Guideposts.org Wins National Award
By Ashley Lateef2 min read
The redesigned website has won industry recognition
Inspirational Stories
Let inspirational stories of faith, hope, survival, healing, and courage help you cultivate a positive attitude every day.
A Check-Out Line Encounter
By Isabel Wolseley Torrey2 min read
An invaluable lesson about love and helping one another.
Someone Cares: Bread Brigade
By Irene DeBlois1 min read
This special team of volunteers continued the bread tradition in his honor.
Someone Cares: Eternal Flame
By Mildred Hogan1 min read
Memories from loved ones brought this firefighter joy.
Someone Cares: Stories of Service
By Jennie Ivey2 min read
A veteran shares a moment with a passerby about birdseed and birds.
Why This Veteran Brought a Dog Home from Afghanistan
By Craig Grossi8 min read
A dog he named Fred gave a Marine comfort and hope in war-torn Afghanistan. Could he return the favor?
How She Overcame Adult Illiteracy and Changed Her Life
By Lisa Patterson8 min read
She knew that her struggles with reading and spelling were holding her back. Was it too late for her to learn?
The Gift that Restored Her Connection to the Father She Barely Knew
By Sharon Mangas5 min read
A massive flood had ruined the precious books that belonged to her late father. How could the irreplacable be replaced?
She Had Claustrophobia, So How Could She Handle an MRI?
By Andrea Owan7 min read
Small spaces terrified her. What would help her find peace instead of panic?
To Honor Her Late Daughter, She Became a ‘Mom’ to a Homesick Student
By Rosemary Kuhn4 min read
What could she do for this young man, missing his loved ones in Veracruz, Mexico, at Christmastime?
A Domestic Abuse Survivor Helps Foster Children
By Lisa Casarez6 min read
How a compassionate nurse changed her life and inspired her career—and the surprising way they met again.
Bringing Smoke Home
By John Folsom8 min read
It’s a U.S. Marines tradition to never leave a comrade behind. As far as John Folsom was concerned, that rule applied to Smoke, a wild donkey he met while serving in Iraq: Folsom devoted more than three years to arranging Smoke’s transport to Nebraska.
