
Huston Smith: Why Faith Matters Today
This distinguished scholar has helped generations of Americans understand the world’s great religions. Here’s how his own faith helped him.
“Summer afternoon–summer afternoon, to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” That age-old...
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This distinguished scholar has helped generations of Americans understand the world’s great religions. Here’s how his own faith helped him.

In this story from May 1984, the beloved star of stage and screen shares how she overcame health issues with determination, grit and faith.

How does the Tony-award winning actress and singer overcome criticism and doubt? She describes the inner voice that has kept her faith strong and guided her from Oklahoma to Broadway.

The Emmy-winning actor talks faith and how trusting God gives us the courage to follow our dreams.

In this story from July 1955, actor and television personality Bud Collyer shares the tale of a thought-provoking and enlightening encounter with a former atheist.

All her life, his mom had been a helper. Then she grew helpless, but actor Courtney B. Vance and his wife, Angela Bassett, rose to the challenge.

In this story from April 1958, actor Don Murray shares how his faith gave him the courage of his convictions.

Imagine doing what you loved as a kid for a living. Imagine having your whole family join you.

Andrew McCutchen, All-Star center-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, shares the role that God plays in his life, on the field and off.

As she shared in her story in the June 2016 issue of Guideposts, Debra Downing, after being diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2014, relied on her sense of humor and her belief in God to get through her difficult and painful chemotherapy sessions.

Jim Gash was part of a legal team that helped free an innocent young man, Hillary “Henry” Tumwesige, from a Ugandan prison. Listen as each man shares the role that faith played in getting him through a difficult time, and look for Jim’s story in the May 2016 edition of Guideposts magazine.

Was God calling his family to bond in the great outdoors? Or was it his own ambition?
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