If there were a perfect, unending existence awaiting us after death, what would it be like? What would we do there? Would you want to go there at all? Today, philosophers of religion are increasingly interested in questions of this kind. This book uses the approach of analytic philosophy to examine a conception of heaven that is rooted in Christian tradition but rarely considered by modern philosophers and theologians: heaven as atemporal, that is, a state in which no time passes. It argues that such a view is not only coherent but offers answers to some key problems facing the concept of heaven. Along the way, it considers topics such as the nature of time, the possibility of atemporal persons, the relationship between earthly and heavenly selves, the beatific vision and the role of the body, and how the blessed in heaven could be said to be divine.

I Talked With Him This Morning is a collection of poems that have arisen out of my morning meditation over the past three and a half years since retiring. The collection began as a continuation of my custom of writing a poem each week that would capture the main point of the sermon I was preaching the upcoming Sunday. It was my intention that by capturing the main point of the sermon in a brief poem and having that printed on the bulletin each week, members of the congregation could take it home and think about it during the week. Having it in something of rhyming verse made it easier to remember and chew on.

Morning Song is the second volume of a multi-volume collection of Poems From Morning Prayer. It contains 231of the poems that God has given him out of his morning devotional time as he spent time in conversation with God through the scriptures and prayer. C. R. says, "God has given me these poems. I do not claim to be their author. At the end of my visit with God through the scripture and prayer I say to God, "What about the poem?" He then gives me the poem one line at a time. He does not give them to me in an audible voice that I simply write down. The lines come as I dialogue with a thought emerging from the three-way conversation between where I am in the context of life, the world around me, and the scripture. Over the years as I have shared these poems I have found that they have spoken to the hearts of others as well. Indeed I firmly believe that God does not give me these poems for my own benefit alone. God intends for them to be shared that others may be blessed in their relationship with him. It is my hope that all who open this book will find something that will enrich their relationship with God in Jesus Christ."