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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 Give Yourself Some Precious Time to Hear God

When I was a kid, one of four rowdy kids, my mom used to say to us in exasperation, “Listen…

How the Bible Can Inspire You to Exercise

I do a three-mile run five days a week. But don’t let that fool you. I’m no jock. I’m the…

How the Bible Can Help When You’re Having a Down Day

I usually turn to the Bible to read it, forgetting how it can also be prayed. On a day when…

Everyday Joy: Bible Verses for Appreciating Sunsets

Every evening since we’ve been at home—mostly sheltering-in-place—we take a walk to see the sun set. Gosh, there are so…

Dishwashing Prayers

My wife Carol is the cook in our family and a very fine cook she is. But I am delighted…

A Reassuring Bedtime Prayer

Did you have a prayer you said as a kid when you went to bed? It’s been years but recently…

A Farewell Prayer

Ever wonder if you should go to a funeral or not? Go. You’re meant to be there. That’s how I…

7 Ways to Pray Without Ceasing

Every time I hear that phrase from Paul, “pray without ceasing” or “pray continually” as the Common English Bible puts…

7 Ways to Pray When You Can’t Pray

How to pray when you can’t pray? A couple of us editors were discussing this problem when someone brazenly said,…

6 Ways to ‘Pray Without Ceasing’

It’s there in the letter Paul wrote to the Thessalonians, that intimidating phrase, “pray without ceasing” or “pray continually.” I…

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