Faith & Life

A Boast

Those who are healthy are likely to neglect their health care. Since they have no particular part that is sore, they blindly trust their health and may suddenly face a disease just like a bolt from the blue. In actuality,…

The Beautiful Mind of Fathoming the Heart of Her Grandmother

I have a niece, who has a very beautiful mind. She sincerely cares about her grandmother. She sends her grandmother’s favorite snacks, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and oranges from time to time, and remits some money to her three times a…

Lee Sun-ok from Changwon, South Korea

The Most Beloved Child

There was a family with five children. The second daughter did well at school and was praised by the people around her. However, she was sad that her parents seemed not to be interested in her while they took good…

Family

Sardinia, the island in the west of the Italian Peninsula, is famous for the highest rate of centenarians in the world. Among its population of 1.6 million, more than 250 people are over 100 years old. A survey team studied…

Are Cicadas Math Geniuses?

In spring several years ago, cicadas were forecast to come to the eastern United States. How could they have predicted the appearance of a particular herd of cicadas like the weather forecast, even though there is no observation device for…

Young Adults’ Passion Cleans the World

On November 30, 2017, we held a cleanup with the slogan “Mother’s Street” behind the Quezon City City Hall. The volunteers were mostly young adults. Whenever we passed by, people asked us where we were from and what we were…

Sharina Aya Z. Gorospe from Quezon City, Philippines

Throwing Away Greed

“God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them . . . God saw all that he had made, and it was very good . . .” Ge…

Grant Your Family’s Small Wishes

Fairy tales often feature someone who grants wishes of the main character. So the main character can live a new life or overcome crises and find happiness thanks to the wish granter. This can happen not only in fairy tales.…

Joy Earned with Patience

This happened when I was preaching the gospel in Philadelphia, USA, by the grace of Heavenly Father and Mother. I had no fruit for quite some time, so I was worrying, thinking, ‘How come I don’t have fruit?’ Finally, through…

Shin Da-un from Anyang, South Korea

Planting Tree Seedlings

The Canoas Zion planned to perform a voluntary service together with the Department of Environment of the Municipality of Canoas. Our job was to plant tree seedlings in a park. On the day of the event, we met early in…

Bruna Carvalho de Lima from Canoas, Brazil

Missing Mom’s Arms

At a school in India, a little boy who is walking around the classroom suddenly seems to have a good idea and goes out with chalks in his both hands. Walking through the kids playing in groups, he takes a…

The Shepherd & the Sheep

Many of us, Mongolians, engage in stock-farming. In a vast meadow, we raise five kinds of livestock together—cows, horses, sheep, goats, and camels. Among them, we raise sheep the most. One family keeps approximately more than a thousand sheep. Every…

B. Jargalsaikhan from Erdenet, Mongolia

Smile

Just like a Korean proverb says, “Blessing follows when you smile,” there is nothing to lose to smile. There are, however, different types of smiling. When we are happy, the muscles around our eyes contract and crinkle up. The genuine…

After Realizing Heavenly Father and Mother

I was born in Denmark, and when I was twelve years old, my mom and I moved to Malmö, Sweden. As I grew up, I became selfish, and I couldn’t see any meaning in life. I moved back to Denmark…

Simon Peter Lindmer from Gothenburg, Sweden

A Penguin Flies

A baby penguin saw a skua flying in the sky, and fell into a deep thought, ‘I want to fly like that bird. I don’t want to waddle like this. It looks funny. I have wings, too. Will I be…

Priming Effect

If an athlete or a sporting team that lost an important match appears in a commercial, you will not feel reliance on the product advertising. This is not groundless. The priming effect which is widely used as a marketing method…

What We Need Now Is Tolerance and Forgiveness

In the old time Korea, scholars, who were called Seonbi, were rarely angered and generously extended forgiveness and tolerance to others, regarding them as virtues. Shouting loud in the streets or fighting in anger were considered a vulgar behavior which…

Tell the Truth

Many distinguished hospitals in America have introduced “Tell the truth” program. “Tell the truth” program was devised for medical errors; when a medical error occurs, the medical team meets the patient’s family, promises them that they will be honest with…

The Realm of God Is Established in Mutare Too

In 2018 when Zion was being established all over the world at an unbelievably fast speed, our Zion members in Harare, Zimbabwe, also prepared to plant the gospel in a new region. However, the plan we made ambitiously faced a…

Enos Mutazu from Harare, Zimbabwe

No Conceit

People who are fond of mountain climbing would like to try the Himalayas. But conquering the Himalayas is not easy at all. Since the peaks are significantly high, they have strenuous treks that even fray professional mountain climbers’ nerves, and…