A rubber band holds together the Crossroads letters Elvis keeps in his locker. He has read them many times. He will read them again the next time he comes across them and maybe share them with other men in the dorm. Now, though, he is clearing out his belongings,...
As we headed out for a game of kickball at a state prison one Friday evening, we navigated through a crowd of men who were out on the main yard. It was pleasant weather, and there were many people outside enjoying it. We paused to talk to people we knew or answer...
“The letters reminded me I was still loved—that I still had value.” Before prison, Juan Pablo’s life was marked by addiction, chaos, and choices that felt impossible to escape. Drugs, alcohol, and the pressures of the street defined his days. Although he believed in...
“I felt like the prodigal daughter—I had to return to the Father.” When Nataly entered prison in Peru, she felt overwhelmed, but what hurt most was being separated from her three children. She wrestled with anger, guilt, and regret, feeling the weight of her...
When Andria arrived in prison in March 2023, she was angry, struggling with the consequences of addiction, and unsure where God fit into her story. “I felt like He had given up on me,” Andria says. Then another woman living at her facility introduced her to...
As I rounded a bend on a wooded trail I had walked many times with my dogs, I heard what sounded like a barking dog deep in the woods. The sound grew louder until I spotted what looked like a German Shepherd running toward us—a loose dog. Then I realized it...
