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By Edward Grinnan

Relapse Redux

I know firsthand how important it is for Josh Hamilton to hold fast to his faith and his sobriety.

Poor Josh Hamilton. He was such an inspiring story.

I checked my email this morning as soon as I turned off the alarm on my BlackBerry. Lying there in bed blinking the sleep from my eyes I stared at a headline: Baseball MVP Josh Hamilton Suffers Addiction Relapse. The 30-year-old slugger for the Texas Rangers took a drink in a Dallas bar before a teammate ushered him out. Hamilton reported the incident to Rangers management the next day.

Hope Springs

Turn gloom into blooms. Love shared is love squared. We call these little sayings “Hope-isms.” Have you met Hope?

I’m staring out my office window at the skyline of Manhattan, which is draped in fog and drizzle. A few minutes ago the rain was coming down in torrents. Arguments about climate change aside, it is passing strange that we keep having these 60-degree days in January. It’s not supposed to work like that. This is more like April than the dead of winter, but without the extra sunlight. Warm and dark and dank.

Does God Really Care About Pro Football?

With the NFL playoffs resuming this Sunday, what do we do for an inspirational storyline now that Tim Tebow’s Denver Broncos have been knocked out of contention?

A fellow football fan sent me a cartoon the other day. It showed a downtrodden player speaking to the media: “First I’d like to blame the Lord for our defeat ...”

Isn’t it consistent, my friend teased, that if Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, a devout Christian, thanked the Lord for victories, players should also blame heaven for their losses?

First Dogs' Inspiring Stories

Why our presidents’ pets humanize them and make for great inspiring stories—and why Mitt Romney might be in the political doghouse. Plus: Would your pet make an inspiring First Pet?

“If you want a friend in Washington,” Harry Truman famously snarled, “get a dog!”

Old Harry wasn’t kidding. He had two for good measure: Feller, a cocker spaniel, and Mike, an Irish setter (more about Irish setters later). In fact, the vast majority of U.S. Presidents have been dog owners, and every president in the twentieth century has owned at least one dog (Calvin Coolidge seems to hold the record at 11). In fact, the family dog has been credited with saving several political careers from ruin.

Canine Inspiration

Out of the blue, inspiration struck this week in the form of a great pet slideshow we all can learn from.

You never know when—or how—inspiration will hit. 

For instance this year I decided that I’d had it with New Year’s resolutions. I was sick of making lists and forgetting about them or worse, unearthing them later in the year and realizing how completely I’d failed. I’m not sure how I came to this conclusion—perhaps it was just the accretion of failure—but I was determined to stick with it. Besides, were there any resolutions I hadn’t already tackled at one time or another?

The Year of Living Inspirationally

From The Promise of Hope to my travels through the Holy Lands, it's been a year full of inspiration, a year I’ll never forget.

Wow, what a year, one of those years that seemed to last forever but was over before it started. Does that make sense? Not really. But that’s the way it feels.

Sharing Inspiration with Those in Need

Guideposts is more than an organization that creates books and magazines and websites. Much more. I’m not even sure the word outreach captures it fully. We are a way to help you be there for people in need.

Imagine your child or grandchild waking up in a hospital room alone on Christmas morning.

The Top 10 Inspirational Stories of 2011

I love all the inspirational stories in Guideposts equally. That's why it's so hard to choose a favorite.

Everybody loves end-of-year lists, me included. So once again, our editors chose the 10 most inspirational stories that appeared in Guideposts in the past year.

It wasn’t easy. We published literally hundreds of stories this year. Still, some linger in our memories. The story I loved most in 2011 was ...

Wait! I can’t do that! Really, how can I have a favorite?

My Inspiring Friends

We have always put notable people on the cover of Guideposts magazine. Readers tell us they like inspiring stories from celebrities because it shows that we all face the same basic problems in life.

You never know who you are going to meet in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Today, in fact, I met several inspiring celebrities.

Have any of you ridden in a New York City cab lately? For a couple of years now, all the cabs have been outfitted with interactive TVs that give you news, sports, weather, entertainment and, naturally, commercials (to pay for all those new TVs).

The Road to Inspiration

I’d almost overlooked the transformative power of a great inspirational story, even though these were the very stories that had changed the course of my life, stories that had touched me in sometimes miraculous ways and challenged me to push my faith to the limits.

New York, Portland, Atlanta, Nashville, Jacksonville, Birmingham, New York, Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, New York…..

It’s December, and I feel like I haven’t had a chance to catch my breath all 2011; it’s been that sort of year. When I agreed to work on a book for Guideposts a few years ago I knew the writing would take a lot out of me, particularly writing a book as personal and self-revealing as mine. But nobody really explained the promoting-the-book part. The part where I turn into a ping-pong ball.

Edward Grinnan is Editor-in-Chief and Vice President of Guideposts Publications. Edward lives in New York City with two blondes—his wife, Julee, and young Golden Retriever, Millie, who has been featured in his blog and popular videos. Edward loves cycling, hiking with Millie at his house in the Berkshire Hills and Wolverines that hail from Michigan.

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