Faith & Life

Time of Learning and Being Filled

After becoming a young adult, I got to know the warmth of Zion, attending gatherings full of love of leading sisters. One day, we watched a video and shared fragrances of Zion with the members. One sister shed tears, saying…

Shin Nu-ri from Bucheon, South Korea

Senses Under Illusions

ⓒ Edward H.Adelson / http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html / Copyrighted free use “What are the colors of part A and part B in the picture?” “Part A is gray and part B is white!” Most people may answer like this. Then, are they…

Avoid Every Kind of Evil

I was sick for months. I bought all different kinds of medicine from the pharmacy and tried all kinds of treatment, including home remedies, but nothing made me better. When I came to the point that I might have to…

Goitseone Thamae from Cape Town, South Africa

Secret of Fine Speech

Former US president Barack Obama was the chief editor of the journal published in his college during his college years. In the process of editing, he tried editing the negative sentences as positively as possible. For example, he changed “If…

Hoping to Be the Protagonist of the New Book of Acts

‘O God, I will do anything if I can go to heaven, so please give me confidence in salvation.’ This is what I always made sure to say whenever I prayed, because I wasn’t confident in my salvation though I…

Song Hye-ju from Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Beginner’s Mind

When you start something, you have certain attitudes toward it at first—pure and humble mind and eagerness. This is the beginner’s mind. An online job market information site conducted a survey of 960 employees on how long they kept their…

The Secret of a Great Flight

The biggest bird among the seabirds is the albatross. The Albatross, however, is not attractive on land. Its tottering steps with its long wings draped down on its heavy body looks rather funny. Some even call it “a dumb bird.”…

How to Help a Bereaved Person

All people experience big and small losses in their lives. The losses can be their friends, family members, co-workers, acquaintances, and so on. The grief and pain followed by such loss varies, depending on people, but the sadness of losing…

Something Nicer Than a Luxury Car

Around an open market in Seoul, a boy was pulling a handcart instead of his grandmother. But he accidently scratched a luxury car that was parked. Seeing his grandmother being all in a fluster without knowing what to do, the…

To Seek Souls More Precious than Pure Gold

By God’s grace, our Kota Kinabalu Zion was blessed to have the very first short-term mission in 2017. The first trip was to Paparand in February and the second trip was to Tuaran in March. Paparand is one of the…

Steffy Aquiline Adelbert from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Give Thanks to God!

In order to commemorate the passing of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the century, people throughout the United States turned off their electrical power for a minute. It was to be grateful for bulb his invention. Then, have we ever…

“I Want to Become Old”

Just as no one can stop the flow of time, no one can stop aging, either. In order to hide the traces of aging, people dye their hair or get facial Botox injections. Maybe no one would accept their aging…

Something Much More Valuable than a Jewel

A woman bought a coat in a store. She came back home and tried on her new clothes again. When she put her hand inside the pocket, she got surprised. A jewel was in it! “I can keep this because…

Dad’s Most Concerned Child

I am the third oldest one of four daughters. There is an old joke in Korea, “The third oldest daughters are so pretty that men are willing to take them as their wives without even seeing them.” However, I was…

Ha Jeong-oh from Jinju, South Korea

Though Living a Single Day

As we don’t need to teach fish how to swim, so we don’t need to talk about a short life before mayflies. Mayflies live for a very short time as an adult. Their lifespan varies by species; the maximum time…

Better Is Two than One, Three than Two

You can often see trash and graffiti in many streets of Recife, Brazil. Regular cleanups were needed, but it was more urgent to change the way people think about the environment. That’s why we visited a TV station before the…

The Recife Church in Brazil

What Was Most Difficult

One reporter asked a runner who finished a marathon. “What was most difficult during the run?” then an unexpected answer came back to him: “What was difficult more than being thirsty and controlling my breathing was the coarse sand that…

Say Good Morning!

In the past in Korea, there were manners in which children greeted their parents with regards every morning. After washing and dressing neatly, they greeted their parents and arranged their bedding or brought water for their washing up. In this…

Fruit of Patience Borne in Chana

The Bhopal Zion is blessed with many young adults, thanks to Heavenly Mother who prays day and night for Her children. Under the consideration of male and female adult members, we can only focus on preaching and welcoming new brothers…

Shivansh Gupta from Bhopal, India

Children like Isaac

Just as people say a day without laughter is a day wasted, laughing is the best medicine. Laughing is contagious. If you laugh, many good things happen. However, people don’t laugh very well. Perhaps, there may be nothing to laugh…

Jo Mun-gyeong from Daejeon, South Korea