Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
“Let’s Have a Family Meeting!”
There are class meetings at school, and companies hold various kinds of meetings such as a team meeting and an executive conference. A meeting is natural and essential for operating an organization. A family is also an organization that forms…
Love Starts from Seeing
“A rainbow is a full circle.” It sounds odd but it is true. From an observer’s line of sight, we can only see half of the circle above the horizon, but it is full circular if seen from an airplane.…
Dad’s House
When I was young, my dad built a house by himself; he saved his salary and bought materials such as bricks, cement, steel bars, and shovels, and piled them in the yard. I still remember my dad digging ditches, with…
Madrid, Spain
Treasure
Everyone has their own personal treasure. To some, their hard-earned wealth is a treasure, to some their authority or honor which they have acquired after a great deal of effort is a treasure, and to others their children who are…
Find a Family Resemblance
When you look in the mirror, do you think you look like your parents? Have you been surprised to see your child talking or acting like yourself? When you went out with your brother or sister, did people recognize you…
“I Knew It!”
We call the ability to see what is likely to happen in the future foresight. On the contrary to this, there is a psychological phenomenon called hindsight bias. It is the inclination, after an event has occurred, to see the…
A Café That Discriminates People
Nice is a resort city located in the southern part of France. In this city, there is a café where they priced their coffee on the menu as below: “One coffee” $10 “One coffee, please” $6 “Hello! One coffee, please”…
Nicole Weber from Parsippany, NJ, U.S.
One sister performed pansori, a Korean genre of musical storytelling, and sang an English New Song in the form of pansori at Carnegie Hall. It’s completely different from American music, especially for those who have never appreciated folk music or…
A Beautiful Story about the Members in Mmakau
By the grace of Father and Mother, I have many loving brothers and sisters around me, through whom I can realize the type of faith I need to have to enter the kingdom of heaven. In 2017, seven thousand churches…
Pretoria, South Africa
Patience and Persistence
Bill Porter was born with cerebral palsy in San Francisco, U.S., in 1932. He spoke in an awkward way, his back was bent, and his right hand and his legs had problems. After graduating from high school, he sought work…
The T-Mac Time
On December 9, 2004, there was a basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs. When they had only 41 seconds left, the score was 68:76; the Rockets was 8 points behind. More than half of the…
Nyanong Koung from Lincoln, NE, U.S.
Since I began my journey of faith, I’ve sought for wisdom from the words of God, and I’ve studied the Bible to know God whenever I had time. But sometimes there were some parts that didn’t make sense to me.…
Manners
After completing a six-month rehabilitation course, a tennis player had a match. In the match, he played with all his might, but he lost the game. A reporter came to interview him. “How are your injuries?” The tennis player replied,…
Mother’s Faith
On September 17, 1960, many people who were watching the Rome Olympics paid attention to one female American athlete. She won a gold medal in the 100-meter dash by running it in 11 seconds which was equivalent to the world…
This Is ( ).
This makes your heart flutter. This makes you ready to do anything for it. This allows you to be free from complaints. To achieve this, you have to give up something else. This shouldn’t just remain in your hearts. This…
A Conductor and His Passengers
While checking passengers’ tickets, a train conductor said to a passenger, “You are on the wrong train. Please transfer at the next stop.” The conductor also said the same thing to the next passenger. “You, too, got the wrong train.…
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…