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Joan Lunden's Happiness Plan
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Joan Lunden's Happiness Plan

The acclaimed broadcast journalist talks candidly about aging

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April 2020
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Our Puppy Rescue Mission

This was the dog that put joy back into the voice of the man I loved. Of course I had to help Chris bring Bear home from Afghanistan

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March 2020
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The Education Of Ruby Nell

She was six years old in 1960, when the nation watched her lead us into a new era. She told her story in our March 2000 issue

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March 2020
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Penny From Heaven

We thought the tornado had passed, but then we got an alert. Too late

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March 2020
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One Cool Dude

It seemed as if I was always doing something to aggravate my World War II veteran grandfather. How would I take care of him?

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March 2020
My Perfect Family
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My Perfect Family

“Do you know your baby is black?” Of course I did. But why would the nurse ask such a question?

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March 2020
An Abundant Table
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An Abundant Table

D.C. restaurateur Kazi Mannan practices what he preaches… and it’s changed his life

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March 2020
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Open Mind, Open Heart

It’s never too late to learn something new

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March 2020
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A Different Path

I ran track in high school. Was I pushing my daughter too hard to follow in my steps?

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March 2020
Everyday Greatness: Maria Rose Belding
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Everyday Greatness: Maria Rose Belding

Her high-tech innovation is helping feed the hungry

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February 2020
Love wins
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Love wins

What if your daughter told you something about herself that went against everything you were taught to believe?

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February 2020
Change of Direction
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Change of Direction

A raging prairie blaze and a hunter lost in the flames

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February 2020
Power of a Pup
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Power of a Pup

For the first time in 52 years of marriage, we truly had an empty nest. No kids, no dog and no patience with each other

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February 2020
A Test of Faith
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A Test of Faith

GUIDEPOSTS celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary this year.

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February 2020
REDEPLOYED
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REDEPLOYED

The hardest assignment for this military wife— starting over

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February 2020
A spirit of power
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A spirit of power

As a journalist Tamron Hall knows sometimes the hardest story is the one you have to tell

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February 2020
The Help I Needed
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The Help I Needed

I was one year sober and ready for a relationship. That’s what I told my sponsor. She had other ideas

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December 2019 - January 2020
Our Hanukkah Tree
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Our Hanukkah Tree

A Jewish daughter searches for the perfect giftfor her Christian mother

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December 2019 - January 2020
Our Christmas Puppy
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Our Christmas Puppy

“I’ll never be able to love another dog,” my husband said. Somehow I knew better

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December 2019 - January 2020
Never Forsaken
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Never Forsaken

In the first installment of our new series, longtime contributor Roberta Messner explains how pain and illness can isolate and how she overcame that loneliness

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December 2019 - January 2020
Love & Care
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Love & Care

When I was laid off, I assumed I’d find another job. Little did I know what that job would be

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December 2019 - January 2020
Healing After Hate
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Healing After Hate

She lost her mother to the Charleston church shooter. Would she lose her faith too?

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December 2019 - January 2020
Forever Fred
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Forever Fred

Back when Fred and I were music majors and sweethearts, I never could have dreamed that someday there would be a movie about him

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December 2019 - January 2020
A Message Of Hope
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A Message Of Hope

For two years, Guideposts has told stories from the front lines of the addiction crisis. Here’s the most important thing we’ve learned

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December 2019 - January 2020
Something To Be Thankful For
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Something To Be Thankful For

God’s timing is always perfect, right?

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November 2019
I'll Be There
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I'll Be There

Kate Mulgrew has played some demanding roles. But her toughest came when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

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November 2019
“I've Walked Through This Kind Of Firestorm”
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“I've Walked Through This Kind Of Firestorm”

As an Army psychologist, I was at Fort Hood in 2009 when a mass shooting occurred. Ten years later, I was a police psychologist in Dayton when nine people were gunned down. My specialty: PTSD

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November 2019
The Man I Knew
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The Man I Knew

The trucks, our combines, our toolbars, his favorite Cat tractor. All of it to be sold

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November 2019
No Laughing Matter
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No Laughing Matter

I didn’t have time for a brain tumor. I had five kids!

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November 2019
Animals and Healing – 'We Need A Dog!'
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Animals and Healing – 'We Need A Dog!'

Wesley was two when we got the diagnosis. I wasn’t sure how God expected me to help him

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October 2019