Heaven Is for Real (2014) Synopsis

Preacher and entrepreneur Todd Burpo enjoys running his parish, starring in the baseball team, and raising his young family. Then bad luck strikes: first he is temporarily disabled by a leg injury during a match; then during a family trip to Denver, an infection nearly kills his young son Colton. The boy makes a surprising total recovery after a near-death experience, which he remembers in every detail; afterwards he keeps displaying impossible knowledge, allegedly from heaven, where he met Todd's late father and his own unborn sister. Only Todd stands by his boy and the implied claim of a miracle, which estranges everyone else from them in parish and family, who dismiss such supernatural possibility, challenging Todd's fitness for the ministry.—KGF Vissers

Preacher and entrepreneur Todd Burpo enjoys running his parish, starring in the baseball team, and raising his young family. Then bad luck strikes: first he is temporarily disabled by a leg injury during a match; then during a family trip to Denver, an infection nearly kills his young son Colton. The boy makes a surprising total recovery after a near-death experience, which he remembers in every detail; afterwards he keeps displaying impossible knowledge, allegedly from heaven, where he met Todd's late father and his own unborn sister. Only Todd stands by his boy and the implied claim of a miracle, which estranges everyone else from them in parish and family, who dismiss such supernatural possibility, challenging Todd's fitness for the ministry.—KGF Vissers

Published Time: 2015-11-01 06:53:36