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Keeping It Real
In an age of social media, we're experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. Two friends who met online tell you how to grow an authentic connection
6 min |
June/July 2024
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What You Wish For
She never wanted to see her abusive father again
7 min |
June/July 2024
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God's Pillow
In 2016, the Soberanes Fire in Northern California was the costliest ever in the United States. It almost cost me my life, despite the promise I made to my wife
7 min |
June/July 2024
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"I Heard You Praying"
As a hospital chaplain, I had seen hopeless cases. But never one more seemingly hopeless than this
5 min |
June/July 2024
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"I Love You, Dad!"
Some of your favorite GUIDEPOSTS writers share what they learned from their fathers
6 min |
June/July 2024
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Harold and Me
They’re nearly all gone now, the generation we call The Greatest.” This woman’s mission was to honor one of them
7 min |
June/July 2024
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The Race Before Her
For this Olympic champion, success bred her greatest fear. How five verses set her free
9 min |
June/July 2024
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EVERYDAY GREATNESS: Jessica Manfre
Uniting military and civilian communities through acts of kindness
2 min |
October/November 2023
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The Cake Mixer Mishap
I should’ve listened to Mom
2 min |
October/November 2023
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Star Turn
I worried about my introverted daughter. Then Olivia flipped the script
6 min |
October/November 2023
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Unearthed
I pulled the overgrown remnants of my herb garden, putting it to bed for the season, and went over a mental list of all the things to do before winter began—change out the screens for storm windows, finish the yard work, bring down the draft blockers from the attic.
1 min |
October/November 2023
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Confidence Builder
My five boys didn't need me to homeschool them anymore. Now I wanted to be good at something else. But could I?
7 min |
October/November 2023
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Ordinary People
The story behind Norman Rockwell's celebrated painting
6 min |
October/November 2023
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A Woman of Courage
After I was widowed, fear took over my life. How could I trust anyone if I couldn't trust God?
7 min |
October/November 2023
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Keep on Truckin'
How to bring a couple back together: share a long-haul drive in an 18-wheeler
6 min |
October/November 2023
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My Answer to Pain
Inflammation was wreaking havoc with my health. Was God trying to show me a better way to live?
6 min |
October/November 2023
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Letters From Phil
My older brother and I went our separate ways: he to the Air Force, me to a marriage that didn't last. He lived a rough-and-tumble life, but that's not what really worried me
6 min |
October/November 2023
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Bad Boy of the Bible
A conversation with pastor and best-selling author Max Lucado about anxiety, imperfection and his new book, God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob's Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy and God's Relentless Love
8 min |
October/November 2023
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The Pet Portraitist
At my age, was it too late to find a new direction in life?
6 min |
October/November 2023
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Healing Together
Mental health issues. You hear about it in other families. You never think it could be happening with your own kids
7 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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EVERYDAY GREATNESS Loose Ends
Jennifer Simonic, Masey Kaplan and their crew of volunteers finish craft projects people's loved ones left behind
2 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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A Love That Forgives
Sixty years ago this September, Klansmen bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls. Years later, this survivor found a mysterious message in the very Bible she carried that tragic day
8 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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The Late Innings
I wanted to take my mom to one last Tigers game
5 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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"He Was Your Dad Too"
My stepfather and I were close. I always worried that his daughters resented me
4 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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A Moment of Understanding
How could I care for a mother who never cared for me?
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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Blessings in Abundance
\"Let's pray about this,\" my husband said when I lost my job. But pray for what?
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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Garden Party
Rick Nelson epitomized all-American wholesomeness playing the son of his real-life parents in the 1950s-'60s sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
1 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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ROAD TEST
I was scared enough of driving. The thought of my teenage daughter doing it? Terrifying
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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The Reluctant Grandma
I wanted to be there for little Junie. Just not the way my daughter wanted me to be
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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Hoop Dreams
For the star coach of the hit Netflix show Last Chance U: Basketball, the real winning happens off the court
6 min |