The Blog

It’s happening.
Dear Heaven Maker: This past Thursday, Nov. 22, I entered this into Google: Heaven on Earth, 2017 and the total results were 134,000,000. I then entered Heaven on Earth, 2018 and the total results were 235,000,000. We’re not yet through the year and the results are up...
The expression of pure joy!
Dear Heaven Maker: Here’s what happens when two children from Eritrea, who have just emigrated to Canada, see snow for the first time. Joy, pure Joy. Enjoy, Martin
The flowering of Heaven on Earth
Dear Heaven Maker: This is part three of GP Walsh and my “riff” on Heaven on Earth. [Here are Part 1 and Part 2 of the interview with GP Walsh] We call this session: Pockets of Light We talk about: • Illuminating practical examples of...
If Heaven is only up there, or after death, does that mean we can’t have Heaven here, now?
Dear Heaven Maker: This is part two of GP Walsh and ‘my riff’ on Heaven on Earth. [Watch Part 1 of the interview here] We call this session: Is Heaven Here or There? We talk about: Revisiting the story of Adam & Eve and the Garden of...
A ‘riff’ on Heaven on Earth with spiritual teacher GP Walsh and I
Dear Heaven Maker: I was going to be interviewed by spiritual teacher, GP Walsh…at least I thought I was. Normally, in an interview I’m asked a series of questions and I answer them. That’s how I came into my ‘interview’ with GP…but that’s...

Story Crisis
Dear Heaven Maker: Gareth Higgins is a new friend of mine. He’s an Irishman with a twinkle in his eye and a twinkle in his Soul. An Irishman with a commitment to humanity and a unique and brilliant perspective on the world. I was inspired by his quote and here’s why....
A World First for Heaven on Earth
Dear Heaven Maker: Imagine a political jurisdiction where the leaders of all the political parties speak about what Heaven on Earth is for them, the world, and the region they represent. Imagine no more. In what I believe is a world-first,...

How to move from "We Can’t Do It” to "We Are Doing It"
Dear Heaven Maker: The following is an edited version of an editorial in the New York Times on Oct. 8th. Please read it and my response, following it. “When a cautious, science-based and largely apolitical group like the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on...

How Architecture expresses Heaven on Earth
Dear Heaven Maker: One very powerful way we can make our experience of Heaven real, here on Earth, is by the buildings we erect. Projects from 81 countries have been shortlisted for this year’s World Architecture Festival Awards. A research centre in Riyadh, a village...
What Can One Person Do?
Dear Heaven Maker: Many times when I speak to people about creating Heaven on Earth they say “But what can I do? I can’t impact the HUGE problems in the world. I’m just one person.” At the heart of what they’re asking is the belief ‘I...