On the other hand, in drawing from the same Puritan authors,53 I define heavenly-mindedness as follows: A present-to future-oriented mental state of hope, prioritizing a moment-bymoment awareness of both a transcendent spiritual reality and heaven as an eternal, permanent place, wherein Christians will find their true home, free from suffering, and experience a perfect, face-to-face communion with the infinitely good, wise, and powerful triune God.54 Interestingly, the Puritans frequently advocated