Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
The Reason the Big Tree Fell
A big tree had stood firmly for four hundred years on a hill in the State of Colorado in the United States, but one day it fell down with a loud crash. The tree had overcome rough storms for several…
The 101st Hit
A reporter asked a question to Benjamin Franklin, well-known as a scientist, politician, and diplomat. “How could you accomplish your goals without giving up, despite many difficulties?” Franklin replied, “Have you ever watched a stonemason work? He hammers the same…
Sincere Consideration
One day, Gandhi went on a business trip. When he arrived at a train station, he quickly boarded the train that was about to take off. At that moment, one of his shoes fell onto the train platform. Since the…
Mutual Respect, the Key Principle for Successful Organizations
Recently, there have been a report that rude speech and behavior negatively impact job satisfaction or work performance. According to a survey done on 3,000 workers by Pearson and Foras (who are economists), workers who experience rudeness become less attached…
The Secret to Success
Restaurant A is the most successful stew restaurant in town. There was one man who went to restaurant A frequently. One day, he went to restaurant A to eat, but there were so many people that there was no empty…
The Value of a Glass of Milk
This is a true story that happened in America. A university student was thirsty while walking along the road. As he was passing by a farmer’s house, he knocked on the door to ask for something to drink. The farmer…
Courage of a Mother
Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel Prize winner in literature, spent her childhood in China with her father who was a missionary. Once, there was a drought while her father was away on a long trip. A rumor spread that the…
Positive Words
Seven children of a similar age teamed up with their mothers and played games. When a child was blindfolded and threw balls, his mother standing at a certain spot got the balls in a large basket. With the same time…
The Words That Should Not Be Spared for the Family
“Thank you” that makes the listener smile. “You need any help?” that makes the listener feel reassured. “Excellent job!” that attaches wings to the listener’s shoulders. “Good morning” that makes the listener start the day vigorously. “Did you eat?” that…
The Miracle of Kindness
One day, John Rockefeller, a global businessman called the King of Kerosene, received shocking news that he only had one year left to live. When he was sitting in the hospital and thinking about how he would live the rest…
Success Created by Compliments
Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, who was also known as a famous executive, stuttered a lot when he was young. He stuttered so bad that once, when he ordered a tuna sandwich at a restaurant, the waiter brought…
Anger Is Poison Inside of Your Body
There is a saying that goes, “When you get angry once, you will age once. When you laugh once, you will get younger once.” Like these words, laughter makes us younger and healthy, but anger makes us get old and…
The Result of Giving Thanks
Nelson Mandela, the former President of the Rep. of South Africa, was kept in prison for a long time. He was in prison for 27 years from the age of 46 to 73 about a third of his life. On…
Contextual Listening
When conversing with others, we may wear each other out by insisting on our own opinions. In this situation, we may become frustrated with one another. Speaking is not the problem, but rather our inability to listen attentively. For effective…
The Thief Who Stole from Himself
There was an infamous thief who was skilled at stealing expensive jewels. He was clever enough to evade the police for a long time. One day, he was finally arrested while robbing a house, and spent twenty years in prison.…
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
The following parable teaches us a lesson about unity: “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius…
Those Who Were Conscious of God
The LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them? I will strike them down…
A Great Way to Remove Weeds
A teacher brought his students to a field overgrown with weeds to teach them one final lesson before ending the semester. Pointing to the field, the teacher asked, “How can you get rid of the weeds?” Since it was the…
It’s Never Too Late
One day, an elderly man, who wanted to learn Russian, went to a Russian language school to enroll for classes. A staff member kindly asked him, “Have you come to enroll your son?” “No, I’ve come to enroll myself.” The…
Our Concert
Unlike today, old pipe organs could only generate sound when a person forced air into the pipes through a bellows. One day, a famous organist held a recital. The audience applauded his magnificent and graceful performance. When the organist went…