Mom tells of push to publish son's story of heaven

 
BY CARLA HINTON chinton@opubco.com
Published: February 4, 2012

A young boy's account of glimpsing Heaven has become a New York Times best-seller . But Sonja Burpo said the book “ Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back ” ( Thomas Nelson ) almost didn't get published.

Burpo, of Imperial, Neb. , recently spoke at the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma 's evangelism Conference at Southern Hills Baptist Church, 8901 N Pennsy...


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