Faith & Life

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…

Page-turner

At a chamber orchestra or a piano recital, there is one person who is almost unnoticed to the audience though he stands on stage throughout the performance. He is a “page-turner.” As it explains literally, a page-turner is a person…

Manage Family Finances through Communication

We are living in an era of consumption. On home shopping, they stimulate people’s consumption desire with the signs, “Almost sold out” or “Limited offer.” You only need one click to have an item delivered to your house. People say…

Men Before Nature

The Himalayas are called the Roof of the World. Although it’s been over 60 years after New Zealand’s mountaineer Edmund Hillary left the first footprints on Mount Everest, which is 8,848 meters above sea level, in May 1953, the Himalayas…

The Sound of Gospel Victory Resounds through Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, a country that has more than 600 islands, over 800 local languages, unfamiliar animals, primitive jungles, unique culture, and biodiversity, is my home country. Ever since I received the truth while living in Australia, what I wanted…

Lucille Langiri from Sydney, Australia

Mission

Oprah Winfrey is one of the most influential broadcasters in America. After a dark childhood and adolescence, she mentioned the four missions she realized, in her autobiography. One, if you have more than others, it’s not a blessing but a…

For a Lover of Watermelon

“Watermelon Killer” and “Watermelon Lover!” These are the nicknames I gave my younger sister. It’s because she loves watermelons whereas I don’t because it is troublesome for me to spit out the seeds. When she comes back home after work,…

Hong Jeong-eun from Seoul, South Korea

How to Learn Well

When you have acquired knowledge, there is a way to see if you have fully understood it or not. It is to explain it to others. Although you know something, if you cannot verbalize it, it is hard to say…

It Is Entirely Up to You

Even the same writing gives different feelings to different people. A word that is skimmed by someone can be a clue to precious realization to another. Sometimes, situations may change. The article, which was not inspiring much before, may move…