This is a story about journeys. Todd Burpo rides in the back of a taxi as it wends its way through New York City. The tall buildings interrupt his cellphone reception. Burpo is squeezing in one more ...

The movie Heaven Is for Real—based on the book by the same name—tells the story of minister Todd Burpo and his four-year-old son Colton. The main plot revolves around Colton’s near-death experience ...