The Bookworm says... Wow. Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent was a stunning story. Todd Burpo is a pastor in Imperial, Nebraska. His health slowly starts deteriorating. First, he breaks a leg in three places and his ankle. Then, he passes kidney stones. Finally, a breast cancer scare. On the way to their family vacation celebrating good health, their son Colton begins throwing up. He has to have an emergency appendectomy, and his future is grim. He barely makes it through the surgery, but he does. In the months following his surgery, Colton begins hinting that he was lifted from his body during the surgery. He describes sitting with Jesus, what his parents were doing during his surgery, and features of Heaven that no illiterate three year old would know. It becomes apparent that Colton had a heavenly encounter, from meeting deceased family members to giving exact details about Heaven. I haven't been to church in a few years, but this book makes me want to be a nun.
