{"id":15122,"date":"2026-03-10T11:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/a-skeptic-s-encounter-with-mysterious-ways\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:58:50","slug":"a-skeptic-s-encounter-with-mysterious-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/a-skeptic-s-encounter-with-mysterious-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"A Skeptic\u2019s Encounter with Mysterious Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Know your competitors\u2013it\u2019s a rule when launching any new product. Especially a new magazine, in a world where the audience for the printed word seems to be shrinking by the day.<\/p>\n<p>As managing editor for <em>Mysterious Ways<\/em>, I familiarize myself with other publications that deal with these kinds of stories, and in the course of my search, I stumbled upon <em>Skeptic<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as you can probably tell from the title, <em>Skeptic<\/em> is a publication that takes a critical eye to the type of story our magazine shares. Our contributors often believe that the incredibly unlikely and powerful events they experienced were the work of a higher power\u2013but <em>Skeptic<\/em> seeks other explanations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the magazine\u2019s publisher, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/about_us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Shermer<\/a>, \u201cWe investigate claims that are testable or examinable. If someone says he believes in God and he can prove it through rational arguments or empirical evidence&#8230; we say \u2018show me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf in the process of learning how to think scientifically and critically,\u201d he continues,  \u201csomeone comes to the conclusion that there is no God, so be it\u2013but it is not our goal to convert believers into nonbelievers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, <em>Skeptic<\/em> wouldn\u2019t be stealing away our readers. It did, however, make me think about <em>Mysterious Ways.<\/em> I\u2019d always viewed these stories as evidence of a hidden hand at work in our lives. But we\u2019re not talking about something you can weigh on a scale or examine under a microscope.<\/p>\n<p>Our evidence doesn\u2019t add up to an airtight case for God\u2013faith doesn\u2019t work that way. What these stories do is shake up our assumptions of what is \u201crational.\u201d When that happens, we see room for something that science can never fully explore.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s something that happened to, of all people, Michael Shermer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/anomalous-events-that-can-shake-one-s-skepticism-to-the-core\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on his wedding day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One special person was missing from the celebration. His bride\u2019s grandfather, Walter, the closest thing she had to a dad growing up. She was 16 when he died, but when she imagined her wedding, it was her grandfather who gave her away.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d been on her mind a lot lately. When she shipped her things to Michael\u2019s house, several of her grandfather\u2019s heirlooms were lost or damaged. One item arrived intact: his 1978 Philips 070 transistor radio. It hadn\u2019t worked in decades. Michael tried everything to fix it, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>After exchanging rings in a home ceremony, Michael and his wife snuck into a back room for a moment alone. That\u2019s when they heard music. They searched for somebody\u2019s iPhone, even opened the back door to check if it was coming from the neighbors\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that moment Jennifer shot me a look,\u201d Michael recalls. \u201cShe opened the desk drawer and pulled out her grandfather&#8217;s transistor radio, out of which a romantic love song wafted. We sat in stunned silence for minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u2019s daughter reported hearing the music play just as the wedding ceremony began. The newlyweds went to sleep with the music playing, but by morning, the radio was silent again. It hasn\u2019t worked since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad it happened to someone else I might suggest a chance electrical anomaly and the law of large numbers as an explanation,\u201d Michael writes. \u201cYet the eerie conjunction of these deeply evocative events gave Jennifer the distinct feeling that her grandfather was there and that the music was his gift of approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to admit,\u201d he said, \u201cit rocked me back on my heels and shook my skepticism to its core as well. I savored the experience more than the explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However we choose to explain these moments\u2013it\u2019s clear they have a powerful impact. Enough to make even the publisher of <em>Skeptic<\/em> magazine wonder\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Got your own story to share? <a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/submit-your-mysterious-ways-story-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Send them to us<\/a> at <em>Mysterious Ways<\/em>\u2013not our competitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Know your competitors\u2013it\u2019s a rule when launching any new product. Especially a new magazine, in a world where the audience for the printed word seems to be shrinking by the day. 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