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The previous issues they\u2019d shown me were different from any \u201creligious\u201d publication I\u2019d seen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Guideposts<\/em> just told stories about people whose faith\u2014Protestant, Catholic or Jewish\u2014had made a difference at a particular moment in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The man I\u2019d come to meet was already in the taxicab. Norman Vincent Peale was on his way from a radio interview at CBS to another one at NBC. Dr. Peale was pastor of one of New York\u2019s largest churches, a widely read author (his new book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743234804\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=guidepostsonline&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399353&amp;creativeASIN=0743234804%2522%253EThe%20Power%20of%20Positive%20Thinking\">The Power of Positive Thinking<\/a><\/em>, would be released in a few months) and a very busy man.<\/p>\n<p>This short trip between radio stations was his only free moment of the day, and my only chance to apply in person for a job at <em>Guideposts<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I badly needed that job. I was 27, newly returned from freelance writing in Europe with my wife, Elizabeth, to find scores of veteran writers out of work. \u201cTib,\u201d as I called her, had just given birth to our first child\u2014how were we going to pay our bills?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Peale kept looking at his watch. Traffic was crawling. The cab would move a foot and stop. Another foot, another stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell,\u201d Dr. Peale said at last, \u201cI\u2019m going to be late and there\u2019s nothing I can do about it.\u201d For the first time he looked directly at me. \u201cTell me about yourself. Your background, your goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What could I say? I could use some of the religious language I\u2019d learned as a boy, maybe get away with pretending to be a believer, but under the steady gaze of the man beside me, I couldn\u2019t do it. In the end I told Dr. Peale I wasn\u2019t much interested in religion; what I wanted to do was write.<\/p>\n<p>The traffic inched forward, came to a standstill, inched again. Dr. Peale seemed to be really listening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s an interesting answer.\u201d We talked some more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad we have these extra minutes together,\u201d he said at last. \u201cYou\u2019re exactly the kind of person I wanted to reach when I started <em>Guideposts<\/em>, people turned off by religious jargon. We want to provide glimpses of God in everyday life all around us. And I think I can promise you something. If you do come with us, <em>Guideposts<\/em> will happen to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, I did get the job, and a few months later Tib was hired as well. <em>The Power of Positive Thinking<\/em> became a bestseller. <em>Guideposts<\/em> became the most popular inspirational magazine ever, with millions upon millions of readers.<\/p>\n<p>And <em>Guideposts<\/em> did in fact \u201chappen\u201d to Tib and me, our faith becoming the central focus around which our lives revolve.<\/p>\n<p>Now, 60 years after that taxi ride, Guideposts.org has asked Tib and me to share a few short reminiscences, relating behind-the-scenes stories of some of the readers\u2019 favorite articles. From its origins in that cramped windowless office, <em>Guideposts<\/em> now also resides in the limitless space of the Web.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic media, though, remain true to Dr. Peale\u2019s original vision: Find out what their faith means to real people in the real pressures of everyday life\u2014and tell others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was more than 60 years ago that I climbed into a yellow cab in New York to meet the publisher of a new little eight-page leaflet called Guideposts. I\u2019d already met the four-person staff in their small office, a windowless suite that had once been a telephone exchange. 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