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LOST IN DESPAIR UNTIL

Blog 350

July 29, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews and discoveries with persons who experienced the touch of God.

LOST IN DESPAIR UNTIL…

            Steve Kilcoyne was born into an Irish Catholic working class family. What his life was supposed to be was challenged to the core when he was drafted into service in the Vietnam war. Three times he appealed to avoid the inevitable, but was soon on his way to Da Nang. As was true for so, so many, the only way he could sustain his life with the carnage and terror was to stay drunk at night and stay on substance-induced drugs during the day. His life took on a surreal disoriented quality.

            When he returned to America, Steve began living on the street and wound up in the Haight Ashbury streets of San Francisco.  The summer of love had died and the streets were filled with drug addicts. One Spring afternoon, Steve walked down a street, struggling, angry, talking to himself, when he came to a red light and stopped. Before the light could change, his life was about to change.

            Steve looked up and saw a small angel hovering in the air above his head. Holding a sledge hammer, the angel kept beating on an iron anvil. Abruptly, on the other side a second angel was doing the same thing. In a flash, Steve felt a shockwave of awe and his war time wounds responding to this angelic presence. The desperation and savage anxiety eating away inside of him broke open. Steve knew he was no longer alone. As he gazed at the angels, incredible serenity filled him. These beings had come to protect and help him. Love that he had never known filled him. The angels pounding on their anvils sent a new energy through his body.

            Steve left the street life and went to a veteran’s hospital to deal with the trauma from the war. He quit drinking and using drugs. He contributed to the military’s growing understanding of post-trauma stress disorder. As his healing continued, he vowed to make some kind of meaningful art out of his war experience. With symbols of language and dreams, he wanted to portray the hidden truths that give life meaning. Out of this time came a dream he called Angels/Anvils. His theater of healing brought new reconciliation to a war-torn world.

            And how did the change occur? By an angelic visitation. You don’t have to go through the misery and struggle Steve did to recognize angels are equally concerned for you. Everybody has a guardian angel seen or unseen. That angel is continually working for you. Reach out and tell him hello.

Remember miracles never cease.

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THERE WAS NO HOPE UNTIL

Blog 342

May 27, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

THERE WAS NO HOPE UNTIL …

Why do some people experience a miracle and others don’t? I have no answer except that people often try to manipulate their heavenly Father with constant prayers, promises to believe if He responds, promises to be a better person, etc. which often ends with them deciding not to believe at all.

Here’s an example of trust with no manipulation.

Art Pope was that kind of guy. Working in the construction business, he put unusual stress and strain on his knees. When the pain finally became unbearable, he went to a physician in Cloverdale, California. The x-ray did not have good news. “It’s going to be necessary to rebuild your knee with pins.”  The result? Art would be off work for five to six months after surgery. With five children, such a period of recuperation would be another disaster.

The surgeon told Art that his knee cap was like fragments of an eggshell. When he turned his knee in a certain direction, the pieces would hit a nerve. The complete medical picture would frighten anyone.

His father Arthur Pope held prayer meetings in their family garage.  While he was suffering on a couch, Arthur Pope came in and asked Art if the he’d like the group to pray for him. “Sure!”

Art had learned not to doubt. As the group stood around him, he prayed, “Lord, I want Your will.”

The group laid on hands and prayed. Art felt a tingling in his knee. He knew something was happening. Afterward he started bending his knee and finally took the Ace bandages off. Art couldn’t believe it, but he felt no pain. After walking around the room several times, he shouted, “I thank God that he healed me!”

Later, Art realized how important it had been “to pray with belief.” To prove that he was living by his faith, the next day Art returned to work and helped carry and stack 150 double-package sheets of sheet rock without pain! How could anyone doubt his healing? God had given him a new knee.

But that wasn’t all. Years after Art’s healing, his son Kimble became a pastor of a church in Bakersfield.  He heard his son say, “No one can ever convince me that God is not real because I saw Him heal my father.”

Rejecting doubt and acceptance by faith proved to have far reaching consequences. And what about you? Zero in on the truth that your Heavenly Father responds to trust. Hold tight. Believe.  Trust.

Remember miracles never cease.

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CHAOS PREVAILED UNTIL

Blog 340

May 12, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

CHAOS PREVAILED UNTIL…

            Who can deny that we are living in a time of chaos and confusion? On every hand, evil appears to be surging rampant through the land. Whether it be politics, the economy, or war, media reports are most often startling and depressive. The world seems to be spinning out of control.

            Certainly, it seemed so to Howard Storm. A businessman, Howard also considered religion to be a fantasy. He plowed ahead in the pursuit of commerce without looking back, but still he couldn’t avoid the pressure of upheaval around the world. Chaos remained supreme everywhere he looked.

            On a trip to northern Europe, Howard Storm became ill. The upheaval had moved inside him. A medical examination confirmed the worst. Howard needed immediate surgery.  However, before the operation could be performed, his worry and anxiety pushed him over the edge into a world that he hadn’t believed existed. Howard Storm had an out-of-the-body experience.

            As he became aware, Howard found himself submerged in a heavy fog. On all sides, people (or somethings) were pushing and shoving him. The threshing finally knocked him to the ground. From deep within him, Howard’s own voice cried out, “Pray to God!”

            From out of nowhere, he began to recite the Twenty-third Psalm. “The Lord is my shepherd …”  As he quoted the line, the creatures around him went into a frenzy.  Howard’s thinking shifted and he began saying The Lord’s Prayer. “Our Father who art in heaven….”

            The tormentors disappeared. When he finished the prayer, Howard knew they were all gone. Sitting alone, he began singing the children’s song “Jesus loves me.” Like a child, he sang, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” As the words of the little song finished, Howard cried out “Jesus, please save me!”

            A tiny speck of light broke into the darkness surrounding him.  The light became larger and larger, brighter and brighter.  As the Light enveloped him, Howard began to cry and started feeling and experiencing what he had never let himself confront.  Then the light became an illumination of love. A new kind of love flowed through Howard. Finally, Howard Storm was told to go back and live his life, telling this new story of redemption and healing.

            In our time of darkness that we are living in right now, everyone of us needs that same spark of light to shine into our places of gloom and night. Uncertainty to be transformed into promise. And it can be. Wouldn’t that be a miracle? Reach for it.

Remember miracles never cease.

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THE OPERATION WAS INEVITABLE UNTIL

Blog 339

May 5, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

THE OPERATION WAS INEVITABLE UNTIL…

            Sure, there are quacks around and charlatans that “fake” the intervention of God. At the same time, gifted believers can provide wonderful results.  The first time I attended a Kathryn Kulman service I had no idea what to expect. By the time I left two and a half hours later, I was overwhelmed. I realized empowered people were endowed with a capacity to bring healing results.

            Patricia Robinson discovered the same by accident. An x-ray on her left knee revealed osteoarthritis. The cartilage had worn away along with bone spurs creating pain. She found it hard to accept this result and went for a second opinion. An Orthopedic surgeon at Orthopedic Consultants in Minneapolis confirmed the earlier diagnosis. Pat needed knee replacement. Surgery was scheduled.

            She dreaded the idea. As Pat studied the preparation book given by the surgeon, Pat also started praying… praying hard. From her study of the Bible, she embraced her heavenly Father as Jehovah Rapha, her healer.

            Someone noticed that a healing crusade was coming to the Target Center in Minneapolis. Other friends from her church were going. Couldn’t hurt anything. Why not?    

            When Pat and her husband arrived, the building was already crowded and they had to sit in the balcony. They argued with the usher that they needed to be down front because of her problem. The usher assured them “when the anointing comes, you’ll get it right in your chair.” They had no choice but to settle in.

            People shared testimonies. The evangelist preached and then interceded for people lined up before him. Pat watched as people were decisively healed.

            Near the end of the service, the evangelist suddenly looked up in the balcony. “Someone up there is scheduled for surgery next week.” He pointed to where Pat was sitting. “Cancel your surgery. You are healed.”

            Pat could hardly believe her ears. Was it her? Seemed to be, but was it too good to be true? By the time they arrived home, she had her answer. She could run up and down the stairs easily and with no pain. She was healed!

            When she called to halt surgery, Pat shared her experience with an amazed doctor.  Now years later, Pat remains healed. The trip to the crusade was everything she needed. She had a miracle.

            The next time such a crusade comes to your town investigate and if the reports hold up, don’t be afraid to attend and reach out. Could be your opportunity to join Pat in praising Jehovah Rapha.   

Remember miracles never cease!

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WAS IT A COINCIDENCE OR

Blog 338

April 29, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

WAS IT A COINCIDENCE OR…

            Would you consider it a miracle if you heard God speak to you? Even the idea would be considered delusional by most of society. And yet the woods are full of stories of exactly this happening. The sound doesn’t resonate with the ear drum but comes through like a thought drifting into the mind.  I have a file full of stories about people driving down the street when a totally unexpected idea flashed through their thoughts and it turned out to have a divine origin.

            And what about circumstances? Could they be an expression of a divine intervention? Could “something” just happen and turn out to be the hand of God at work? Let me give you an example.

            Roger E. Olson, Ph.D grew up in a Christian home and was a professor at a major seminary and is an ardent Evangelical. Following a medical examination, Roger Olson returned home troubled and discouraged that he might be facing serious surgery.

            As he wrestled with the worry, the words of an old hymn kept running through his mind. Even though he hadn’t heard the hymn since childhood, the words kept running through his mind. Because the hymn was ancient, he didn’t feel it could be found. Still the words kept running through his mind like a broken record providing background noise to his worries. They seemed to ring with reassurance.

            On Sunday Dr. Olson and his wife went to a worship service in their local church. The designated opening hymn was #220, Crown Him with Many Crowns. He reached for the hymnal and turned to page #220 but it wasn’t what was announced. To his shock, it was the exact hymn he thought of all week and couldn’t find. He looked again. Roger Olson wasn’t holding the church’s hymnal. The book had come from a completely different church and was the only one of that kind in the entire church. It just happened to be there in front of him, the only one in the entire building?

            Coincidence or confirmation?

            Don’t expect the miraculous always to be dramatic and spectacular. Sometimes the most amazing demonstrations happen with the simplest of circumstances. Keep your ears open. A new song just might be waiting for you.

Remember miracles never cease!

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THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES UNTIL

Blog 337

April 21, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES UNTIL…

            Living in a secular society in what now appears to be a post-Christian culture, these numbers may surprise you. In Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles, his research found that 67% of the American public believe in miracles.  Startling as it may be, 38 % say they have experienced a miracle. That amounts to 94,792,00 Americans who claim such an event happened to them! Over half believe that the miracles described in the Bible actually happened as they are described. What percent don’t believe in miracles? Only 15%!

            Here’s an example why people believe.

            For anonymity sake, let’s call the family “the Smith’s” with a son named Will. Coming home from church, a ten-year old Will was playing with the car’s backdoor handle when he accidently depressed it and the door flew open. As the car sped down the street, Will was thrown out onto the pavement. A deadly calamity!

            Horrified! The parents whirled the car around, expecting to find Will laying on the street terrible injured … possibly dead. To their surprise, the boy was standing there unharmed! Mrs. Smith rushed out of the car screaming, “What happened?”

            “Didn’t you see the man?” the boy explained. “The man who caught me.”

            There was no man.

            Badly shaken, Will’s father took out a handkerchief to wipe his eyes. He could hardly speak. How could this escape from death be explained? Mr. Smith said, “There’s no doubt in my mind that an angel caught him.”

            The Smith family joined that 67% who believe and the 38% who experienced a miracle. Believe in miracles? The odds will be in our favor. Join up.       

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THE DREAM SEEMED UNFATHOMABLE UNTIL

Blog 336

April 14, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

THE DREAM SEEMED UNFATHOMABLE UNTIL …

            Recently, I shared a miraculous story unfolding in the midst of the tragic war raging in Gaza. Regardless of your political persuasion, the situation is profoundly devastating. Could anything positive be found in the midst of this chaos?

            Scripture tells us that the love of God is not destroyed by war. Here’s another example of how divine concern is still at work in the Holy Land.

            Osama lived in Jericho and worked for the Palestinian Authority. I’ve been through Jordan many times and seen the excavations seeking the remains of the walls of Jericho when centuries ago Joshua’s army marched around seven times. Osama would have seen the dig every day in this ancient city.

            One night Osama dreamed about Jesus. Night after night the same theme returned. Being a Moslem, he was not sure of what to think. Osama went to the Iman and enquired about the meeting of his dreams. The Moslem authority told the young man to read the Qur’an and the dream would stop. Osama followed the instructions only to discover that the more he read, the more these appearances returned.

            Going back to the Iman, Osama was told to be more involved in the mosque and that would bring a cure. That night? Another dream about Jesus. Finally, the Iman directed Osama to make a Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca.

            Like millions of pilgrims over the centuries, Osama started walking around the Kaaba, often called the house of Allah. The huge black structure is considered the most sacred mosque in Islam.  The doctrine in The Five Pillars of Islam decrees that a believer should make the journey at least once in a lifetime. In a five-day period over a million people walk around the Kaaba. During the promenade, the pilgrim is supposed to say prayers and look up at the Kaaba. When Osma looked up, he sat Jesus standing on the top.

            Jesus looked down and said, “Osama leave this place. You are going in the wrong direction. Leave and go home.” Overwhelmed, Osama left.

 Some time later he found a Christian friend who shared the story of the resurrection with him. He discovered the risen Christ had appeared in his dreams.  Osama knew this account and explanation of his dreams was true. He realized the reality and meaning of the appearances of the risen Christ. And today? Osama is a changed man. His face radiates joy.

           Easter happened to Osama. Just another one of many stories for the season. Of all the miracle experiences I have encountered, resurrection stories remain the most overpowering. Reach out to the risen Christ and you too can become part of the story.                                                                                         

Remember miracles never cease!

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EMPTINESS HURTS WHEN

Blog 333

March 25, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

EMPTINESS HURTS WHEN

            Sometimes people have the form of faith but the content is empty. Nothing ever seems to happen for them. They need the resurrection of their withered faith. Then the rest will follow. Father Richard Paullissen discovered the difference.

            As a priest, he could say a Mass in 12 minutes flat. He had held retreats lasting for three days and never mentioned God once.  All was purely machinical. Rote.

 Sound strange? Actually, the problem is rather common. As a Protestant, I’ve met many clergy who could reel off theological ideas like a clockmaker explaining how a clock works, but their personal faith was as dead as the clock. They majored in ideas, but had no idea for how to bring the content to life.

            Father Richard Paullissen went to a retreat at a Benedictine Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico. I know the spiritual center well as I lived there for a period of time. Father Paullissen came to a “Life in the Spirit” seminar, aware of his own need. Around 55 people attended, including seven Presbyterians and three priests. Abbott David Garrets always prayed over the gatherings.

            I know well how powerful that can be. The Abbot was my Spiritual Director for many years. A brilliant student, Abbot David was a man that the Holy Spirit lived in and filled with divine gifts. However, when the Abbot prayed for Father Paullissen nothing seemed to happen.    

            A long-haired boy of around eleven years of age stood up.  Remembering the passage in Matthew 18:3, “unless you change and become like little children you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven,” Father Richard asked the boy to pray for him. The priest felt nothing.

            Feeling empty, Fr. Richard thought he had been passed over and was ready to give up when he glanced at a New Testament beside him. The pages had fallen open to passages he had routinely studied for eight years but suddenly sprang to life before his eyes. Fr. Richard read, “Why do you search for the living among the dead?”

            The word “living” exploded in his mind. The concept rang through his entire body. Fr. Richard realized he had been worshipping a dead God, a history book God. He had completely missed the living Christ!

            As the realization sunk in, Fr. Richard sensed a presence sitting next to him. He quietly uttered, “Jesus.” The Lord Jesus Christ came into his life. Father Richard was never the same again.

            And you? Been worshipping only an “idea?” Meeting the Master makes all the difference. Once you’ve crossed the threshold, everything changes. Is that a miracle? Sure. Once it happens, you’ll remember the moment as the greatest miracle in your life.

Remember miracles never cease!

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The almost unknown account of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s involvement in a number of attempts to assassinate Adolph Hitler remains one of the extraordinary stories of World War II. A towering theologian and patriot, Bonhoeffer did not retreat from joining the fight to stop the Nazis. In these pages you will discover an explosive adventure that remains an ultimate witness to the truth.


          After his capture, his fiancé Maria von Wedemeyer, never gave up attempting to find him and stand with him. In later years, Maria was to become the leading scientist with the Remington Rand Corporation, pioneering the way for the modern computer.
           My interview with Bonhoeffer’s godson, Christop Von Dohnanyi, sheds more light on who Bonhoeffer was and what he accomplished. You will find this thoroughly researched though novelized story of Bonhoeffer’s involvement in WWII to be gripping and compelling.

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            You will be touched and moved.       

            Remember: Miracles never cease!

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