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Faith & Miracles

True accounts of answered prayer, unexpected rescue, and moments that resist easy explanation.

Faith & Miracles

Accounts of answered prayer and unexpected rescue, most of them told to Dr. Weld by the people who lived them. Shared as encouragement rather than as proof.

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When an Angel Speaks, Her Child Is Healed

When an Angel Speaks, Her Child Is Healed

Rev. Cynthia Palmer hosted two Christian radio programs in Zeeland, Michigan for two years. She focused on the news and interviewed extraordinary women. Cynthia is now an associate pastor at Grand Rapids First, a mega-church in Wyoming, Michigan. Twenty-nine years...

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The Miracle of the Pipes

The Miracle of the Pipes

The following is an excerpt from my book, God Is in the Crazy (with astounding miracles and reflections on the peaceful life): Katrina Ward has seen Heaven burst into her ordinary life on several occasions. Katrina is a licensed clinical social worker who I’ve known...

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Angels on Black Ice

Angels on Black Ice

When Ruth Grossman told this story right to my face, I was incredulous. How often does someone tell you a story about personally encountering angels? I asked her to write it down. I present her true story here in her own words with minor edits: It was midwinter in...

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Red-Tail Hawk Saves Man’s Life

Red-Tail Hawk Saves Man’s Life

I read a story several years ago about the champion hang glider of New York.  On one of his flights he encountered severe turbulence.  He couldn’t get control of his craft and found himself being tossed and turned – and tumbling downward – by air currents that were...

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When an Angel Speaks, Her Child Is Healed

When an Angel Speaks, Her Child Is Healed

Rev. Cynthia Palmer hosted two Christian radio programs in Zeeland, Michigan for two years. She focused on the news and interviewed extraordinary women. Cynthia is now an associate pastor at Grand Rapids First, a mega-church in Wyoming, Michigan. Twenty-nine years...

The Miracle of the Pipes

The Miracle of the Pipes

The following is an excerpt from my book, God Is in the Crazy (with astounding miracles and reflections on the peaceful life): Katrina Ward has seen Heaven burst into her ordinary life on several occasions. Katrina is a licensed clinical social worker who I’ve known...

Jet Pilot’s Miraculous Landing on Aircraft Carrier

Jet Pilot’s Miraculous Landing on Aircraft Carrier

Many of you know that I have a few hobbies: Music; neuroscience; scripture memorization; reading novels and almost all of Louis L’Amour’s books; and reading accounts of miracles, answers to prayer, and angel appearances. I just read about a fighter pilot who needed to...

Angels on Black Ice

Angels on Black Ice

When Ruth Grossman told this story right to my face, I was incredulous. How often does someone tell you a story about personally encountering angels? I asked her to write it down. I present her true story here in her own words with minor edits: It was midwinter in...

Red-Tail Hawk Saves Man’s Life

Red-Tail Hawk Saves Man’s Life

I read a story several years ago about the champion hang glider of New York.  On one of his flights he encountered severe turbulence.  He couldn’t get control of his craft and found himself being tossed and turned – and tumbling downward – by air currents that were...

Prisoner at the “Hanoi Hilton” Is Saved by An Angel

Prisoner at the “Hanoi Hilton” Is Saved by An Angel

Navy flier, Lt. Paul Galanti, is pictured on the front of “Life” magazine on Oct. 20, 1967.  He sat on a bench in a cement room with a light bulb suspended over his head. On Feb. 26, 1973, Lt. Galanti and his wife are happily embracing on the cover of “Newsweek.”  In...

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