Faith & Life

Reason for Casting

A five-year-old daughter of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie made a surprise appearance in a movie, drawing people’s attention. She played a role well even in her young age, probably because talent runs in her family. But the reason she was…

Dad’s Crash Diet

Eduardo Camargo, 35, who had never jogged after his school days and only failed in his diet, went on a crash diet this time. Cutting down on his meal, he monitored his food intake, stuck to a diet consisting of…

To the New World of the Gospel

“Do you want to hear some words of wisdom?” My friends asked me as we walked back from school on the last day of our junior year in high school. Seeing their eagerness, I wanted to hear them. One who…

Nathalia Salvatierra-Abuid from Morgantown, WV, U.S.

The Time Taken to Solve the Problem

There was a problem which had been a global challenge for a long time in American Mathematical Society, New York. However, this problem was solved on the year of 1903 by Frank Nelson Cole, a mathematician professor at Columbia University.…

Make the Entrance Full of Love

“I am home.” “Have a nice day!” “Welcome back! You’ve done a good job, today, too.” It is the entrance that you go through first whenever you come home, and that you pass through lastly when you go out. It…

Treasure Hidden in a Field

A park in U.S. the scenery is not that beautiful. There are not many cool tree shades. It’s like a barren land. Its admission fee is $10. But more than 50,000 people visit this place every year. From the entrance,…

A Flower of Love Bloomed in the Garden of Trials

For more than ninety days, I had to stay in hospital to get my back treatment. If you think it’s short, it is a short period of time, but when I was lying down, not moving even an inch because…

Park Du-yeon from Changwon, South Korea

Harmony

Although every musician of an orchestra is excellent in his own performance, unless all the performers play in harmony, they come to make ugly sounds. As long as they ignore others’ performances and stick to the sound of their own…

The Work of Salvation Is Carried Out by God

There was a shop owner whom I had delivered the word of God to, from the previous year. It had been a long time since my last visit. I went to the shop again to meet the owner, but only…

Lee Nam-eun from Cheonju, South Korea

Invisible Power

Albert Einstein, a world-renowned genius physicist, came to believe that “there exists an invisible force in the world,” when he saw a compass needle always pointing north, no matter how many times he shook it, during his childhood days. When…

Giving Thanks, the Essential Virtue of Happy Home

In 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after spending 27 years in prison for fighting against racism. People thought that he would look very old since he was 70 years old. However, he surprised people as he came out of prison,…

It’s Easier to Change

Dr. Bernice Andrews from Royal Holloway, University of London, conducted an experiment on about a hundred middle-aged women; 79% of them had low self-esteem and depression. She wanted to find how they changed over seven years. The follow-up research revealed…

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…

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…