Christmas daily readings

Each daily email in this program features a scriptural passage from the Christmas story, followed by readings touching on some aspect of the passage.

Why does God want our gratitude?

God wants us to be grateful, and have humility. But it's for our sake, not His!

Resilience

Life is filled with ups and downs. We need resilience. Sometimes small (making it through the day), sometimes big (after a major life event).

A journey through cancer

Grace found in cancer a challenge, one that became a call to action to live more fully, not an occasion for regret.

How to disagree like an angel

Explore ways we can get better at having productive, civil conversations.

Re-seeing challenges

We can reframe our challenges knowing that “the Lord bends everything bad into good.” (Secrets of Heaven 1079)

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What is the meaning of life?

It's a little ostentatious to claim to know the answer, but our best guess (in short) is to find and spread happiness.

The fundamental difference between heaven and hell

If heaven and hell are real, what are they? What makes them different?

Why do bad things happen to good people?

If a loving God designed the world and created us, why would He let us suffer?

Why aren't things going better?

The wrong question to ask.

Why should I make the effort to love?

Love and kindness are essential for wisdom, happiness, and connection with God.

What dying feels like

Swedenborg's first-hand experience of what it was like to be brought through the dying process while still alive.

What is heaven?

Is heaven a place we can just walk into after death? Or is there more to it?

What happens after we die?

The "world of spirits" is the realm between heaven and hell where we first go after death. And the first things we'll experience there are…