How Can I Be Sure that My Partner will Be Waiting for Me in Heaven?
The article “Will Happily Married Couples be Together in Heaven?” has become one of the most heavily read posts here on the Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life website. Since the time it was published...
View ArticleMarriage in Heaven: A Response to Tom Wenig
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Deeply Wounded: Hi Lee, it’s me again. I am still struggling with how I am single and alone. I saw this...
View ArticleWhat is an Angel of Death?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Mpho Montsho: Let me share a question I was asked. It will be good to have you answer it on my behalf...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Act Sensibly for Everyone’s Good
In The New Jerusalem #100 Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) wrote: Kindness is doing things sensibly so that good will come from them. Microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 As I write this, fear and panic are...
View ArticleDeath and Rebirth, Chapter 4: Our Third Stage After Death
For Chapter 3, click here. Near-death experiencers who meet the being of light say that this being emphasizes love and learning as the most important things in life. The love must come from within, but...
View ArticleDeath and Rebirth, Chapter 3: Our Second Stage After Death
For Chapter 2, click here. After we die we initially go back to an outward lifestyle similar to the one we had before we died. But that doesn’t last long. Soon our outer layers start getting peeled...
View ArticleDeath and Rebirth, Chapter 2: Our First Stage After Death
For Chapter 1, click here. In his Forward to The Tibetan Book of the Dead John Woodroffe says: Life immediately after death is, according to this view, as Spiritists assert, similar to, and a...
View ArticleDeath and Rebirth, Chapter 1: The Experience of Dying
For the Introduction, click here. There is a difference between Swedenborg’s experience and the experiences of people who have come close to dying and have returned. When Swedenborg described the...
View ArticleAre Deaths from Natural Disasters an Unavoidable Side-Effect of God’s Creation?
Aftermath of an earthquake As amazing and beautiful as this physical universe is, it is also filled with almost unimaginable cataclysmic violence—which commonly brings suffering, pain, and death to the...
View ArticleWhat is the Biblical Basis for Humans becoming Angels after they Die?
(Note: This post is a slightly edited version of a question and answer I recently wrote and posted on Christianity StackExchange. You can see the StackExchange version here.) Clarence and George: It’s...
View ArticleEaster, Resurrection, and the Germanwings Airliner Crash
On March 24, 2015, co-pilot Andreas Lubitz took his place in the cockpit of Germanwings Flight 9525, originating in Barcelona, Spain. The destination was Düsseldorf, Germany. Lubitz had done his...
View ArticleSeasons of Life
In January of 1969, a photo was published that forever changed our view of the earth, and of our place in the universe. The photo was taken on Christmas Eve day, 1968, by the crew of Apollo 8—the first...
View ArticleRobin Williams, 1951-2014
Robin Williams, 1951-2014 Annette and I are saddened to hear of the death of Robin Williams yesterday, August 11, 2014, at the age of 63. He was a great and compassionate soul. His humor lightened the...
View ArticleHow can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People?...
Click here for Part 1 of this article. Click here for Part 2 of this article. Click here for Part 3 of this article. It’s time to face the music. It’s time to get busy and struggle with our faith. It’s...
View ArticleHow can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People?...
Click here for Part 1 of this article. Click here for Part 2 of this article. Part 2 dealt with God’s eternal perspective in creating and governing the universe and the people in it. One of the points...
View ArticleIf You’ve been Married More than Once, Which One will you be With in the...
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Anna: If a widow remarries after Death of her husband, which one will she be with in her afterlife?...
View ArticleThe Bible, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Reincarnation
From Caterpillar to Butterfly “Do you believe in reincarnation?” I’ve been asked this question many times over the years. Sometimes it’s a litmus test question. The people asking already either believe...
View ArticleWhat Does it Mean When My Parents Die? Will I See Them Again?
In a spiritual conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life, a reader named Tom asks: I just stumbled upon your website in my spiritual search and I am glad I did. Over the last 3 years...
View ArticleWhen Death is a Celebration
My parents Both of my parents died in the past year, and I couldn’t be happier! Don’t get me wrong. I love my parents very much. No, they weren’t perfect. Who is? But I could not have asked for better...
View ArticleNear-Death Experiences and the Doctors
Ever since the awareness of near-death experiences burst upon the popular consciousness with the publication of Raymond Moody’s 1975 bestseller Life After Life, there has been a steady stream of books,...
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