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“The Ten Vows for Love”

Posted on December 7, 2025 by TaeHun Yoon

(Responsive Reading for Wedding or Anniversary) Officiant: Today we affirm the vows that sustain a marriage. These are blessings, not burdens—guiding lights for your shared journey. 1. Remember the first love. Cherish the tenderness and delight of your earliest days … Continue reading →

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“Opening the Door of the Soul” © WanHee Yoon, written as the 39th story in the letter from the parsonage series, Souls That Leap Like Deer, (1996)

Posted on December 3, 2025 by wanheeyoon36549f6312

There’s a door I always open whenever I leave the early morning prayer meeting at church. It’s the Parlor, located in a corner of the church building. As I open the door, I’m immediately struck by the sense of peace … Continue reading →

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“November’s Bride” © Yoon Wan-Hee (Faith Column #35, November 1999)

Posted on November 30, 2025 by wanheeyoon36549f6312

Not long ago, a wedding invitation arrived, carried on the autumn breeze. It was adorned with elegant gold lettering, and the envelope bore the name “Mrs. Doris Martinez”—a familiar name from the American church I once pastored. “To unite two … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 27, 2025 by TaeHun Yoon

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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“Fate”

Posted on November 26, 2025 by TaeHun Yoon

The farthest distance is not across the ocean’s blue hush,nor over mountains that lift their backs to heaven,but between the mind and the heart—between the clean edge of thoughtand the deep well where longing begins.To stand in that unmeasured space,feeling … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 25, 2025 by TaeHun Yoon

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

Posted on November 21, 2025 by TaeHun Yoon

© 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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“The Space of a Married Couple” © WanHee Yoon, (Faith Column, #26, LA Christian Today, May 7, 2008)

Posted on November 20, 2025 by TaeHun Yoon

Dear Abby: I want to ask your opinion—whether it is I who am wrong, or my wife. In our home, my wife and I live together with two dogs. At night, these dogs climb onto our bed and sleep with … Continue reading →

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“My Name”

Posted on November 11, 2025 by TaeHun Yoon

My name—always spoken, always summoned—yet only when I am far awaydoes it rise, like breath,to the surface of the world. Sitting here, watching you,I see only the name I once had—and the one I will wear tomorrow. When I was … Continue reading →

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In This Small Bowl of Dough

Posted on November 10, 2025 by TaeHun Yoon

— For the Eternal Love That Forms Us I am the bread of my own journey.I am the prayer in the dust of the road.I am the poem through moment writes the day. The sun keeps crossing the ridge again … Continue reading →

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