When Vanessa Gardner went to prison, she told her daughters that they would start over when she got out and never talk about prison again. Instead, Vanessa found her life’s work in Texas prisons, serving men and women behind bars. Since her release, she has earned a...
Crossroads’ Donor Relations Manager Exemplifies the Promise of Redemption A brisk stride, a wide smile, eye-catching bow ties, and a porkpie hat. This is Robert Woldhuis’s signature look. It’s the outward expression of his uncontainable vitality. Robert is the donor...
Laura’s youth was marked by addiction to drugs, men, and wild living. Her addictions were so strong that she became blind to the ways her choices were affecting herself and others. “Those addictions cut me off from reality,” Laura said. “I destroyed my life—and not...
In 2018, Darryl Woods had exhausted all possibilities through the courts of being released from prison. He had argued since 1990 that his conviction was based upon fraudulent testimony. His future depended on a request placed in front of the then governor of Michigan,...
About twenty-five years ago, Charlene sat in a room with her small group and made a confession. Her group had decided that week to expose an area of their lives in which they felt God was calling them to grow. “I realized that I wanted God to grow me in His...
Sithy Bin became incarcerated in 2005, given two life sentences for accidentally wounding an innocent bystander in a gang shooting in California. The practicing Buddhist was in a deep depression, and he became suicidal when he realized that he might never know freedom...
