Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » heaven http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Fri, 24 May 2013 23:35:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Jack-O-Lantern & Its Association With Halloween! http://wyrk.com/the-jack-o-lantern-its-association-with-halloween/ http://wyrk.com/the-jack-o-lantern-its-association-with-halloween/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:01:19 +0000 Josh http://wyrk.com/?p=134264 Did you ever wonder why we carve pumpkins on Halloween?  Well, it all came from Ireland. It's a long story, so follow me if you can.  Old Irish legend says that a man named Jack drank too much booze at a local bar on All Hallow's Eve.  As he made his way home, stumbling down the streets, the Devil demanded that Jack comes to hell with him because of

]]> http://wyrk.com/the-jack-o-lantern-its-association-with-halloween/feed/ 0 getty images Boy Who Claims to Have Seen Heaven Pens 'Heaven is for Real' Children's Book [VIDEO] http://wyrk.com/heaven-is-real-childrens-book/ http://wyrk.com/heaven-is-real-childrens-book/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:20:39 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=62663 When he was four, Colton Burpo almost died of a burst appendix. Vivid memories the now 12-year old had of going to Heaven, sitting in Jesus’ lap, and meeting dead family members during this near death experience became the basis for the book ‘Heaven is for Real,’ which has been on the New York Times bestseller list for the past 52 weeks.

Now there is an 32-page illustrated children’s edition of ‘Heaven is for Real,’ which Colton and his parents promoted on ‘Today.’

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