Rick Hamlin, Author at Guideposts

By Rick Hamlin3 min read

One reason you give directly to the needy is that they become real people with names and stories—someone to pray for.

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This medieval prayer reminds me what makes a good physician, no matter how learned they are: humility.

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He was a great preacher, a caring pastor, a worthy administrator, but most significant to me, a man of tireless prayer.

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I expected to sing along to myself and shed a tear or two. I didn’t expect such a poignant reminder of prayer.

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This prayer reminds me that as Jesus prepares a place for me, I can prepare a place for him on earth…

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In our sense of helplessness, we pray through a tragedy like this. Prayer is our first response, the only adequate response.

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It’s one thing to like people and reach out to them, looking for common links; it’s another to feel you must please everyone else but God.

By Rick Hamlin3 min read

Jesus always had a heart for little kids, stopping everything for them. I’d stopped everything too.

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Praise God, you running feet and creaking knees…

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Mary’s prayer is magnificent poetry, a summing up of all God has done and all that God can do.

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Every day, you can pray to be present to God’s will; you never know what’s in store for you.

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It may be hard, but you can change, through those you love—and the love of God.

Rick Hamlin