Would anybody here like to live forever?

At the crossroads of faith we come today to discuss the question of immortality. Yes, Virginia, there is a heaven. Yes, Jim, you can live forever. I believe that with all of my heart. Yet to explain the unexplainable and to describe the indescribable and to peek through the shadows of earth and catch a glimpse of eternity is often more than our grieving minds can grasp and our questioning intellects can assimilate. We, like Mary and Martha, may be more inclined to argue about God’s timing than to embrace Christ’s resurrection. Nevertheless, let those who have ears hear, those who have eyes see, and those who have open hearts, believe. You will rise again.

While immortality is ultimately an act of faith, there are good reasons to hold on to this be…