Managing Life Changes

Gracefully dealing with life change is no easy feat. When personal change is your goal, you might feel in control and motivated. But managing life changes means adjusting to new circumstances that you might not have opted for. Staying calm in a period of life transition can help you stay centered and make the best decisions for your future.

A Caregiver Finds Faith at 12,500 Feet

By Robin Hinch8 min read

This retiree never expected to discover what she’d been looking for by jumping out of a plane.

Dad’s Song

By Nancy Portz2 min read

When she turned on the radio, she couldn’t believe what was playing—surely it was evidence of God’s love.

Finding Peace

By badams3 min read

The Home to Heather Creek series editor reflects on how she found her calm in a hectic situation.

Soul-Soothing

By Edward Grinnan2 min read

The Guideposts editor-in-chief exaplains why it’s time to move forward after the New Year celebrations.

Divorced woman reminded of hope and faith on open water

The Open Water

By Jan Weeks6 min read

After feeling defeated by my divorce, my sister convinced me to go on a whale-watching adventure. Little did I know it would remind me of the hope and faith I had inside me.

Mother Prays for Dying Daughter

By Darcie Harris8 min read

A mother must find strength in her faith to face the truth of losing her young daughter.

Clyde Butcher with his camera in the Everglades

Healing My Grief

By Clyde Butcher5 min read

This famous photographer found spiritual growth and the start of his successful career because he wanted a place to escape the loss of his son.

A Schoolboy’s Prayer

By Van Varner9 min read

An old man looks back on his parents’ fractured relationship during the Great Depression.

How Love Endures After They’re Gone

By Evelyn Husband8 min read

Her husband was one of the seven heroes lost in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Janis Amatuzio believes there is an afterlife

The Mystery of the Soul

By Janis Amatuzio8 min read

I have come to believe that these experiences reveal the truth of what I believe: Dying is part of a larger picture, a moment of transformation on a path of eternal life.