Coming Soon

From the editor: Tom Stienstra had three events where his life stopped before doctors brought him back. Amid the cessations, he experienced visions of heaven. In two cases, he was visited from friends long passed who gave him advice and instructions for when he returned to life. Even devout believers often wonder if there is a heaven. This book helps answer that question.

Tom is America’s most traveled outdoorsman. His adventures include wilderness expeditions, hiking, camping, boating, canoeing, kayaking, flying, trekking, hunting and exploring. As longtime Sunset Magazine Travel Editor Peter Fish put it, “Tom Stienstra is the Yoda of the outdoors. He literally has been everywhere and knows everything.”

Many can identify the close calls that Tom describes in Heaven Delayed.  They include surviving a hatchet attack on the back of his head, being charged head on by a wild cow and several near drownings, including one where his brother jumped into an icy lake and another where his best friend saved his life at a flooding river. Then came cancer and the six surgeries on his brain. All brought alive in this compact volume of heartfelt writing from a man who has lived enough adventure for several lifetimes.

Commonwealth Club appearance

For Tom’s first appearance when this new book is published, he will present a show at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. 

The show will be built around the book, “Heaven Delayed, One Man’s Survival of Sixteen Near-Death Encounters.“

This will take place on Tuesday, May 26, with a 6 pm start. It will be a 45-minute show with a 15-minute Q&A with the audience.

The Commonwealth Club is located at 110 The Embarcadero near the San Francisco Waterfront, roughly near the Ferry Building and north of the SF foot of the Bay Bridge. It’s not far from BART and Muni, and for those driving in, it’s within range of two parking garages, Rincon Center and Hills Plaza.

For more information, click https://www.commonwealthclub.org