Matthew grew up in a Christian family. At nineteen, he gave his life to Christ and began to see his life transform. Four years later, he found his life falling apart as he sunk into depression. “This was at the beginning of my marriage when I was supposed to be happy,...
At 36, Rocky lost everything. After a season of filling his life with drinking and gambling, he was back living with his parents. “I was an alcoholic and had been from an early age,” he said. His addictions caused him to lose his home, car and driver’s license along...
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...
“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 through my body, and I began to sweat...
Several months ago, David, a Crossroads student in California, mailed several handmade clay pots to the Crossroads home office. He is in a therapeutic arts program in his facility, and he wanted to share his beautiful creations with us. Unfortunately, by the time the...
Shane was raised as an atheist. “God and Jesus were not in my vocabulary,” he wrote us. Like many children, Shane wrestled with existential questions about where we came from and what our purpose is here on earth. And the answers he heard in science classes left him...
