Faith & Life

Learning from a Plant

Gang Hee-an, who was a representative writer and painter in the early years of Joseon Dynasty, was also good at gardening. In his book, Yanghwa Sorok, he recorded the properties of plants and cultivation methods, which he discovered while raising…

Men and Women Are So Different, but That’s What Makes More Harmony!

The book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has been one of the best sellers ever since it was published. The book introduces an interesting idea of how men and women are different in their characters and their…

Uncomfortable Happiness

When an opponent team made a mistake in an athletic match, when a boss I dislike was scolded by his boss, when a friend in a similar grade mismarked answer sheets, when a hotshot politician’s corruption was exposed, or when…

Mother’s Love to a Dry Land

The land of Spain at the western end of the European continent was where Apostle Paul, who went out for several preaching trips, was unable to reach. We went on a preaching trip to Barcelona in Spain by adding our…

Kang Min-jeong from Daegu, South Korea

A Life Saved by a Piece of Bread

During the First World War, a German soldier raided the enemy’s trenches, entrusted with the task of capturing enemy soldiers. An enemy soldier got caught in his hand. The enemy soldier, who got caught in the middle of the meal,…

The Seed of Positive Words

Our family shared the Family Love & Communication article entitled, “Positive Words Design Happiness” after having the Happy Home worship. It was an enlightening article about the power of words. What was impressive was about the South Korean fencer in…

Roxanne K. Miller from New Windsor, NY, U.S.

To Become King

The education for the crown prince in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea was very strict. The prince had to be thoroughly educated because he was the pillar to become king in the future and the figure to hold the destiny…

Time Horizon

The horizon is the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky, and it is also used figuratively to mean vision or possibility in a particular field or activity. When we add the word “time” before it,…

Something More Valuable than a Gold Medal

There are not only gold, silver, and bronze medals at the Olympic Games. There is also a medal that has nothing to do with the game result and can be won even if it is not an active player. The…

With Mother’s Mind and Mother’s Hands

Around noon on April 25, 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. All of a sudden, everything began to shake, and it seemed like the sky was falling and the ground was sinking. The members who were having a peaceful Sabbath…

Tejendra Gautam from Kathmandu, Nepal

A Tree and Grass

A tree in the forest asked the grass that lied down flat on the ground, “Hey, how can you live here with such a small and weak body?” Then the grass answered, “I just keep my position.” As soon as…

Relieve Your Family’s Fatigue!

Fatigue accumulates in your body because of what you do at school, at work, or at home. If fatigue lasts long, it can have a bad effect on your body and mind; so you must relieve it each time. Among…

Opportunity

After I entered university, I commuted to school, a round trip for over four hours. I was sad not because I was tired but because I didn’t have enough time for the gospel work while spending my time on the…

Seon Ha-na from Seoul, South Korea

While You Don’t Know

In the dramatic poem, “Pippa Passes,” by Robert Browning, a representative English poet, the main character Pippa is a poor girl who works for a silk factory in Venice. When Pippa has a vacation which is only one day in…

Volunteer Service, a Special Time

One Sunday in December, around two hundred student members, young adult members, male and female adult members from the Donghae, Samcheok, and Gangneung Zions gathered together in a hilly village by Mukho Port in Donghae, Gangwon Province, Korea. We gathered…

Hong Sun-tae from Gangneung, South Korea

They Just Have Not Realized Yet

Benjamin Zander is a prominent conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and a renowned orator on leadership and the value of life. This is what a child said when he performed to comfort people in a troubled region: “I’ve heard…

God’s True Intention

“Min! Can you come home and stay for a few days?” My mom asked me in a somewhat serious voice. Usually, she hardly mentions anything that could worry my brother and me. So, if she gave us a sudden call…

Park Dong-min from Anyang, South Korea

The Most Important Thing

Rick Rescorla was a U.S. Army officer, and he served as a security officer at an investment bank in New York after his retirement. He trained employees to evacuate quarterly after the explosion in the basement of the building, and…

According to the Will of God

I never thought about having any other religion, under the influence of my grandmother who was a firm believer in Catholicism. When my sister and brother-in-law who were attending the Church of God told me about the truth, I was…

Selenne Christine Sanchez from Los Angeles, U.S.

Focusing Illusions

When you are young, you believe you would be happy if you have what you want; when you are trying to get a job, you think you would be happy once you get the job you want; when you meet…