Living through a death-dealing pandemic prompts thought of heaven. Is this life all there is, or is it preface to fuller life beyond this world? In ‘Pointers to Heaven’ published this month by Amazon I identify ten pointers to trouble materialists: goodness, truth and beauty pointing to perfection, love, suō¸°€ffering and visions pointing beyond this world and holy people giving us tasters of that realm. If heaven makes sense of earth it does through such pointers, complemented by those from scripture, the resurrection and the eucharist, preview of the life to come. Completed at the height of COVID 19 my book condenses philosophical, theological and life insight into ten pointers to heaven pointing away from literalistic or renegotiated Christianity towards the reasoned faith of the church through the ages.