Like coworkers in any office, The Wire spent the morning talking about Major Motion Pictures; namely, Heaven Is For Real, a movie about a kid that almost dies and claims to have then gone to Heaven.

For many thoughtful Christians, meaningful language about heaven has fallen steadily from their grasp. In a scientific age, "heaven" as a place where God reigns and people go when they die has ...

The movie Heaven Is for Real—based on the book by the same name—tells the story of minister Todd Burpo and his four-year-old son Colton. The main plot revolves around Colton’s near-death experience ...

ENID, Okla. — It’s been almost 20 years since Colton Burpo, then 4, said he went to heaven. Critically ill and requiring surgery, Burpo said he looked down upon the doctors performing his surgery and ...

Sonja Burpo, mother of Colton Burpo and co-author of “Heaven is For Real” and “Heaven is For Real for Kids,” will sign copies of her books at 11 a.m, Jan 30 at Mardel Christian & Education, 4848 N.W.

This is a story about journeys. Todd Burpo rides in the back of a taxi as it wends its way through New York City. The tall buildings interrupt his cellphone reception. Burpo is squeezing in one more ...

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Sonja Burpo: Half the church wants to stop feeling and start thinking. And the other half, they want the exact opposite. Todd Burpo: [picks up the ringing cell phone; Colton sets off a fire truck horn ...

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"Heaven Is for Real" is a moderately welcome upgrade for the Christian film norm. That's not to say it doesn't have many of the same problems that plague its faith-based brethren like a pestilence, ...