When the World Feels Like a Dumpster Fire
Here’s an article I wrote for the InterVarsity blogsite.When the World Feels Like a Dumpster Fire — Making It New Again | InterVarsity
Following Jesus in rejecting empire
Tag: afterlife
On Heaven as in Earth Part III
“You asked me if there would be dinosaurs in heaven.” I told Larissa. “I did?” She laughed? “I don’t remember that.” “You did.” I said. Larissa and I were working together on a stretch of road with about 50 others. We were tamping down gravel that had been unloaded from a large wagon and was…
On Heaven as in Earth Part II
I met Larissa Gardener the other day and the memory of my great transition came rushing back. She, of course, remembered nothing of our conversation in the church the day I died. I thought for my own sake I might try to describe it all as if writing to my beforelife self. (I vaguely recall…
On Heaven as in Earth Part I
There are relatively few things I remember about my 43 years of life, but one day in particular stands out to me with raw clarity. It was the day I died. It is a rare thing to die at church, though there were some long-winded sermons where I wondered if I might. I remember the…