Make Your Heaven!
I’ve been doing billions of reading for the upcoming year in worship and have particularly enjoyed both Krista Tippett’s Speaking of Faith (I’m a big fan of her radio show of the same name) and a big anthology by Bob Abernethy and William Bole (of PBS’s Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly) called The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt and Reparing the World.
I think it was in the latter book where I came across the idea by some scientist-guy that near-death experiences are a neurological event and therefore it may follow that our experience of heaven is also a kind of brain-oriented phenomenon. He was suggesting that what you believe about heaven will BE your heaven.
Before you traditional religious folks drag me out to the parking lot to beat me up, let me just say that I’m not saying I AGREE with this concept — I am a […]
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