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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.

When God Speaks to Us in Unexpected Ways

It was one of the first stories I ever worked on as an editor at Guideposts. A waitress walking home…

We All Carry the Torch—and Can Pass It Along

I carried the flame in 1984 in the torch relay as it made its way across the country to the…

Unexpectedly Finding the Bread of Life

I don’t know about you but as much as I enjoy looking at art in a museum, I get tired…

The Best Thing to Do for Spiritual Growth

There’s something that happens to me about once a month that always shakes me out of my spiritual torpor and…

Thank God for Snow Days

I didn’t grow up with snow. At least not falling outside my window. In my Southern California childhood the only…

Prayer on the Syllabus: Faith and Education Can Work Together

Worried about what happens to your kids’ faith when away at college? My youngest is back in school and I’m…

Martin Luther King’s Favorite Hymn

Ever prayed a song, letting the text and the music work through your soul? One of my favorites for that…

Leymah Gbowee and the Hard Work of Faith

I was thrilled by today’s announcement that Leymah Gbowee has been made one of the winners of the Nobel Peace…

How to Love Your Enemies

I don’t know of any commandment from Jesus that’s harder to follow than His command to love your enemies. How…

How Nelson Mandela Found Hope

How to find hope in the most hopeless of situations? The letters that South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela sent…

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