My friend (and div school housemate) Deanna Thompson has written a grace-filled plea for more direct address of the life hereafter in our theology. Her words affirm what I found in my work on an article for Word & World earlier this summer -- that we are too reticent when it comes to talking about life beyond death.
Of course, none of us knows for sure what happens beyond that great threshhold that awaits us all. But Christian hope has never been hope for this life alone. Thanks for the reminder, Deanna.
