Rick’s family suffered two terrible tragedies in a short amount of time. First, his daughter-in-law lost twin babies five and a half months into pregnancy. Then his brother-in-law died hours before a family reunion. Rick and his family were filled with grief....
Erik gripped the wheel, his mind racing, and willed himself to continue driving. His destination: the police station. He had decided to turn himself in. “I was so embarrassed and ashamed of myself,” Erik recalls. “The whole drive to the police station, I thought about...
Most of Isaac’s young adult life revolved around partying, fighting, drinking, abusing drugs, womanizing and stealing. But that fast life came to a sudden stop when the gang he was associated with was involved in a homicide. Isaac found himself in prison on a 40-year...
Letter writing is a lost art. In a world of email, text messaging and social media, many of us are missing out on the joy and intimacy that can be found in the exchange of letters. Remember what it feels like to open your mailbox and in the middle of a pile of junk...
At a certain point in a Crossroads student’s relationship with their mentor, they become more than Bible study partners. They become friends. Bryan, a Crossroads student in Illinois, and his mentor Betty are a good example. They developed a close relationship as they...
“I had gone out the night before until very late and was running on two hours of sleep. I knew it was going to be a rough day, but I thought I would just power through it like I had done several times before,” Nicole said. But this time didn’t go like the many times...
