Author's Theme
The co-authors, Lynn Vincent and Todd Burpo, have an amazing theme in this story that tries to prove that Heaven exists. A three-year old boy undergoes emergency surgery to repair a burst appendix. The boy, Colton, is not predicted to come out of the procedure alive. During surgery, Colton goes to Heaven. However, after a short time of being in Heaven, Jesus calls for Colton and tells him that he has to go back to his family to answer his dad's prayers. This proves to us that God does answer our prayers if we believe. Colton comes back to his family and tells them about his experience in Heaven. They do not understand that he went to Heaven or how he knows all of these facts about the place everybody desires.