By Ellie Wayner Crossroads Intern Feeling alone, unloved and hurt, Lamarr turned to the streets. Even though, when he was a child, his mother took him to church each Sunday, at home he experienced abuse from a stepfather. What he searched for in family, he found in...
By Lisa Blystra President & CEO As I look back on 2020, many emotions come to mind. Anxiety, uncertainty, fear . . . but also gratitude and hope. Despite the many challenges we faced as a ministry in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, God has moved in unexpected,...
Editor’s Note: This letter from Doug Cupery, director of church mobilization at Crossroads Prison Ministries, was sent to all Crossroads mentors earlier this month. During the Christmas season, what do you say to someone who is in prison? Is it okay to say “Merry...
By Ellie Wayner Crossroads Intern “Jesus found me at the foot of my bed with a loaded nine-millimeter pistol in my mouth and my finger on the trigger. Before I could pull the trigger, tears welled up in my eyes, and my breathing became heavy. A surge of heat ran...
By Ellie Wayner Crossroads Intern “Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” -Hebrews 13:3 After spending nearly two decades as church planters in...
