“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.” – 1 Corinthians 3:6 Reflecting on his childhood, William remembers when a small seed of faith was planted in his heart. “Both of my parents were nonbelievers, but yet they did make us kids...
When Jerry wrote his first letter to Shep, he didn’t receive a response. He tried again—no response. After his third attempt, he received a hostile reply from Shep: “I never wanted no Christian pen pal; somebody put my name in as a joke!” Eager to serve God from home...
When Brandon began serving his twenty-five-year sentence, he felt utterly alone. The path that had led him to that prison cell was painful—both emotionally and physically. On a September night in 2010, Brandon was hanging out with his girlfriend and two other friends....
Vernon sat on his bunk in the psychiatric ward of Cook County Jail, alone and afraid. “I was lost and just wanted to die,” Vernon remembered. His suicidal intentions had placed him in the psych dorm. “I knew my crime was going to take me to prison. The thought of...
When Gregory began serving his life sentence, he was disillusioned with religion. “I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church at a time when ugly scandals were coming to light about that organization,” he said. “Eventually, I left, looked at other kinds of...
