Heaven is for Real--A friend from Sunday School loaned me this book, and I loved it.
It is a little boy's astounding story of his trip to Heaven and back. As told by his father, his earthly father.
Colton experienced a life threatening illness, and while in a hospital, receiving care, he went to heaven. His story comes out piece by piece, in little snippets at the fast food joint, and many other places over many years. His father has written the story down as this book. Colton told his story in the way any little child would, in his words, and with complete honesty. He described people he had never met in this life, and knew things that his parents had never told him. This is a story of hope and healing.
Todd Burpo is a Wesleyan Minister in Nebraska, and each story he is given by Colton, he matches with scripture. I liked that. This book was an easy read, and a great encouragement.
Many others have enjoyed this book as well, it was on the New York Times Best Seller List. It is well written and enriched by a time line of events and an arrangement of family photos. Colton and his dad often played a game about "Is it right?" about depictions of Heaven and of Jesus. The only artist that Colton ever said had it right was another child, who had said she had been to Heaven as well. An image of that picture and some details are also included in this book.
Publisher is Thomas Nelson ISBN978-0-8499-4615-8 price$16.99
I posted a version of this review on Gather last week.
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