Faith & Life

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…

The Church That Is Good at Volunteer Activities

On an autumn day, we had a cleanup at Yeongrang Beach in Sokcho. Our voluntary service was postponed a couple of times because of the typhoon and tidal waves, but that day, the weather was fresh with a cool breeze.…

Tak Jeong-sun from Sokcho, South Korea

Bronco and Donkey

Broncos were once a symbol of the vast American western region. A bronco is a wild and rough horse, so if a person rides on or burdens it with a load, it jumps up and down. So, when people used…

Mother’s Mind

My sister is one year older than me. Since we are similar in age, we often squabbled like friends. On all such occasions, however, my parents scolded me. I couldn’t accept their minds no matter how well they treated me…

Choi Eun-hye from Incheon, South Korea

Walking with God

Have you ever been disappointed because the scenery of a famous tourist attraction was not as good as you had expected and the surrounding facilities were also poor? Nevertheless, if your trip still remains as a pleasant memory, it is…

Mother Answers Even the Smallest Prayers

One day, about five months after I had my first child, I lied down to get some sleep. Then suddenly a thought came into my mind and kept me from falling asleep. ‘What happens when I die?’ I had no…

Kim Gyeong-suk from Osan, South Korea

Stopped Tennis Game

In September, 2016, the game was abruptly stopped during the tennis match in Mallorca, Spain. Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal stopped a match at the voice of a mother finding her missing child. As he looked up to the audience and…

Words

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Eph 4:29 “Let your conversation be always full of…

Brotherly Love Is the Best Filial Piety for the Parents

Yi Seong-gye established Joseon Dynasty in Korea and became the first king called King Taejo. His fifth son, Yi Bang-won, was very ambitious. As one of his half-brothers became the crown prince, Yi Bang-won got furious and killed the half-brother…