk with your family? Aren’t you listening inattentively or putting off a conversation with an excuse that you are busy? Having a conversation with your family is important to understand each other. This also…
You Can Communicate with Your Child
It is almost never quiet in a home with a child. Once a child begins to understand the meaning of what people say and express his opinions, the wrestle between his parents and him begins in earnest. Although a child…
Standard of Tuition Fees
A young man who felt proud of his speech came to see a famous orator to learn about leadership. The young man self-confidently introduced himself to the orator and kept talking about himself. The orator silently listened to him until…
Finding Our Brothers and Sisters Appointed for Eternal Life
On my way with a sister to do something, my eyes met a lady’s eyes. We stopped at her unexpected question. “Are you preaching?” She seemed longing for our truth. We stopped everything and started talking with her. She seemed…
Genevieve M. Joaquin from Iloilo, Philippines