Guieposts is a Christian-faith based non-profit organization founded in 1945 by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and Raymond Thornburg. and his wife, Ruth Stafford Peale. The Guideposts organization is headquartered in Carmel, New York, with additional offices in New York City, Chesterton, Indiana, and Pawling, New York (near New Milford, Connecticut). The primary activities of the Guideposts organization are publishing Guideposts magazine and maintaining an outreach ministry service.