Faith & Life

The Value of a Glass of Milk

This is a true story that happened in America. A university student was thirsty while walking along the road. As he was passing by a farmer’s house, he knocked on the door to ask for something to drink. The farmer…

Courage of a Mother

Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel Prize winner in literature, spent her childhood in China with her father who was a missionary. Once, there was a drought while her father was away on a long trip. A rumor spread that the…

Positive Words

Seven children of a similar age teamed up with their mothers and played games. When a child was blindfolded and threw balls, his mother standing at a certain spot got the balls in a large basket. With the same time…

The Words That Should Not Be Spared for the Family

“Thank you” that makes the listener smile. “You need any help?” that makes the listener feel reassured. “Excellent job!” that attaches wings to the listener’s shoulders. “Good morning” that makes the listener start the day vigorously. “Did you eat?” that…

The Miracle of Kindness

One day, John Rockefeller, a global businessman called the King of Kerosene, received shocking news that he only had one year left to live. When he was sitting in the hospital and thinking about how he would live the rest…

Success Created by Compliments

Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, who was also known as a famous executive, stuttered a lot when he was young. He stuttered so bad that once, when he ordered a tuna sandwich at a restaurant, the waiter brought…

Anger Is Poison Inside of Your Body

There is a saying that goes, “When you get angry once, you will age once. When you laugh once, you will get younger once.” Like these words, laughter makes us younger and healthy, but anger makes us get old and…

The Result of Giving Thanks

Nelson Mandela, the former President of the Rep. of South Africa, was kept in prison for a long time. He was in prison for 27 years from the age of 46 to 73 about a third of his life. On…

Contextual Listening

When conversing with others, we may wear each other out by insisting on our own opinions. In this situation, we may become frustrated with one another. Speaking is not the problem, but rather our inability to listen attentively. For effective…

The Thief Who Stole from Himself

There was an infamous thief who was skilled at stealing expensive jewels. He was clever enough to evade the police for a long time. One day, he was finally arrested while robbing a house, and spent twenty years in prison.…

The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

The following parable teaches us a lesson about unity: “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius…

Those Who Were Conscious of God

The LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them? I will strike them down…

A Great Way to Remove Weeds

A teacher brought his students to a field overgrown with weeds to teach them one final lesson before ending the semester. Pointing to the field, the teacher asked, “How can you get rid of the weeds?” Since it was the…

It’s Never Too Late

One day, an elderly man, who wanted to learn Russian, went to a Russian language school to enroll for classes. A staff member kindly asked him, “Have you come to enroll your son?” “No, I’ve come to enroll myself.” The…

Our Concert

Unlike today, old pipe organs could only generate sound when a person forced air into the pipes through a bellows. One day, a famous organist held a recital. The audience applauded his magnificent and graceful performance. When the organist went…

Greeting Opens the Heart

A TV show conducted an experiment: A man entered an elevator with his hands full of luggage and dropped a bag as he was getting off. The purpose of the experiment was to see how many people would help him…

Little Things Add Up to Spiritual Blessings

Being faithful to God even in little things is the best way to store up spiritual blessings. In Matthew 25, we can find a good example of how to store up spiritual blessings. “Again, it will be like a man…

Mother’s Love Only for Her Children

One day, I was having lunch with my grandfather, and we were discussing the most important thing in relationships. I mentioned communication as something I thought was important, and then he told me an old story: Before my dad was…

Philadelphia, PA, U.S., Maxwell Rothstein

There Is No Appropriate Age for Receiving Salvation

In my young adulthood when I could do anything, I was called to the overseas mission under the special grace of God. As I’d always dreamed of it even though I had a job, God let my dream come true.…

Bangkok, Thailand

Michael Potter from Hayward, CA, U.S.

In the U.S., it is reported that seven people die every day in house fires, with fire departments around the country responding to a new fire every 24 seconds. Especially here in California, fires have become a bigger and bigger…