Three Spiritual Conundrums have been submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life on a similar theme. First, from a reader named Tom: I understand the concept of free will and that we were all given the ability to make choices. So…
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How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People? Part 1
Tagged with: disease, evil, existential anxiety, faith, God, natural disasters, pain, questioning God, sickness, spirituality, suffering, temptation
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Is it Easy or Hard to Get to Heaven?
Two thousand years ago Jesus Christ said, “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, evil, failure, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, pain, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, success, suffering, temptation
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
How Can I Help a Loved One who is In an Abusive Relationship?
A reader named “Sister-In-Law” recently submitted a spiritual conundrum in which she describes the situation of her husband’s brother, “John” (not his real name), who is married to a woman who abuses him verbally and physically. The woman has a…
Tagged with: abused men, abusive relationships, Anger Management, controlling behavior, domestic violence, Emerge, marriage, pain, prayer, relationships, responsibility, suffering, violence
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Sex Marriage Relationships
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Sex Marriage Relationships
Viktor Frankl on Meaning in the Midst of Suffering
For Part 1 of this article, see “Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Work.” For Part 2 of this article, see “Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Relationship: It’s All About Love and Understanding.” In the second part of Man’s Search for…
Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Work
With over twelve million copies in print worldwide since it was originally published in 1959, Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl, has become a psychological and spiritual classic. In it, Frankl recounts his experiences during three years in Auschwitz…
Suffering, Struggle, and Hope: The Example of Ismail Khalif Abdulle
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. —Helen Keller, in a 1903 article titled “Optimism.” The Al-Shabaab terror group made headlines last month with its horrific massacre at the Westgate shopping…
Tagged with: Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, cross-amputation, Harstad Norway, Helen Keller, hope, Ismail Khalif Abdulle, Kenya, pain, Somalia, struggle, suffering, violence
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
What is the Source of Human Fragility, Sickness, and Disease?
Here is a spiritual conundrum posed by a reader named Joe: I’m looking for doctrinal statements that deal with the human physical fragility and its source. Is human fragility (sickness, disease, etc.) a consequence of original sin? Is human fragility…
Tagged with: Adam, disease, Eve, evil, health, medicine, pain, sickness, spirituality, suffering, violence, war, WPLongform
Posted in Pain and Suffering
Posted in Pain and Suffering
Strip Search Prank Calls, Domestic Violence: Evil Loves Deception
Warning: This article discusses fictional portrayals and real incidents of sexual assault, abusive relationships, and domestic violence. Last week Annette and I watched the movie “Compliance,” a controversial and disturbing 2012 American thriller written and directed by Craig Zobel. The…
Tagged with: abusive relationships, authority, compliance, Craig Zobel, deception, domestic violence, evil, falsity, Louise Ogborn, prank calls, sex, Stanley Milgram, strip search, violence
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Popular Culture
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Popular Culture
If God is Love, Why all the Pain and Suffering?
How could a loving God allow so much evil? All it takes is a glance at the top stories in the daily news to show us that there is an awful lot of death, destruction, pain, and suffering in our…
Tagged with: death, evil, God, justice, love, natural disasters, pain, poverty, punishment, suffering, violence, war
Posted in All About God, Pain and Suffering
Posted in All About God, Pain and Suffering
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