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What We Brought Home from Medjugorje - TBH 442 Oct 25, 2026

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Peace, an unexplainable peace.

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Elizabeth and I share our week in Medjugorje--the friendships, heavenly encounters, and a puzzling dream that came home with me.

Plus, Father Joe's homily connects our pilgrimage with our own St. Bernadette Parish, Lourdes, and the message of a Mother still calling us to her Son.

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Trying to Avoid God in Heaven - TBH 441 Oct 18, 2026

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"I was walking up this mountain with others. There was a light at the top. No way. My plan was to come back down."

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Moses climbed a mountain to meet God. Isaiah pictured people climbing up to Him.

During his near-death experience, Jose found himself climbing a mountain toward a light he knew was God's presence. Moments earlier, he had been in an ambulance.

Now, outside his body, he feared reaching the summit meant never returning. Shown the sins of his life, he wanted to go back and make things right.

But everything changed when the Father held him in his arms.

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Drunk in the Confessional - TBH 440 Oct 11, 2026

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"Bless me Father, for I am drunk."

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Larisa walked into the confessional, drunk. This would be the culmination of a life in which childhood abuse left her feeling unloved, and drinking became a way to escape the pain.

Along the way, she experienced terrifying encounters with evil—and heard the voice of Jesus inviting her toward something better.

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The Next Voice You Hear - TBH 439 Oct 04, 2026

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"I am with you, always. It was a male voice. I immediately thought, Wait, I have more questions."

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What if God spoke on every radio and television station in the world? That's the premise of the 1950 movie The Next Voice You Hear, starring James Whitmore and Nancy Davis, the future Nancy Reagan.

His messages confront disbelief and promise miracles. While watching the movie recently, I thought of our listener, Alice. 30+ years ago, she had a particularly interesting moment with the voice. What really happens when the next voice you hear, is His?

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The SECOND Prayer from Joe's Heart - TBH 438 Sep 27, 2026

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Joe is 50, looks 35, and prays like he is eight!

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Joe had reached the top of the horse world. Then his marriage, business, and home fell apart.

On a dark day in Ireland, with little hope left, he stepped outside and prayed: "Lord Jesus, if you're there, I need your help."

What Joe says he saw in the sky sent him searching for a personal relationship with Jesus. That search led him to Medjugorje--and into conversations and prayers that would change other lives, too.

Joe's stories are bold, sometimes startling, and full of the childlike trust he has learned to bring to God, one simple prayer at a time.

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"I'm Not a Believer, I'm a Knower," says Blind Jeff - TBH 437 Sep 20, 2026

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"As a nine-year-old in the ER, I was observing everything from above, the absolute panic, and hysteria. But I was at peace and felt the sensation of being cradled."

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Jeff and I have more in common than blindness. Born without sight, Jeff was still an infant when his parents and church elders gathered around him in prayer--and something changed.

Years later, overwhelmed by stress and trauma, nine-year-old Jeff died, watched doctors work on his body, and encountered a peace he has never forgotten. But restored sight and a return from death were not his greatest miracles.

Jeff shares how God freed him from memories, resentment, and unforgiveness, then orchestrated an impossible meeting at the scene of his daughter's accident. Through every time in the wilderness, Jeff says, God has never been absent.

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The Handshake He Never Wanted - TBH 436 Sep 13, 2026

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How many times must I forgive? Seven times? 77 times? In Jim's case, it was not once, in 20 years.

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For 20 years, Jim remained angry with a woman who had fought his decision to fire her and taken him to court.

Then, while praying before Mass, God brought her unexpectedly--and unmistakably--back into his mind. Forgive her. Jim had been thinking about forgiving someone else, but apparently God wanted to begin here.

So, Jim made a bargain with God, attaching his forgiveness to one highly unlikely condition involving the sign of peace. It was the kind of condition that could never actually be met--or so Jim thought.

What happened next taught him just how serious God is about forgiveness.

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16 Firefighters Riding for 343 Heroes - TBH 435 Sep 06, 2026

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"By the grace of God, I would have been standing right there where they died, in the World Trade Center."

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Sixteen current and retired firefighters are riding 3,600 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area to Brooklyn to commemorate the 25th anniversary of September 11.

Among them is Danny Sheridan, who first appeared in Episode 110 to share the many ways angels protected him throughout his firefighting career.

After welcoming the riders to the Medina, Ohio, firehouse, we spoke with Danny, David, and Phil about why they ride, the 343 firefighters who died as the World Trade Center towers collapsed, and the brotherhood of those called to save lives.

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Last Chance to Register - Join Us October 2026 for a Pilgrimage to Medjugorje

We invite you to embark with us this October 10th to 18th on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje--one of the most grace-filled and spiritually uplifting places we've ever encountered. Register now, just a few seats remain. Fr. Joe Menkhaus, our parish administrator, will be joining us as Chaplain.

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God's Unmarked Detours - TBH 434 Aug 30, 2026

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"I looked to my right, and I saw a red pickup truck. He is so close to my car that he's in my car. I'm looking and thinking, Wait, I should be feeling something and hearing metal."

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Three women discover that when God wants to get you somewhere--or get someone to you--He apparently is not opposed to directing traffic.

Heidi had barely processed her own impossible "car driving through a car" encounter when she heard the same thing described on this podcast. Apparently, this really is a thing.

Carrie's moment behind the wheel was different but equally mysterious: a blinding storm, a narrow two-lane road, no shoulder and nowhere to stop. "Jesus, I can't see!" she cried. Then a concrete driveway appeared exactly where she needed it--although she has never been able to find it again.

From there, Carrie's road leads unexpectedly into a love story, which brings us to Nancy, a powerhouse weightlifter who could handle some very heavy things herself. Finding the man of her dreams, however, required a little assistance from angels.

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What Does God Sound Like? - TBH 433 Aug 23, 2026

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"While sitting on the school bus, I looked out the window and saw a tall lanky boy and suddenly heard a voice in my right ear, 'That's the one!' I turned toward the voice, and no one was there."

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Elijah was trying to hear God in the wind, fire, and earthquake. Which to us, sounds like today's episode…

Did another car just pass through a person? Where did that perfectly placed $20 bill come from when Kimberly had no money for gas? And what about the 13-year-old girl who heard three words about a boy… words she wouldn't understand until years later?

Then there's Janelle, the surfer God seemingly moved heaven and earth to send across an ocean, only to give her no waves. Maybe the question isn't whether God is speaking. Maybe it's whether we recognize what He sounds like.

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Join Us October 2026 for a Pilgrimage to Medjugorje

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