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A Shoe Musing
They say that when a tiger dies it leaves its leather, but when a people die they leave a legacy (their name). I regard that as the remnant of a life well lived. The reason why there is such an emptiness when a person passes away is precisely because of that remnant of a life well lived. When I thin… 
Pastor Kim's Daily Prayer: Let Us Walk the Path of Victory and Have Our Wounds Healed by You
We hope in tomorrow by looking at Jesus Christ who was crucified at the cross. Please guide us and allow us to show words of faith and acts of obedience. 
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Baker's Religious Objection to Provide Same-Sex Wedding Cake
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced on Monday that it would hear a case involving a Colorado Christian baker who declined to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, one which many argue may lead to implications for businesses across the country. 
Judge Temporarily Blocks Deportation of Iraqi Christians
A federal judge issued a temporary stay on Thursday for more than 100 Iraqi nationals, including Christians, who were arrested during immigration raids that occurred in Detroit earlier this month. 
Pastor Kim's Daily Prayer: Let Us Live a Responsible Life Before Your Unchanging Grace
You call each person with different a task and open up our path. You also take care of our needs and we thank You for being our portion. We want to live by trusting Your promise of fulfilling our needs with the best things and we want to be the witness of Your Kingdom. 
Family of Korean Canadian Pastor Detained in North Korea Express Increasing Concern
The family of Reverend Hyeon Soo Lim, a Korean Canadian pastor who is detained in North Korea, expressed urgent concern regarding his health and detainment following the recent death of American student Otto Warmbier. 
Seven Personality Types of Sick Churches
Sick churches become dying churches. Dying churches become closed churches. Those statements are factual unless some type of change or intervention takes place. But intervention or change is unlikely unless the church recognizes that it is sick. 
The Billy Graham Rule: Finding a More Balanced Approach
Have you heard of the Billy Graham rule? It states that men should never have a one-on-one meeting with a woman who isn’t his wife. This rule recently came into the public eye when the Washington Post reported that Vice President Mike Pence “never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and … 
Magnifying Christ: Seeing Him for Who He Truly Is
Every time I visited my grandfather in the senior apartments when I was a child, I’d have to find things to play with. He had a candy jar full of coins, thousands of toothpicks taken from various restaurants, and other things I thought were strange. 
Korean American Parents Set Out to Better Communicate With Their Children
Some 80 Korean American parents participated in seminars this month to learn more about how they can better interact with their children, manage their anger, and broach difficult topics. 
International Community Voices Concern and Condemnation Following Death of Otto Warmbier
The response from the international community after the death of Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old who had returned from his detention in North Korea in a coma, has been a mixture of emotions, among them condemnation, sympathy, and concern for the current detainees and for future travel into the reclus… 
For Churches Unable to Host Their Own, a Prayer Organization Offers Joint Summer Youth Retreat
For the second time, the Full Gospel Fasting Prayer Mountain, located in Romoland, CA, will be hosting a youth retreat for those youth in Korean immigrant churches that are not able to host their own summer youth retreats. 
Texas Governor Signs Bill Protecting Religious Child Welfare Agencies
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill on Thursday that would allow religious child welfare agencies to operate according to its religious beliefs without fear of penalty. 
Pastor Kim's Daily Prayer: Help Us to Walk Closer to You so that We May Overcome the Temptation of Sin
Thank You for allowing us to look back on whether we are not going against Your laws and commit sins intentionally. We acknowledge that we will end up facing consequence of sin if we do not listen to Your words. 
Tim Farron, Leader of UK's Liberal Democratic Party, Announces Resignation, Citing Conflicts with His Christian Faith
Leader of the United Kingdom’s Liberal Democratic Party, Tim Farron, announced on June 14 that he would be resigning, citing conflicts that he faced between being a political leader and a Christian.









