• Build me a son

    14-12-10 Build me a son, Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. Build me a son whose wishbone will n...

  • 林回弃璧

    14-11-27 During his abscondence, the overburdened wise man Lin Hui cast away his invaluable jade passed from his ancestors and chose to advance with his newly born son. The others said, It is not to your profit to have discarded the precious jade instead of...

  • I need God with skin 有身躯的上帝

    14-11-27 To help our five-year-old son overcome his fear of the dark, his father and I always have to reassure him at bedtime that God was watching over him. One night after I had gone to bed, I felt a soft tap on my shoulder, Mommy, a familiar voice said: I...

  • 老人结草

    14-11-12 Wei wuzi, a high minister of the state of Jin ordered his son Wei Ke: after he died, let the concubine who had not borne a son marry someone else, instead of burying her alive with him, which was the custom of that time. When he was in the height of...

  • 打邻家的儿子

    14-11-12 There was one person who disliked his son so much that he whipped him often. One day, the father was beating his son again and was seen by his neighbor. The neighbor then took up a club and ran over to help beat the abominable son straight on the he...

  • Like father like son 有其父必有其子

    14-10-28 Once a boy's grandfather beat his grandson for playing with fire in the courtyard. The boy's father saw this and he got worried about his son. So he took a stick and began beating himself. The grandfather was surprised and asked: Why are you beating...

  • 生母和后母

    14-09-29 When the mother was treating his son's tumefaction on his head, there was a lot of blood coming down from the top of her son's head to the neck, forming a cruel scene. But the people watching this all considered this to be an act of solicitude done...

  • He walks everywhere he goes 耶稣从不开车

    14-09-24 A young man came home and said, Dad, I just got my driver's license and would like to use the family car. Father replied, Ok, son, But, first, you have to get good grades in school, keep your room clean, make the yard neat, and cut your hair. Come b...

  • 公甫文伯之死

    14-09-16 After hearing that sixteen women committed suicide when her son, Gongpu Wenbo, who was a high official in the state of Lu had died, the mother did not shed a single drop of tear. She said, My son was not a good man. when Confucius was dispelled from...

  • 子死不忧

    14-09-10 Dong Menwu, a person of the state of Wei, were not very sad when his son died. His servant girl was surprised and asked, Master, you doted on your son so much before your son died. Now your son is dead, but you are not very sad about it. I wonder wh...