Musick - Life after heaven: how my time in heaven can transform your life on earth

When my wife and I first met Steve Musick, we had a quiet hunch that this man had something in his life that put him in a rare category. We could not figure it out until he shared all of his story with us. He is a man of unusual depth, care, honesty, and relational brilliancequalities that I know come from what you will read about here. Having been invited to be his whole-life mentor, I trust his story in every detail. He relives his time with Jesus daily and shares it through every encounter he has with others. One caution: prepare for your own life to experience some welcome, needed change and growth as you encounter Jesus in these pages of deep truth and life-giving love.

W ES R OBERTS , founder/master mentor, Leadership Design Group

My dear friend Steve Musick is not an angel, but he is an ambassador sent back to us from Our Father which art in heaven to show-and-tell us what weve been missing here in earth, as it is in heaven. Reading this book will give you a window to look through and a map to follow so you can experience your own moments in life when heaven touches earth.

D ENNIS T URNER , founder and lead pastor of Christ Church, Wichita, Kansas

As I read Life After Heaven, I happened to be mourning the loss of my dear father-in-law, Cowboy Ken, who joined his Savior in the coming world, a world described in gorgeous detail by Steven Musick. I found deep comfort in Stevens eyewitness account as I imagined my loved ones experiencing the rich, saturated sensations and fathomless love and peace in heaven. But this book goes beyond just describing heaven. It encourages, energizes, and brings zest, power, and hope to us in the here and now. I find myself watching and waiting for bubbles of heaven, the beautiful closeness of the kingdom of heaven, to break through and change everything. This is a book of radical comfort and outrageous hope.

L ORILEE C RAKER , New York Times, CBA, and ECPA best-selling author of My Journey to Heaven with Marv Besteman and Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter, and Me

People like Steven Musick telling of visits to heaven always raise my Missouri-bred skepticism. But I remember Pauls visit recounted in 2 Corinthians 12:19 or Johns visit in the Revelation and look to the results of the story. Musicks is to make Gods presence all the more real here on earth. He tells powerful stories, bubbles of heaven times, when Gods love meets earths needs. There is much wisdom in the story: Poverty in Gods kingdomis tightly holding on to what youre supposed to give away. The blandness of worldly living is overcome by the personal presence of God who is Emmanuel, promising Lo, I will be with you always. Ponder prayerfully with Bible and heart open.

G ERRY B RESHEARS , professor of systematic theology, Western Seminary, Portland

I am fascinated with the stories of those who have experienced heaven, but Im often left feeling disappointed after reading books of others experiences of heaven. Life After Heaven certainly did not disappoint! Steven R. Musicks book left me feeling satisfied and renewed. I can truly say its the very best book Ive read on this topic, and Ive read quite a few!

L INDSAY A NDREWS , Blogging for Books reviewer

I am personally more interested in life before death than life after, but Steve has done a marvelous job bridging the two. I found this book relevant and helpful.

W ILLIAM P AUL Y OUNG , author of The Shack

I was on a writing retreat at a local abbey when my phone rang. It was a good friend whod recently taken a job with the publishing house that released the book you now hold. I have a project you might be interested in, he said. But you need to hear me out. Its a heaven-and-back story.

If I hadnt known Andrew, I would have laughed and hung up. After all, he knew my feelings about what I call heavenly tourism books. While I think many of them are based on real experiences, the way they are told, in my experience, is overmarketed, wrongly focused only on after you die, and (sorry) rather kitschy. I was skeptical.

But I knew and trusted Andrew. Go on, I said.

Well, I think you need to talk to Steve, he continued. Theres justsomething about him.

With a little reluctance, I said yes. And after a couple of hour-long phone calls, I agreed. There was something about Steve, something honest and deep. Something kind and quietly magnetic. Not only did I feel his story of a near-death experience was credible enough to print, but it had an emphasis Id never heard before in Christian stories of trips to heaven. It cared about herethe world we see now. And over the course of a few weeks, I realized I wanted to be the person to help him tell his story.

The point of Steves story isnt divine escapism or wait till you die for the pie in the sky. It expresses, through the story of one mans life and death and life again, one of my deepest theological beliefs: Gods work in our world is something far greater than merely getting people to heaven; it is bringing heaven to earth in an open mystery, in a secret fullness. Heaven is much closer than weve been led to believe, youll hear Steve say often, both in his teaching and in his everyday conversation. And here is a story that illustrates that principle like no other Ive ever heard in person.