Unseen Existences: Of Heaven, Earth, and the Divine Mystery in All Things

Have we forgotten heaven?

For too long, the conversation about heaven has been caught between two extremes. On one hand, there is the shallow "escapist" theology that reduces salvation to a reservation for the afterlife, unconcerned with God's good earth or issues of justice in the world.

On the other hand, many of us have overcorrected, hyperfocusing on the here and now and losing sight of the spiritual reality beyond-a fatal mistake if our Christianity is to have a compelling message in the...