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“Father”

Father! Just calling your name makes me feel as though you might open the door at once and say, “I’m right here.” As the years pass, the dreams you held in your lifetime ripen quietly in my heart and return … Continue reading

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“The Gift II”

The autumn scenery at Drew University in New Jersey was a quiet watercolor— a deep, vivid painting set in the calm beauty of the countryside. When the bright red and yellow leaves fell in flurries with each passing breeze, the … Continue reading

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“For the Sake of Tomorrow’s Seeds”

As I look at the ripening seeds beneath the sharp autumn sunlight, I find myself gently touching, one by one in my heart, the invisible seeds of tomorrow that are forming within our future. The very fact that we have … Continue reading

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“Judge Lee Jinkwan’s Tears”

Behold—the wail of fifty million people! Deep in the chest,pressed tightly,a spring of wateron the verge of bursting. Between reality and unreality,January 21, 2026and December 3, 2024were bound together in han. Beneath the sacred Sindansu tree,the forgotten Hongik Inganbegan to … Continue reading

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“Animal Story”

It was about a year ago when I first met Yongsuni. Barely a year old at the time, he ran to me the moment he saw me—climbing up and down my arms in excitement and showering me with endless, unwanted … Continue reading

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Song for Tomorrow

I look at myself—not at what I did,but at the thin current under it,what carried me throughthree hundred sixty-five turns. All day people prepare.Some will climb a hillto meet the year’s first light.Others will watch a silver ballfall on a … Continue reading

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The Exile’s Flame: “This Is My Song”

Between the factory sirens and the silent chapel,a foreign voice arrived—not to command, but to listen,to kneel beside the weary handsthat stitched and hammeredin the dim light of Incheon. The Word was made fleshin the sweat of the laborer,in the … Continue reading

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“Another Face: The Back View” © Wan‑Hee Yoon (Special Contribution #42, NY JoongAng Daily, December 7, 2001)

At some point, I developed a peculiar habit: walking among crowds or gazing at people from behind as they sit, weighing the burdens of their lives—their anguish and pain, their joy and sorrow, sometimes even the heaviness of existence itself. … Continue reading

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“Beautiful Christmas Gift”

It was nearing Christmas. At the adoption agency, a 13‑month‑old boy named Freddy had been waiting for months, but even at Christmas he had no home to return to. Freddy was bright, with a charming smile, already walking and mimicking … Continue reading

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“Come, Emmanuel” © Wan-Hee Yoon (Pastoral Letter, “Souls That Leap Like Deer,” Story 38, 1996)

Last week, I received a truly moving letter. A sister with whom I had wept, awakened, prayed, and counseled for years in pursuit of full restoration of life wrote to me: “I am truly happy.” Holding that letter to my … Continue reading

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