Carlos’s earliest memories include enduring abuse from his PTSD-burdened father, moving from state to state every few years with his mother and three siblings and struggling to succeed or fit in at school. “The world was a different place in the 1970s and 1980s, and...
Shawn grew up looking for acceptance from his family. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he could never find it. “I was physically and emotionally abused, always told I was a mistake and no one wanted me around,” he said. “I lived with hand-me-downs and the...
On Feb. 10, students from Calvin Christian High School partnered with Crossroads Prison Ministries in a “Birthday Cards for Prisoners” project. More than 160 students created over 300 birthday cards that will be sent to Crossroads students all over the...
For years, Nathan’s past would haunt him. Guilt consumed his thought life by day and ushered in nightmares by night. “I used to think about what I did and have lots of bad dreams. Sometimes I would cry in bed and just say, ‘God, why me?’” Nathan writes from his cell...
Tairone was raised by his grandparents to go to church every Sunday. But the other six days of the week, his religion was running the streets. And while his grandparents taught him Scripture, his uncles taught him the ins and outs of the drug game. It didn’t take long...
Joshua knows what it feels like to be truly alone. He knows the pain and bruises that come from hitting rock bottom. He also knows the joy of being rescued. When Joshua was sent to prison, he was in a unit without a telephone, and he didn’t have the resources to...
