Touched by Heaven - Everyday Encounters with God
What did God say today? God is speaking powerfully through the miraculous daily collisions of heaven and earth. The Touched by Heaven podcast shares encounters with angels, divine interventions, visions, near-death experiences, and God-incidents to fortify the faithful and awaken the fallen away.
Episodes
"I had to be obedient, right? And the Voice within me said to take the train."
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When Anita heard an inner voice in prayer name another state where she was to go and live, she dismissed it. The voice returned with more clarity.
God was calling her to leave everything behind and go where He was sending her. The instruction was specific: take the train. Anita boarded, unaware that he...
"The mortar shells and rockets were falling all around us. There were loud explosions. So, I turned over and fell back to sleep"
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There is a war on. The battle over our minds.
Last week's conversation with Denny Thompson left me pondering one unforgettable sentence: "Nothing really matters except getting Home to God." Despite the loss of h...
"I was in this darkness. and this huge, wrinkly, beautiful old person's hand came down from above, and scooped me up, and I heard, 'Trust in me, and everything will be all right.'"
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Denny Thompson was 38 years old when a motorcycle accident left him in a coma for months. Doctors weren't optimistic. His family faced impossible decisions.
Bu...
"I stood up and I was in shock. It was the first time in 15 months, since breaking my back, I was completely pain-free."
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We revisit one of the most unforgettable stories in Touched by Heaven ...
"I had never heard of Fatima, Lourdes, or Guadalupe. And then I saw her. She was heavenly, and beautiful."
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Gina had never heard of Marian apparitions--Fatima, Lourdes, Guadalupe--none of them. And then suddenly, she began having visions she couldn't explain.
She discovered that this kind of experience could change where you go to church o...
"Live your life with arms wide open, today is where your book begins."
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There is one day each year that seems to echo across history. Fatima in 1917. Akita in 1973. A mysterious moment during adoration in San Francisco in 2023. Different places. Same invitation: return to God.
In this episode, I revisit one of the most talked-about episode...
"We didn't know about the Netflix documentary. We didn't know these two young men. We only knew that the Holy Spirit guided us here."
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Holly and Lauren stood quietly at the gravesites in a cemetery in Strongsville, Ohio, wondering why prayer had led them there. During a class assignment through Enco...
"He looked at me, and said, "Go ahead and get up and walk towards the door." I got up and started to walk. I didn't even need to reach the door. All the pain was gone. I busted out crying. I knew that I was healed."
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Aaron reaching out during Pentecost week feels fitting somehow...
"I looked at Paul and said to myself, 'I want a husband, but… it better not be him.' Paul, meanwhile, mumbled, 'I just met my wife… I just met my wife.' And, I said, 'I don't think so.'" (laughter)
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As Elizabeth and I prepare for our fourth pilgrimage to Medjugorje with listeners this October, I was reminded of a beautiful conversation I recorded...
"I write books about things I don't know. That's how this Near Death Experience book began…" - Michael Zigarelli
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What happens when people clinically die… and then come back with stories they can't explain?
In this episode, I speak with professor and author Michael Zigarelli of Messiah University in Pennsylvania about hi...
"We had looked everywhere in my brother's house, for his Will. That's when I had the dream that helped me. Never, would I have looked in the garage."
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What if lost things are sometimes God's way of helping us find Him?
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"This can't be coincidence. I believe that God is dreaming bigger for us than we ever imagined."
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In this episode, I explore dreams, prophecy, holy coincidence, and the possibility that heaven may be revealing a mission still unfolding.
As old clues and new nudges began converging, I found myself asking whether God may be sketching something much larger than a podcast or speaking ...
"My seatbelt was still on. There were tree branches on the windshield. That's when I realize that me and my giant truck and trailer were somehow upside down."
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Four years after first sharing his story, Nick the truck driver returns with one of the most baffling moments of his life.
A routine winter drive turns into something he still can't...
"I gasped. There it was, taped to the wall. That wasn't there before."
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Today is Divine Mercy Sunday.
Just days ago, Jennifer--a hospice worker--was praying The Divine Mercy Chaplet for a patient who had just passed away. At that very moment, a man arrived late to do some work at her house… his own father had died the night before.
Two people. Two losse...
"He is going to give you what you need in each moment. But he won't give you what you need tomorrow, today."
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Here we are on Easter Sunday with the conclusion of our episode with Julianne from Ireland.
The song that bubbled up in my head this week that takes me to her story is called Promises, Promises. Spiritualized, it speaks to the choi...
"I saw myself from above, as God would see me. Through His eyes. He looked at me with such love, and I became aware of all the little ways that He is talking to me."
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Julianne from Ireland is back.
The song that bubbled up in my head this week that takes me to her story is called Promises, Promises. Spiritualized, it speaks to the choice o...
"I wondered if I would die early as my father had, and I suddenly heard a voice, 'You will not die before you are married with children.' I was shocked. and then the voice said it again. Who was that?"
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Wanja, whose journey stretches from Kenya to British Columbia is guided by...
"He walked out the door, with me running right behind him. When I ran out the door, he was gone. Nowhere to be found. There's not a car, not a bicycle, not a motorcycle, not a person… Just a streetlight and mosquitoes."
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Three ordinary encounters. Three strangers, each appeared at exactly the right moment. And three stories that leave you wondering if h...
"I had just asked Saint Thérèse for a sign. Suddenly, there was a single yellow rose in a vase. Sitting on the dining room table. Where had it come from?
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Episode 409 revisits a story that beautifully illustrates the friendship of the saints. Known as "The Little Flower," Saint Thérèse of Lisieux became famous for her "little way" -- the belief that holiness i...
Mary, a varsity college swimmer, shares her Near-Death ...
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