{"id":24869,"date":"2026-03-11T16:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:39:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:40:07","slug":"god-is-always-ready-to-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"God Is Always Ready to Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him. . . . Psalm 145:18<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I had just read a passage in a book about prayer, explaining how <a href=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/stop-everything-and-talk-with-god\/\">God was always waiting to hear from us<\/a>, that He longed for us to call, that He was always ready to listen. Something slightly cynical in me bridled at the notion.<\/p>\n<p>As ready as I usually am to yammer on about things, I couldn\u2019t quite see how God would be so ready and willing to listen to me. Then in the middle of my morning, when I had a meeting in a half hour, tons of e-mails to be answered and a huge impatience with any interruptions, the phone rang. \u201cHello,\u201d I answered quickly, making sure my tone said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/parenting\/children\/jen-hatmakers-parenting-tips-for-busy-moms\/\">I\u2019m busy.<\/a> Make it brisk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Dad.\u201d It was William, 7:30 in the morning his time of day. He was on his Blue Tooth commuting to work. All at once my tone changed. \u201cWilliam, how are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told me about the job he was on right now and how he found it frustrating. He talked about a good friend who had gotten a job in the Bay Area and was moving to his neighborhood. He described a dinner party a group of young women had thrown that Wednesday. I was able to ask him about the job interview, the final round he was going for on Friday afternoon. \u201cAt this point, if they offer me something, I\u2019m really tempted to take it,\u201d he said. \u201cGotta go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe too,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Ten minutes was all, but they were the heart of my day. I\u2019d connected with my son; he\u2019d connected with me. For those ten minutes, even though I was intensely busy, I had all the time in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Later I went back to that passage about prayer. I got it, or at least got why God is often compared to a father: He hangs on every word, and <a href=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/prayer-god-are-you-listening\/\">He\u2019s always ready to listen.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Our Father, Who art in heaven\u2014glad You\u2019re listening.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him. . . . Psalm 145:18 I had just read a passage in a book about prayer, explaining how God was always waiting to hear from us, that He longed for us to call, that He was always ready to listen. Something slightly cynical in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":31071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[211],"tags":[292,248],"ppma_author":[476],"class_list":["post-24869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prayers-for-stronger-faith","tag-daily-guideposts-devotions","tag-scripture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>God Is Always Ready to Listen - Guideposts Articles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"God Is Always Ready to Listen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him. . . . Psalm 145:18 I had just read a passage in a book about prayer, explaining how God was always waiting to hear from us, that He longed for us to call, that He was always ready to listen. Something slightly cynical in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Guideposts Articles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T16:39:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-01T16:40:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"315\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rick Hamlin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rick Hamlin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dad5079a5977620fa18f66b4788e42fa\"},\"headline\":\"God Is Always Ready to Listen\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T16:39:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-01T16:40:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Daily Guideposts Devotions\",\"Scripture\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Prayers for Stronger Faith\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/\",\"name\":\"God Is Always Ready to Listen - Guideposts Articles\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T16:39:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-01T16:40:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg\",\"width\":438,\"height\":315},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Prayer\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Prayers for Stronger Faith\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/prayer\\\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"God Is Always Ready to Listen\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Guideposts Articles\",\"description\":\"Strengthening Faith. Providing Hope.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Guideposts Articles\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/gp-logo-white.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/gp-logo-white.svg\",\"caption\":\"Guideposts Articles\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dad5079a5977620fa18f66b4788e42fa\",\"name\":\"Rick Hamlin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fguideposts.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=ga81df3c724bb25e0d3641a6cd2ba2e43\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fguideposts.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fguideposts.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rick Hamlin\"},\"description\":\"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\u2019t 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.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guideposts.org\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/rhamlin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"God Is Always Ready to Listen - Guideposts Articles","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"God Is Always Ready to Listen","og_description":"The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him. . . . Psalm 145:18 I had just read a passage in a book about prayer, explaining how God was always waiting to hear from us, that He longed for us to call, that He was always ready to listen. Something slightly cynical in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/","og_site_name":"Guideposts Articles","article_published_time":"2026-03-11T16:39:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-01T16:40:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":438,"height":315,"url":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rick Hamlin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/"},"author":{"name":"Rick Hamlin","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/dad5079a5977620fa18f66b4788e42fa"},"headline":"God Is Always Ready to Listen","datePublished":"2026-03-11T16:39:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-01T16:40:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/"},"wordCount":350,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg","keywords":["Daily Guideposts Devotions","Scripture"],"articleSection":["Prayers for Stronger Faith"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/","url":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/","name":"God Is Always Ready to Listen - Guideposts Articles","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-11T16:39:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-01T16:40:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rick-hamlin_marquee-1.jpg","width":438,"height":315},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/god-is-always-ready-to-listen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Prayer","item":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Prayers for Stronger Faith","item":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"God Is Always Ready to Listen"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/","name":"Guideposts Articles","description":"Strengthening Faith. Providing Hope.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization","name":"Guideposts Articles","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gp-logo-white.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gp-logo-white.svg","caption":"Guideposts Articles"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/dad5079a5977620fa18f66b4788e42fa","name":"Rick Hamlin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fguideposts.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=ga81df3c724bb25e0d3641a6cd2ba2e43","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fguideposts.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fguideposts.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","caption":"Rick Hamlin"},"description":"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\u2019t 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.","url":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/author\/rhamlin\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":476,"user_id":127,"is_guest":0,"slug":"rhamlin","display_name":"Rick Hamlin","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/author-img1.png","url2x":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/author-img1.png"},"author_category":"1","first_name":"Rick","last_name":"Hamlin","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":"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\u2019t 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."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40542,"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24869\/revisions\/40542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24869"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=24869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}