In a world that measures success by speed and results, a Christian woman Su Xue hit “pause” at the peak of her career. Despite material wealth and professional achievement, a series of spiritual encounters led her to a “sabbatical year”—a deliberate pause to reorder her life.

For Brother Qingshui, faith became real not in comfort, but in crisis. Confronted by illness, inner emptiness, and questions of meaning, he gradually found his calling in accompanying those in despair through both psychological care and faith.

Over the course of 35 years in ministry, Pastor Timothy has learned that the most difficult battles are rarely fought in remote mission fields but in the hidden depths of the human heart.

From a medium bound by dark powers to a believer transformed by miraculous healing and family restoration, Suxue's mother walked along a torturous path for 20 years.

He often recalls the miracle of how his wife's pain suddenly stopped. "Faith shouldn't be a label to prove how different you are," he says. "It should be the help you can get when you cry out in pain, the guidance you can find when you are lost, and the healing you can receive when you are broken."

A pastor in his 40s from northern China said he chose full-time ministry after realizing that God seeks “soldiers of the kingdom, not an army of people struck down by cancer,” a conviction shaped by his work in the medical field and the sudden illnesses of colleagues.

"When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?" The marriage of Brother Jacob and Sister Grace shows a faithful believer patiently waiting on God, ultimately witnessing His providential care fulfilled.

The Eastern Mineral-Pigment Iconography Exhibition opened in Ningbo, featuring the works of Wang Huaiai, a Chinese Catholic artist known for his mineral-pigment paintings.