Inspiration Archives

Mike Smith celebrates following his historic Triple Crown win

At 52, Mike Smith Becomes Racing’s Oldest Triple Crown Winner

One of the most successful—and oldest—jockeys in history teams with a horse named Justify to earn thoroughbred racing’s 13th Triple Crown.

Secrets Of Wayfarers Inn: Author Becky Melby on ‘Family Secrets’

Listen as author Becky Melby shares a synopsis of book one in the Wayfarer’s Inn Series.

Mother giving piggyback to daughter in costume

Guideposts Launches a New Initiative to Celebrate Everyday Heroes

By Tarice Gray2 min read

A new weekly initiative to learn about stories from those who inspire others. Everyday Greatness is a multi-media project created to celebrate the everyday heroes that have touched our lives.

Melba Pattillo Beals, civil rights icon and author of I Will Not Fear

Melba Pattillo Beals: The Faith and Courage of a Civil Rights Icon

Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who in 1957 enrolled at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School, discusses her memoir of that time, I Will Not Fear.

The Good Things in Life’s Storms

By Michelle Cox2 min read

How hardship can bring you closer to God

Secrets of Wayfarers Inn: A Celebration of the Underground Railroad

By Shella Gillus5 min read

How the compelling history of the Underground Railroad inspired this writer—and a new series from Guideposts Books

Christopher G. Smith, the man who conceived and wrote the Broadway musical Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace: The Police Officer Who Wrote the Inspiring Broadway Musical

By Christopher G. Smith8 min read

The idea seemed impossible: A police officer writes a musical about the clergyman who wrote “Amazing Grace.”

How She Recovered from a Catastrophic Accident

By Colleen Kelly Alexander8 min read

After being crushed beneath the wheels of a freight truck, she feared she would never walk again, but this dedicated athlete refused to let the pain stop her.