unbearably monotonous. The classic caricature pictures heaven’s inhabitants sitting on clouds and playing harps. I don’t know if anyone really imagines heaven will be like that, but I have no doubt that many people think of heaven as a bland, boring place with nothing enjoyable to do. Some golfers think the game may lose its charm in heaven when everyone makes only holes in one. A skeptic once told me, “I’d rather be in hell with my friends than in heaven with all the church people.” Such a flippant