Book Review

Heaven is For Real
By Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
For a long time I looked forward to the arrival of this book to my home. I love modern stories from people who have experienced the next world in one way or another. It took a very long time for the book to arrive, but finally last week I had it in my hands.
I wondered how the author would present: “A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”. I did expect the story to be written from Colton’s perspective.
The happening itself is credible. Why not? Why wouldn’t a person of any age die for a few minutes while on the operating table and experience timeless heaven? These things fit easily into my world view, and I appreciate the care Todd (Colton’s father) took to gather and record the information as spoken by Colton as true as possible to how Colton witnessed and experienced it. It is a good story, a good thing to share with the world.
I was a little disappointed to discover that this story is actually Colton’s father, Todd’s, story: full of Todd’s point of view of what happened to Colton. The impact Colton’s experience had on Todd’s life.