New Blog #4, Oct. 25, 2020: Some thoughts about the afterlife and FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY of UNDER OLD GLORY on 10/26 and 10/27, 2020

So what happens when we die?  One of the big questions of life.  What is after life?   Are we merely “worm food” as Shakespeare implies, or do we truly go to a transcendent place?   Do we reconnect with God?  And Jesus?  I believed for a long time that heaven was just a given.  Then, in grad school, I questioned the Catholic beliefs I’d been raised with.  Ultimately, I believed that God was at a distance, benevolently watching over us but not directly involved in my day to day life.

Discovering the LDS church changed all that.   I believed from my first lesson as an investigator into that faith that God was real and very close to my spirit.   I physically felt it.   I could not turn my head away, could not deny God and his Son any longer.  They are real and alive in my life.   Unlike some LDS people, I can’t give you a firm, well-constructed logical defense of the Mormon faith.  My faith is based on that warm feeling in my chest, feeling the Spirit, when meeting with LDS people who have the Spirit in abundance.  I am very grateful for this.

And the LDS vision of the Afterlife rings true to me.   I always thought of hell as too ghastly a place, too cruel, for God to banish his beloved children to.    My vision of Heavenly Father was merciful and kind, and he would have us in one of three kingdoms that were of ascending degrees of glory.   I humbly hope, as I atone for sins and pray to be led on the right path, and not stray from the scriptural commandments, that I will be able to earn a place beside Heavenly Father with my spiritual Older Brother, even Jesus the Christ.

 

My first book with overtly Mormon themes came out last year.  It is called Under Old Glory and I am giving away copies for free Oct. 26 and Oct. 27, 2020.   Under Old Glory is a novella that is a prelude to the novel I am working on now.

 

Take care!

Link for Under Old Glory active 10/26-10/27