Category: Faith & Spirituality

Faith That Doesn’t Back Down

They risked death for faith. Today, their courage challenges us to stand firm when compromise feels easier.

Lessons from Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions on unshaken faith

From 1839 to 1846, they were young, ordinary, and unarmed. Andrew Kim Taegon was just twenty-five when he was executed. Paul Chong Hasang was a layman, not even a priest, but he wrote letters that carried a nation’s faith on his shoulders. Their companions were fathers, mothers, children—people who could have chosen silence to survive.

But they didn’t.

In a time when saying “I believe” was a death sentence, they said it anyway. And because they stood firm, the Church in Korea didn’t die—it grew. Their blood watered the ground where today millions of believers stand strong.

What about us? We may not face swords or prisons, but we still get tested every day. Standing for truth when lies are easier. Choosing honesty when shortcuts tempt us. Refusing to hide our light just to fit in.

Faith that doesn’t back down isn’t about dying for God—it’s about living for Him when it’s risky, uncool, or unpopular. Saint Andrew, Saint Paul, and their companions remind us: faith becomes real when it costs something.

ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ

Traces of courage, silence, and sacrifice—this is Saints.

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Old

Old doesn’t mean done. Saint Theodore of Tarsus proved that age can still build, lead, and leave a mark no one else can.

What Saint Theodore of Tarsus teaches about age

In the seventh century, average life expectancy was barely forty. At fifty you were ancient. At sixty you were expected to stay quiet, wait for death, and disappear.

But Theodore of Tarsus was sixty-six when Rome chose him to be Archbishop of Canterbury. He was only a monk in Rome, known for his learning. A scholar, not a bishop. To take the post, he first had to be ordained—all in one quick step, before being sent across the sea.

England’s Church was weak and divided. They needed a leader to bring order. People thought Theodore was too old. Too late. Too weak. Too close to the grave.

He could have believed them. He could have stayed behind. Instead, he crossed the sea and started again. He fixed what was broken. He gathered leaders. He built a school that lit up Europe. Younger men died before him, but he kept going. He lived to eighty-eight.

That is the truth of old. It feels heavy. It feels lonely. People look past you. Sometimes you even look past yourself. But inside, there is still fire.

Today, the world worships youth. The old are pushed aside. Many stop believing they can still matter. But the story of Saint Theodore of Tarsus says otherwise. Old doesn’t mean done. Old means tested. Old means strong. Old means you still carry something no one else can.

Old • Darem Placer

ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ

Thoughts drift like clouds across a fading sky, until you find yourself in a quiet room—Alone with a Piano.

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