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Rick Hamlin is the recently retired executive editor of Guideposts magazine, where he worked for more than thirty years and continues to contribute regularly to Guideposts.org. He is the author of several books on prayer, including Finding God on the A Train, Ten Prayers You Can’t Live Without, and Pray for Me. Rick has also published three novels and a history of the Rose Bowl, The Tournament of Roses. A Pasadena native, he now lives in New York City with his wife, writer Carol Wallace.

How to Pray Through a National Tragedy

As soon as the news became apparent, the shooting of innocent children and staff at a school not far from…

How To Pray Like Thomas Merton

To be a person of prayer is to always be on the lookout for models of prayer. Again and again…

How to Pray Like Mister Rogers

My wife and I recently spent an evening watching the surprise hit documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?  about children’s…

How to Pray Like Jesus

The Bible offers many models for prayer. The Psalms, for example, offer language to cover almost any circumstance in life.…

How to Pray Like Jacob

I take comfort in the story of Jacob, that deeply flawed son of Isaac. A cagey liar, an ambitious schemer,…

How to Pray in the Rough Times

Every once in a while a new book comes along that reaffirms and helps me in my prayer life. I…

How to Pray Healing Prayers

I was at a day-long session on healing prayer. I’d been reading through the Gospels lately and it seemed that…

How to Pray for Everyone

Every Monday morning at the Guideposts editorial offices in New York we gather together, as Guideposts editors have since time…

How to Live—and Pray—the Lord’s Prayer

Saturdays I often volunteer at our church’s soup kitchen. These days, since the pandemic, we’ve been handing out a hot…

How to Keep Your Mind on Your Prayers

Does your mind wander when you’re praying? Do you close your eyes, ready to talk to God and instead of spiritual…

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