We’re working on our fourth issue of Mysterious Ways right now, and we’ve been encouraged by the great feedback we’ve received from our readers. It’s an awesome feeling to know our work is making a difference in people’s lives.

This storm has been rough on us here at Guideposts. So many of our staff and their families have been without power for many days, and continuing transportation issues have made getting back to normal impossible. Seeing the damage and destruction that “superstorm” Sandy left in its wake could shake anyone’s faith.

Gloria Loring is an actress and singer who appeared on the soap opera Days of Our Lives and cowrote the theme song for The Facts of Life with her then-husband Alan Thicke. She’s also the mother of the popular R&B singer Robin Thicke.

There were some great Mysterious Ways stories in the news this week, and they all seem to have a similar subject: “man’s best friend.”

Puppy Power
Ten-year-old Kyle Camp of Hackleburg, Alabama, has Down Syndrome, which made it especially terrifying when his parents discovered he had wandered away from their home. He’d left without shoes, without a jacket, and the weather was turning colder by the hour.

You may have noticed a slight change to our Facebook page this week—instead of "Guideposts Mysterious Ways," our page is now "Mysterious Ways." Mysterious Ways magazine is, of course, still published by Guideposts, but we wanted the title of the Facebook page to match the title of our new magazine.

Last weekend, while parallel parking on 5th Street in the East Village, my tire briefly went up on the curb and then rolled back off, slamming my car down with a loud bang. I got out to survey the damage and saw that my front bumper was hanging off. It was a Sunday, and I called all the garages I could find, but no one was open anywhere near my New York neighborhood. I left the car parked overnight until I could bring it to a garage on Monday.

No, I still haven't found my wedding ring, unfortunately. But two headlines from the news this week have definitely shown me that God is hard at work putting people in the right place to find what they need to find.

On September 11, 2001, I was a sophomore in college at New York University. I awoke that morning to my roommate standing beside my bed. "A plane just hit the World Trade Center," he said. Still groggy from sleep, I watched the television with bleary eyes. At first we all thought it was an accident. My mother called to tell me it was no excuse to skip class that day. Then we watched in horror as the second plane hit. My mother called back. "Do not go to class," she said, her voice shaking.

This year for Labor Day weekend, I headed to Asbury Park, New Jersey, for some sun and fun on the beach. Saturday was absolutely gorgeous, and the ocean was as calm as a bathtub. On Sunday, however, the skies were overcast, and waves churned viciously against the shore. Yellow flags warned swimmers of a riptide. The lifeguards made sure everyone stayed close.

I have a soft spot for turtles. They’re one of my favorite animals—probably why I liked the “Natural Wonders” feature in our first issue of Mysterious Ways magazine so much. So I was horrified by the news story earlier this week about some pranksters who taped a poor box turtle to a bunch of balloons and sent him flying.