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In the Everyday

Cooking, cleaning, breaking up the kids’ fights... If only I had a few minutes for myself!

Worst-Case Scenario?

I’d had nagging injuries before and always recovered. Why wasn’t I confident that I would get better this time?

Honor Thy Son

I was a Marine officer, a lifer—or so I thought. Then came Patrick

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

What You Wish For

She never wanted to see her abusive father again

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

"I Heard You Praying"

As a hospital chaplain, I had seen hopeless cases. But never one more seemingly hopeless than this

"I Love You, Dad!"

Some of your favorite GUIDEPOSTS writers share what they learned from their fathers

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

The Race Before Her

For this Olympic champion, success bred her greatest fear. How five verses set her free

EVERYDAY GREATNESS: Jessica Manfre

Uniting military and civilian communities through acts of kindness

The Cake Mixer Mishap

I should’ve listened to Mom

Star Turn

I worried about my introverted daughter. Then Olivia flipped the script

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.

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?

Ordinary People

The story behind Norman Rockwell's celebrated painting

A Woman of Courage

After I was widowed, fear took over my life. How could I trust anyone if I couldn't trust God?

Keep on Truckin'

How to bring a couple back together: share a long-haul drive in an 18-wheeler

My Answer to Pain

Inflammation was wreaking havoc with my health. Was God trying to show me a better way to live?

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

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

The Pet Portraitist

At my age, was it too late to find a new direction in life?

Healing Together

Mental health issues. You hear about it in other families. You never think it could be happening with your own kids

EVERYDAY GREATNESS Loose Ends

Jennifer Simonic, Masey Kaplan and their crew of volunteers finish craft projects people's loved ones left behind

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

The Late Innings

I wanted to take my mom to one last Tigers game

"He Was Your Dad Too"

My stepfather and I were close. I always worried that his daughters resented me

A Moment of Understanding

How could I care for a mother who never cared for me?

Blessings in Abundance

\"Let's pray about this,\" my husband said when I lost my job. But pray for what?

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.