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Unity in Diversity: Greatest gift in history, happened during 2025 Thanksgiving weekend.

(I want to keep this most divine historical event in my library.) Pope Leo and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed a historic and symbolic joint declaration on Saturday, marking a renewed commitment to the unity of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. … Continue reading

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“Let Us Sow the Seeds” © Yoon Wan-Hee, Faith Column #34, 1999, New York Korean Christian Broadcasting Fundraising Live Broadcast)

About twenty-five years ago, in a peaceful Indian village in northern Mexico (Coloradas de la Virgen), a stranger appeared. He wore fine clothes and carried a friendly smile on his face. Driving a brand-new pickup truck, he handed out small … Continue reading

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“The Act of Thanksgiving” © WanHee Yoon, (Faith Column #32, November 1999)

The season of Thanksgiving was drawing near, its festival pressing gently against the corners of our lives. It was an early winter afternoon in Manhattan, the kind of day when the wind cuts sharply through the streets and the sky … Continue reading

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“Toward the Crown” © WanHee Yoon, (Faith Column, #31, LA Christian Today, June 9, 2010)

Having lived in the American South for more than ten years, I have often encountered customs and experiences I never knew in the Northeast. One of these is the beauty pageant, held in nearly every town. From newborn babies to … Continue reading

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“One Meal” © WanHee Yoon, (Faith Column, #30, LA Christian Today, May 16, 2012)

In my early twenties, while working in Chungmuro, Seoul, I lived with a friend in a rented room. On weekends, I would sometimes suddenly feel the longing to see my mother, who lived on the outskirts of Seoul, and I … Continue reading

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“Prayer is the Breath of Life, the Dynamism of Living!”

© TaeHun Yoon, August 25, 1993 Prayer is the vital breath that unites God’s life with human existence. It is the emergence of new life and the inner strength that sustains believers against external powers. John Calvin affirmed: “To know … Continue reading

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“Meeting My Dream” © WanHee Yoon, (Faith Column, #29, LA Christian Today, January 21, 2009)

Since childhood, I carried a dream with me. It was to become a shepherd—playing the flute on a green meadow while leading hundreds of sheep. The dream was so vivid that when my second-grade teacher asked each student, “What do … Continue reading

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“Grace Upon Grace”

In the hardest winter—the winter of the January retreat*—a one-year-old child survived,carried on his mother’s backas the world collapsed around them.Grace upon grace. He chose to forget it all.The roar of bombs,the trembling earth—a room of fear too largefor any … Continue reading

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“Rest” © WanHee Yoon, (Faith Column, #28, LA Christian Today, April 18, 2007)

I have often thought that the life of an immigrant church pastor is like a car whose engine never turns off. As a pastor’s wife, I saw how my husband’s thoughts and concerns were always absorbed in the lives and … Continue reading

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“Wait a Moment! Am I Truly Happy This Autumn?”

© Yoon, Tae-Hun, November 2025 I want to make it clear that this writing reflects only my personal situation and thoughts. As I approach Hee-Soo age—77 next year—I find myself thinking that there are two things I must do every … Continue reading

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