Brett Leveridge, Author at Guideposts

Guideposts: Frozen Angel, Ottawa, Canada

Inspiring Ice Angels

These angel ice sculptures offer inspiration, comfort, and beauty.

Guideposts: Edna's Scalloped Potato Soup

8 Favorite Winter Soup Recipes

Nothing beats the chill of winter like a nice, hot bowl of soup, and we’ve gathered some of our favorite hearty and healthy soup recipes for you to try at home.

Guideposts: A graceful swan on a still lake.

In the January-February edition of Angels on Earth, Louise Pariso writes of a time when an angel urged her to start playing the piano again after forty years without touching a keyboard, so that she could bring comfort and joy to a friend in a nursing home. Enjoy pianist Kun-Woo Paik’s rendition of the beloved composition that Louise never forgot, Clair de Lune.

Guideposts: (l to r) Ricky Schroder, Dolly Parton, Alyvia Lind and Jennifer Nettles

All in the Family for Dolly Parton and Jennifer Nettles

By Brett Leveridge2 min read

Dolly Parton’s TV movie, “Coat of Many Colors,” is inspired by her hit song of the same name and is based on the true story of her family’s struggle after the loss of her baby brother, Larry. Singing star Jennifer Nettles plays Dolly’s mother.

Guideposts: The angel painting that Renee gave her sister when she was diagnosed with cancer

Healing Angels: The Paintings of J. Renee Ekleberry

By Brett Leveridge1 min read

Enjoy this collection of artist J. Renee Ekleberry’s inspiring and hopeful depictions of angels, included the one that watched over Renee’s sister as she battled (and eventually beat) cancer.

Guideposts: Bubbly child star Shirley Temple enthusiastically celebrates Christmas Day.

6 Pictures of Christmas in Hollywood

By Brett Leveridge2 min read

Here are some of our favorite Christmas-themed shots from Karie Bible and Mary Mallory’s “Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays.” How many of these actors do you recognize?

A glowing Christmas tree in a snow-covered opening of a forest with Christmas quotes

20 Inspiring Christmas Quotes

By Brett Leveridge1 min read

May these Christmas quotes from Dolly Parton, Charles M. Schulz, Maya Angelou and others bring you joy.

Guideposts: Nate Thompson at East Temple Peak in Wyoming's Wind River Range

Finding God in the Great Outdoors

By Brett Leveridge1 min read

Nate Thompson first came to experience and understand God’s love on a Wyoming mountaintop. Here are pictures of Nate’s experiences in the wilderness.

Guideposts: Walter, a formerly homeless man who was assisted by Volunteers of America

A Place to Call Home

By Brett Leveridge2 min read

Here’s how Volunteers of America helped a senior citizen find a home of his own

Guideposts: Josey walks across the stage to receive her diploma

Formerly Homeless Teen Graduates from College

By Brett Leveridge5 min read

A former foster youth overcomes many challenges with the help of the case managers and staff at Volunteers of America of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho.

Guideposts: Golden caravan of camels traveling through the eye of a needle

Tiny Wonders of Art

By Brett Leveridge2 min read

Mykola Syadristy, a Ukrainian artist and former engineer, designs microminiatures—tiny sculptures that can only be viewed with the help of a microscope.