It was the biggest-grossing of a faith-based boomlet: a series of unconnected but spiritually similar movies from the ...

ENID, Okla. — It’s been almost 20 years since Colton Burpo, then 4, said he went to heaven. Critically ill and requiring surgery, Burpo said he looked down upon the doctors performing his surgery and ...

It’s like a miracle, what’s happened in the life of the Rev. Todd Burpo of Imperial, Neb., since his 4-year-old son had a near-death experience in 2003. Get up-to ...

In “Heaven Is For Real,” Colton Burpo, the angelic 4-year-old son of a Nebraska pastor, undergoes emergency surgery and while under anesthesia experiences a series of visions, including watching his ...

Adults may never agree if Heaven is real, but 11-year-old Colton Burpo doesn't care. He believes in Heaven because of his personal experience during an illness when he was nearly 4 years old. Colton's ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Omaha.com By Bob Fischbach / World-Herald staff writer It’s like a miracle, what’s happened in the life of the Rev. Todd Burpo of Imperial, Neb., ...

Sonja Burpo, mother of Colton Burpo and co-author of “Heaven is For Real” and “Heaven is For Real for Kids,” will sign copies of her books at 11 a.m, Jan 30 at Mardel Christian & Education, 4848 N.W.

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 ...

"Heaven Is for Real" is a moderately welcome upgrade for the Christian film norm. That's not to say it doesn't have many of the same problems that plague its faith-based brethren like a pestilence, ...