{"id":16901,"date":"2026-03-10T13:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:02:36","slug":"jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media-youtube-player\"><iframe class=\"media-youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1_KSMbyGwII?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Jenny Doan is arguably the most famous quilter in the world. But the co-founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriquiltco.com\">Missouri Star Quilt Company<\/a> believes that everybody can benefit from the power and the peace that comes from quilting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery quilter has a story and every quilt has a story and it generally involves some type of healing,\u201d says Jenny. In <em>How to Stitch an American Dream<\/em>, Doan outlines her own amazing healing journey, which took her from being an unemployed 50-something with no retirement savings to an international YouTube sensation and public face of a quilting empire. Today, Jenny and her family have transformed their hometown of <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/travel\/greetings-from-small-town-america-hamilton-missouri\/\">Hamilton, Missouri, into Quilt Town USA<\/a>. Busloads of quilting enthusiasts from around the globe pour into the town to shop at one of the company\u2019s thirteen stores or take a quilting class.<\/p>\n<p>Doan attributes her success to three things: her loyal, hardworking family, her Pollyanna personality\u2014\u201cI wake up singing,\u201d she says\u2014and her <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/power-of-prayer\/10-stress-busting-faith-tips\/\">unshakeable faith<\/a>. \u201cI pray regularly\u2014at meals, in the morning and at night, in the car\u2014everywhere. Even if I don\u2019t understand why I have to go through something I know that God has a plan and I know that his plan is better than mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doan has faced her fair share of hardships. For the first time in the 2021 book, Doan shares the story of her abusive first marriage and subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/pets\/how-a-rooster-helped-her-find-hope-during-a-divorce\/\">divorce<\/a>. In her early twenties, Doan\u2014a single mother of one, with another on the way\u2014moved back in with her parents in California. A few years later she met her current husband, Ron. The couple\u2014who celebrated their 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in 2020&#8211; went on to have five more children of their own. \u201cMoney was often tight,\u201d says Doan, who was a homeschooling mom for decades. \u201cBut we were happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After one son faced surgery for a tumor, the family started searching for a cheaper place to live. In 1995, Jenny says that she was divinely lead to move her family to Missouri\u2014sight unseen. Ron took a job as a mechanic at the <em>Kansas City Star<\/em>. But the newspaper industry was in rapid decline; then, the 2008 stock market crash wiped out virtually all of the couple\u2019s retirement savings. \u201cWe needed a plan,\u201d says Jenny. Still, when her son Alan set her up with a long-arm quilting machine in a small storefront later that year, Jenny thought she could make a little cash, but still insisted that quilting was just a hobby.<\/p>\n<p>Alan thought otherwise. He started making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWnhR7raxVFDHmDXqCIzuAw\">YouTube videos of his mom giving quilting tutorials<\/a>\u2014and the company took off from there. \u201cWhen I started teaching and then doing trunk shows, I shared a lot of funny stories. It helped people feel less intimidated,\u201d she says. In 2015, the Missouri Star Quilt Company, which by that time had 180 employees, was honored by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the country\u2019s top \u201cSmall Business Persons of the Year.\u201d By 2020, MSQC employed 400 people. Jenny is proud that despite the slowdown in visitors to Hamilton during the coronavirus pandemic, they did not have to lay anybody off.<\/p>\n<p>Today, four of Jenny\u2019s children are involved in running the business. Jenny and Ron take time away each month to travel together. \u201cMy relationship with him is more important than any of my other relationships,\u201d says Jenny. \u201cSo we bought a little trailer. I love <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/devotions-for-women\/devotions-for-faith-prayer-devotions-for-women\/camping-with-god\/\">camping<\/a> and hiking and backpacking and Ron\u2019s idea of roughing it is Motel 6. So this our compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t expect this workaholic to retire anytime soon. Jenny remains energized by the power of quilting to change lives. \u201cWhen I started out I thought I was just teaching people how to sew. But as time went on, people started sharing stories\u2014everything from ordinary stuff to just unbelievable hardship. But all of a sudden their whole life had changed because they had taken on this new skill. It\u2019s then I realized that creating is healing.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny remembers one woman who told her: \u2018I never thought I could ever do anything like this. But you said I could, so I believed.\u2019 She went to pull a block out of her purse to show me and she had no hands. Things like that would happen and I was just so stunned. When you create something that doesn\u2019t exist before\u2014it\u2019s a divine act.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But making it is just part of the magic&#8211;sharing is equally as important. \u201cAfter someone learns to quilt, that they start giving them away\u2014to their children, their grandchildren, to charity. You are literally changing the world because your quilts comfort people. They fill them with love, they give them hope. You are part of a powerful movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-86439\" alt=\"The cover of Jenny Doan's How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jenny_doan_cover.jpg\" style=\"float:left\" width=\"115\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Doan is the author of <em>How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving<\/em> from Harper Horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenny Doan is arguably the most famous quilter in the world. But the co-founder of the Missouri Star Quilt Company believes that everybody can benefit from the power and the peace that comes from quilting. \u201cEvery quilter has a story and every quilt has a story and it generally involves some type of healing,\u201d says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":27141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[2475],"class_list":["post-16901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiring-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire - Guideposts Articles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jenny Doan is arguably the most famous quilter in the world. But the co-founder of the Missouri Star Quilt Company believes that everybody can benefit from the power and the peace that comes from quilting. \u201cEvery quilter has a story and every quilt has a story and it generally involves some type of healing,\u201d says [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Guideposts Articles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-10T13:32:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T06:02:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/articles.guideposts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jennydoan2-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Olivia Abel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Olivia Abel\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ec5d876c8fcf12ec376ce4e395fe05d4\"},\"headline\":\"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T13:32:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T06:02:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":823,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/jennydoan2-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Inspiring Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire - Guideposts Articles\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/jennydoan2-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T13:32:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T06:02:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/jennydoan2-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/jennydoan2-1.jpg\",\"width\":1450,\"height\":850},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Inspiring Stories\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/inspiring-stories\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Guideposts Articles\",\"description\":\"Strengthening Faith. Providing Hope.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Guideposts Articles\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/gp-logo-white.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/gp-logo-white.svg\",\"caption\":\"Guideposts Articles\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ec5d876c8fcf12ec376ce4e395fe05d4\",\"name\":\"Olivia Abel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0f6fde36ba310be2a54366cf84afdc6019a175fffe458bf422ee4c4af330556?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g07d8a5ad4ca2c84526a039d2aa92217a\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0f6fde36ba310be2a54366cf84afdc6019a175fffe458bf422ee4c4af330556?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0f6fde36ba310be2a54366cf84afdc6019a175fffe458bf422ee4c4af330556?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Olivia Abel\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gpbookstore.org\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/livabel\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire - Guideposts Articles","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire","og_description":"Jenny Doan is arguably the most famous quilter in the world. But the co-founder of the Missouri Star Quilt Company believes that everybody can benefit from the power and the peace that comes from quilting. \u201cEvery quilter has a story and every quilt has a story and it generally involves some type of healing,\u201d says [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/","og_site_name":"Guideposts Articles","article_published_time":"2026-03-10T13:32:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-10T06:02:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1450,"height":850,"url":"http:\/\/articles.guideposts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jennydoan2-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Olivia Abel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/"},"author":{"name":"Olivia Abel","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/ec5d876c8fcf12ec376ce4e395fe05d4"},"headline":"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire","datePublished":"2026-03-10T13:32:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T06:02:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/"},"wordCount":823,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jennydoan2-1.jpg","articleSection":["Inspiring Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/","url":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/","name":"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire - Guideposts Articles","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jennydoan2-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-10T13:32:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T06:02:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jennydoan2-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jennydoan2-1.jpg","width":1450,"height":850},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/jenny-doan-faith-and-family-helped-her-build-a-quilting-empire\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Inspiring Stories","item":"http:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jenny Doan: Faith and Family Helped Her Build a Quilting Empire"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/","name":"Guideposts Articles","description":"Strengthening Faith. Providing Hope.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#organization","name":"Guideposts Articles","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gp-logo-white.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gp-logo-white.svg","caption":"Guideposts Articles"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/ec5d876c8fcf12ec376ce4e395fe05d4","name":"Olivia Abel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0f6fde36ba310be2a54366cf84afdc6019a175fffe458bf422ee4c4af330556?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g07d8a5ad4ca2c84526a039d2aa92217a","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0f6fde36ba310be2a54366cf84afdc6019a175fffe458bf422ee4c4af330556?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0f6fde36ba310be2a54366cf84afdc6019a175fffe458bf422ee4c4af330556?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","caption":"Olivia Abel"},"url":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/author\/livabel\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":2475,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"olivia-abel","display_name":"Olivia Abel","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fgpbookstore.org%2Farticles%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fguideposts%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16901"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}