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Pixar’s Movie “Inside Out”: Spiritual Takeouts
Tagged with: anger, childhood memories, disgust, fear, Inside Out, joy, love, movie reviews, Pixar, relationships, sadness, spirituality
Posted in Popular Culture, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Popular Culture, Spiritual Growth
The Spiritual Anatomy of Physically Abusive Men
Yet another woman has been murdered by a physically abusive man—this time in Cheyenne, Wyoming. On April 12, 2015, Janessa Spencer was at home with her boyfriend, Samual Cook, when they heard a loud banging on the door. As Spencer…
What if My Partner and I Have Different Religious Beliefs? Can Interfaith Marriage Work?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by an anonymous reader: Hi Lee, I love reading all of your articles, they’re incredibly easy to relate to. I personally am not religious but I do believe…
Tagged with: child-raising, children, fundamentalism, interfaith marriage, interfaith wedding, intermarriage, marriage, mysticism, relationships
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
What does Emanuel Swedenborg Say about Homosexuality?
This article is for people who want to know what Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) says on the subject of homosexuality. If you’re not interested in that, you can safely skip it. For the broader picture, and my reasons for writing these two articles…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, gay marriage, homosexuality, marriage, marriage equality, relationships, same-sex marriage, sex, sin of Sodom, Sodom, spirituality
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Is Sex Before Marriage Forbidden in the Bible?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Kimberly: Hi Lee! I was wondering if sex before marriage is forbidden in the Bible. . . and if it is, why? I have…
Tagged with: adultery, extramarital sex, fornication, love, marriage, multiple partners, premarital sex, relationships, sex, sex before marriage, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
It’s not fair that God made some people incredibly beautiful, and others just average!
Here’s a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Kimberly: How come some people are blessed with beauty, while others aren’t as beautiful aesthetically? I guess I feel it’s unfair, how God made some…
Tagged with: beautiful people, beauty, beauty in heaven, fairness, inner beauty, love, physical beauty, relationships, sex, spiritual beauty, spirituality, ugliness, ugly people
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
If You’ve been Married More than Once, Which One will you be With in the Afterlife?
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? Thanks for the good question,…
Tagged with: angels, death, eternal marriage, heaven, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, relationships, remarriage, soulmates, spiritual marriage, the spiritual world
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
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 through Relationship: It’s All About Love and Understanding
In the second part of Man’s Search for Meaning, psychiatrist and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl lists three different ways we can find meaning in life: By creating a work or doing a deed By experiencing something or encountering someone By…
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