Faith & Life

Corn Ripening with the Farmer’s Sweat

At the end of June when the sun blazed down and the heat persisted, the members of the Wonju Zion went to a tomato farm and a corn field located in Sillim-myeon to help with weed removal. To make things…

Shin Hae-yeong from Wonju, South Korea

Listening Carefully

In a survey of around 1,000 office workers about “communication,” 40% of them said that the most important part in communication is “listening.” An experiment where two people faced each other and had a conversation about a certain topic also…

My Father

It was when I went to my parents’ house for the first holiday after my marriage. Resting in a room, I heard Dad and my husband were talking in the living room. Later, my husband came into the room and…

Tak Jin-seul from Anyang, South Korea

Now Is the Time to Soar Up

It is well known that birds are devoted to their eggs from the time they lay them until hatching them. It is said that birds don’t let their bodies touch the ground. However, they attach their bodies to the ground…

The Debt of Love Paid Later

A girl who took refuge with her mother lived a hard life during World War II. She almost died malnourished, but survived thanks to relief goods from the Allied Forces and charity organizations. Later, she became a world-famous actress. After…

Mother Bird’s Maternal Love

While I was plucking out bean stalks in a vegetable garden with my wife, I found a bird’s nest. It seemed that there was only the nest, so we thought nothing of it and threw it away with the bean…

Nir Kaji Pakhrin from Kathmandu, Nepal

Must Be Broken

There was a proud young man. An old man who was cleaning up the flowerbed of the village called out when the young man passed by. “Young man, could you pour some water on this soil?” The young man wanted…

Make Even the Hidden Place Shine Bright

Streets in Taiwan are very clean since the public order is highly regarded. Due to thorough management, people are forbidden to drink beverages including water after passing the subway ticket gates. If they violate the law, they are charged with…

Kim Bo-ra from Gyeongsan, South Korea

Symbiosis

There is an agricultural method that the natives of America used in barren lands. It is the Three Sisters. Native Americans planted maize (corn) with beans and squash. This is because the three crops have much higher yields and better…

What We Need for Communication

I started working when I was a sophomore and learned that social life was not easy. Stress from relationships was indescribable. But the people of the Church of God, I met through my sister, were different. It was joyful to…

Ju Su-jin from Sydney, Australia

The Secret of Reconciliation

When there is an uncomfortable feeling in relationship with others, there is a river we must cross to put that feeling down. It is a river of reconciliation and forgiveness. If you cross this river safely, you will see Happy…

The Reason for Giving Me the Mission to Teach

It was the day when I went out to preach with my wife. When we told a lady passing by that we wanted to tell her about God the Mother who is testified in the Bible, she didn’t want to…

Lee Jeong-hyeon from Cape Town, South Africa

When There Is a Drought

Two workers went up to the mountain and cut a tree down. When the tree was cut, they saw growth rings on the wood. Then the younger worker said, “Look! These five rings are close to each other. It seems…

Give the Thumbs-Up: “My Family Is the Best!”

Praise can make even a whale dance. Praise makes the listener feel better and lift up those who are in despair. Praise is another food people eat. “Good!” “Excellent!” “You are the best!” If you raise your thumbs with the…

Mother’s Love That Bears Everything

When I started attending school, I was excited that I would meet new friends whom I could play and learn with. However, my mother was not like me; from the beginning of the semester, my mom walked me to my…

Judy Anne Gaquit from General Santos, Philippines

Promise

This is the definition of “promise.” However, since no one knows what will happen to them tomorrow, though they make a solemn oath, they often break it unintentionally due to unexpected circumstances. And if it is impossible to reach the…

The World Is Short-Tempered: Let’s Correct It at My Home First!

Nowadays, people become more and more impatient, being unable to control their anger. A driver, who was driving on a highway, got angry as another driver changed the lane, and stopped his car suddenly; the car behind him was able…

Scarcity Error

Such advertising terms as “Limited Offer Today Only,” “The First Hundred People Receive,” or “Only While Stocks Last!” are a strategy to promote consumer confidence. The fact that there’s limited time to purchase assigns scarcity, and people think getting rare…

If We Deliver the Love of Mother

A special event was held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. More than a hundred members from the Church of God gathered to clean up street for the first time. They divided teams; the male adults gathered the trash with…

Jo Su-bin from Incheon, South Korea

The Role of One Person

A few years ago, an unprecedented incident occurred at a marathon held in the U.K. About 5,000 runners were all disqualified except only one person. The story goes as follows. The first-placed runner was quite away from the second-placed runner.…