I can't stop thinking about Vivian, and I can't stop thinking about Heaven. I can't stop thinking about this girl, her dark poetry, her nuanced eye for composition and photography, and the fact that, as a little girl, she was the most adventurous eater on Planet Earth. I even wrote about her … [Read more...]
11 Things I’d Say If Heaven Had Visiting Hours on Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day, Dad. It’s been way too long since you've been gone. Eight years, almost. Every time another year rolls by and the anniversary of your death comes up again, I can’t believe it. How can you have been gone this long? How have we managed without you? Isn’t it time … [Read more...]
10 Thoughts on “Heaven is for Real,” Heaven “previews,” and how John MacArthur Crossed a Line
If anyone has a reason to dislike Heaven Is for Real, both the book and the movie, it’s me. As the co-writer of another Heaven book, My Journey to Heaven, I could be insanely jealous of the 2010 Thomas Nelson smash hit, as that book far outsold the back-from-heaven book written by Marvin Besteman … [Read more...]