Heaven's LessonsHeaven's Lessons If youd asked me who God is on December 9, the year of my accident, I would have been able to give you a fairly cohesive but theoretical answer. A day later all of that changed. A simple surgery went horribly wrong. Steve Sjogren died on the operating table. He encountered a heavenly world where he felt infinite peace. And then he had to come backback to a physical reality filled with pain and disability and an endless line of tests.