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What if the mansion waiting for you in heaven isn’t quite what you expected? In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, author Roger Terry reads his short story “Celestial Realty: A Parable, of Sorts,” from the Fall 2026 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.When Bob and Mandy Markham arrive in the celestial kingdom, they expect their lifetime of faithfulness and success to be rewarded. But a heavenly real estate tour reveals that the rules of eternity might be very different from the ones they’ve lived by.
Witty, irreverent, and quietly subversive, Terry’s parable explores wealth, privilege, religious status, and what it might actually mean to become equal in the kingdom of God.
What if heaven has a housing problem?
Bob and Mandy Markham have lived faithful, successful Mormon lives. Now they’ve arrived in the celestial kingdom, and it’s time to see their eternal reward.
But the heavenly real estate market has a few surprises in store.
In the latest episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Roger Terry reads his delightfully satirical short story, “Celestial Realty: A Parable, of Sorts,” from the Fall 2026 issue of Dialogue.
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