Touched by Heaven - Everyday Encounters with God

"I was in the kitchen and this Audible Voice said I was to build a nonprofit restaurant. 'There are many good people in the world, but they're not coming to my churches. They go out to eat. And I will show you things to draw them back to me.'" ---------- "If you build it, he will come." That iconic line from Field of Dreams echoes through the remarkable story of Karen Homan, a farmer's wife in rur...

Doctors insisted that my daughter would never run, not even walk. ---------- Hearing God 'in the whispers,' corresponds to a healthy prayer life. Pam, who talks to God every day, has seen him respond with huge miracles, and the tiniest of whispers. ---------- Share Your Story If you have a  Touched by Heaven  moment that you would like to share with Trapper, please leave us a note at  https://touc...

"It was terrifying. The effect was paralysis. I was fully conscious, in pain, but unable to move, speak, or see. I could not even open my eyelids. The only one I could truly communicate with was God." ---------- What if the only thing you could do was feel pain—and hear? That became Robert Koonce's reality after an autoimmune attack left him completely paralyzed. He couldn't move, speak, blink, or...

"I was dead inside. I thought, I will never be myself again. I'll never laugh again. I was so devastated, not only by the loss, but that my son was in hell." ---------- Two years ago, Maureen's world shattered with the sudden loss of her 22-year-old son, Matt—likely to suicide. In the depths of grief, just four days later, she knelt at a communion rail during a Latin Mass. Maureen experienced some...

"At the funeral, when I invoked the name Jesus, out of nowhere, came this huge wind, I thought the tent was about to blow over. And people were using their cell phones to video something behind me." ---------- When Leah agreed to preside at the funeral of her long-time friend's mother, she made it clear—she would be invoking the name of Jesus. Her friend, long angry at God and resistant to faith,...

I'm not crazy. I know that the Holy Spirit put this remedy in front of me. My doctor said congratulations, but he could not talk about it and that I am not the only one. ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. On this Pentecost Sunday, we're reminded that the Holy Spirit is anything but subtle. Kimberlie—Berlie to her friends—was given only months to live. Cancer had taken over. But God had another plan...

"I suddenly knew that I had invited something bad into my home. It knocked and I would splash holy water at it. It would move and knock again. I said, I am a child of God, and you have got to go! "  --------- In this episode of Touched by Heaven, I talk with Ashley, who grew up Catholic but found it all a bit… boring. In her search for something deeper, she stumbled into the New Age. Ashley bought...

"God put on my heart to go for a walk every day for 100 days. And, to journal what happened along the way. I had no idea what it would lead to!" ---------- Hi, Trapper Jack here. Ever get that weird nudge from God that makes zero sense? Like, "Hey, go do this totally random thing"—with no instructions, no context, and definitely no heavenly user manual? Yeah, Cindy got one of those. God told her t...

The soundtrack that plays in Trapper's head has been uncomfortable. God seems to be revealing His opinion on a topic Trapper would rather not discuss. ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. I've heard a bazillion opinions out there on the papacy of Pope Francis, and what is about to come with Pope Leo. In this episode, we might have the opinion of the only One that matters. It's time to finally crawl o...

Andrew, an atheist, cried out to God, "Help me if you are real. If you are really there, please show me." God answered. ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. What if the voice that led you to God… wasn't even sure God existed? Today's guest, Andrew, thought he was an atheist — just like his dad. Then one day, while listening to a Joe Rogan episode, he hears Canadian psychologist, Jordan Peterson. A ma...

"From my passenger seat, I literally grab the steering wheel from my husband. I yanked the steering wheel to the right, taking the exit. He yelled, 'Are you nuts?' I thought I was nuts. But the Voice said, 'Exit at the McDonald's.' I wasn't hungry, I didn't have to go to the bathroom. But the Holy Spirit wanted me there for a reason I did not yet know." ---------- You are about to meet Claire, who...

 "I wasn't even sure I believed in God. But when I saw the miracle of the sun with golden raindrops falling from it, and my friend Bill saw the exact same thing. I started to cry; I knew that God really did exist. And, that He loves me." ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. I get to put on the referee uniform again this week. These vertical stripes are so slimming! We have puzzle pieces to look at re...

"It was Jesus. I was on my knees in front of Jesus. He looked at me with such love, love that I have never ever seen in this world." ---------- Happy Easter! Let's go back many years to a very special Easter weekend. It was episode 104. Melody was about to meet Jesus, a man she had no belief in. For decades, she had worshiped the Earth, in a pagan belief known as Wicca. Melody believed there was n...

I just kept praying, ' God, let my husband come home. Let my husband come home.' I have heard God's voice three times. This would be the first. ---------- Katrina—yes, spelled like the hurricane, and she'll tell you the personality matches—is a fiery force of faith navigating through one of life's messiest middle chapters. Unlike the usual Touched by Heaven story arc, this one doesn't wrap up with...

" My whole body is shaking. I'm full-blown sobbing. I run out of the church, leaving my mom, son, and girlfriend flipping out because they know that I just saw something in church." ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. While recording episode 357, I had no idea how deeply it would affect listeners. One of them, my friend, Doug George, had to stop listening—it hit too close to home. Like Tom, Doug saw...

"Medjugorje, to me, is the holiest place on earth. I've been to Lourdes, which was beautiful, but I cannot wait to go back with you, Trapper and Elizabeth, to Medjugorje." ---------- If you're searching for a place to begin again in your spiritual life—a place of renewal, restoration, and undeniable fruit—look to Medjugorje. Elizabeth and I will be leading a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, October 6th t...

"My vision isn't all that great anymore, but I got in the pool, went underwater, and I could hear the voice saying, 'go a little left, go forward, a little more left,' I reached out and found it in six seconds. Even I couldn't believe it." ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. A local priest sometimes likes to comically reflect on how we seem to invite people to a lackluster God. 'Come to church. It's...

I asked St. Thérèse to send me red roses if she approved of my boyfriend becoming my fiancé. At the grocery store, right next to the pop I was about to buy, was a dozen red roses that someone had obviously dumped. ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. We have some very cool stories of saintly intercession! This episode emphasizes that the Saints are not objects of worship, but heavenly friends who pra...

"He had threatened to kill us. He died an alcoholic. And there he was at church, looking so remorseful." ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. in this episode, Chris and Tom share a powerful story of remorse and forgiveness. Tom grew up in a difficult home, scarred by his father's alcoholism. There were even serious threats on the family's lives. Years later, at a baptism, he experienced a profound en...

"My grandfather was the one who welcomed me into the afterlife. He said, 'Look over there.' I saw a great white light. He said, 'See how it shimmers? It's heaven. Rene, you're in heaven!'" ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. Renee lost her sight rapidly due to diabetes and faced the emotional and physical challenges of blindness head-on. What stands out is not just her inspiring Touched by Heaven mo...

"My three-year-old daughter walked toward the window and placed her hands on the screen. She then pushed out the screen and began her 40-foot fall."  ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. Where do I start with Monica's story? What if a photo from heaven fell right before your eyes?  Monica shares her incredible story of how, after her father's passing, a long-lost picture of the two of them mysterious...

"She didn't know it was coming. We got to the top of Cross Mountain, with her mom secretly about to take the photo of the proposal. I dropped to one knee to ask her to marry me." The next few things that happened are hard to explain to anyone who hasn't been to Medjugorje. ---------- A couple of weeks ago, we talked about how bad things can happen in the blink of an eye. But what about when miracu...

"My college roommate had a picture on her dresser of a guy with long brown hair and a beard. I asked, 'is that your boyfriend?' She looked at me like I was crazy. She said, 'his name is Jesus, and yes, he's my boyfriend.'"  ---------- Hi! Trapper Jack here. In this episode, I sit down with Debbie Herbeck to hear her incredible story of transformation. Raised in a devout Jewish home on the South Si...

"I was thrown a couple of hundred yards away from the vehicle. When I woke up, I heard a voice saying, 'It's okay. they're looking for you.' " ---------- Hi, Trapper Jack here. It's one thing to hear from the book of Romans, 'God works for the good of those who love Him.' It's quite another to hear someone living it. In the blink of an eye, Susie's life was changed forever. So was her marriage and...

"I heard my son scream. The dart had ricocheted and hit Kyle directly in the eye. I began to negotiate with God." ---------- Hi there! Trapper Jack here. John and Shanita had their plans in place. Fame and fortune, along with a few kids, would be the goal for a successful life. But everything changed, literally in the blink of an eye. The eye belongs to their six-year-old son Kyle. A freak acciden...