Matching & Blessing Workshop We are happy to invite you to an international in-person workshop on the topic of internal and practical guidance for the Matching & Blessing. The Blessing is not just a ceremony to get through; it is a lifestyle which we need to...
SUMMER 2025 wrap up: We Go On Another ESGD Summer of three workshops — one for HARP and two for young adults, 18+ or 22+ — has passed. We want to take a brief moment to look back at some of its key messages. This year’s summer motto “We Go On” refers to the path we...
Across the table, around the world A selection from Hak Ja Han’s Moon Memoir (from p.275)5 minutes An image shimmers faintly in my memory, like a gleam of sunlight reflected by the dew on the grass. I was sitting across the table from my husband, right after our...
The way of God’s will A selection from Hak Ja Han’s Moon Memoir (from p.90)10 minutes By God’s hand, on our way to Daegu we met Jeong Seok-cheon, a member of the Holy Lord Church, to which my family had belonged in Cholsan. He was very pleased to see us, and we...
Worlds divide at the 38th parallel A selection from Hak Ja Han’s Moon Memoir (from p.60)10 minutes “You came here to see your mother?” The guard asked this question as a formality; he knew why I was there, because I came every day. “Yes, sir,” I would respond in...