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For rainy days and Mondays : a collection of stories  by Strickland, Judith; Strickland, Judithauthor;
This book is a collection of diverse stories from the heart of the writer. It tells the story of Crossroads Prison Ministry and God's grace and forgiveness. It contains real life stories of dealing with family issues like alcohol addiction. It also touches on the struggle of saying goodbye to your elderly parents. This book is written to give you hope, comfort and cheer your heart.
Subjects: Church work with prisoners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The prison minister's handbook : volunteer ministry to the forgotten Christian / by Cowart, John L.(John Lawhon),1944-(CARDINAL)869978;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index.
Subjects: Church work with prisoners;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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God behind bars : the amazing story of Prison Fellowship / by Perry, John,1952-(CARDINAL)643247;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-226).Foreword by Chuck Colson -- Broken vessels -- Genesis -- A vision in a mirror -- Desperate legacy -- D.C. disciples -- Challenges met -- God behind bars -- Molding the message -- On the outside -- Remembering the angels -- Crime and justice -- Wilberforce reformation -- Unto all the world -- Coming of age -- The refiner's fire -- Running the race -- Inner change -- James, Ron, and Matthew -- The next chapter.
Subjects: Prison Fellowship.; Church work with prisoners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The prison angel : Mother Antonia's journey from Beverly Hills to a life of service in a Mexican jail / by Jordan, Mary,1960-(CARDINAL)470028; Sullivan, Kevin,1959-(CARDINAL)470029;
Subjects: Antonia, Mother.; Church work with prisoners; Church work with prisoners;
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The prison angel : Mother Antonia's journey from Beverly Hills to a life of service in a Mexican jail / by Jordan, Mary,1960-(CARDINAL)470028; Sullivan, Kevin,1959-(CARDINAL)470029;
Subjects: Biographies.; Antonia, Mother.; Church work with prisoners; Church work with prisoners;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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God in captivity : the rise of faith-based prison ministries in the age of mass incarceration / by Erzen, Tanya,author.(CARDINAL)790288;
Includes bibliographical references and index."It is by now well known that the United States incarceration rate is the highest in the world. What is not broadly understood is how cash-strapped and overcrowded state and federal prisons are increasingly relying on religious organizations to provide educational and mental health services and to help maintain order. And these religious organizations are overwhelmingly run by nondenominational Protestant Christians who see prisoners as captive audiences.Some twenty thousand of these Evangelical Christian volunteers now run educational programs in over three hundred US prisons, jails, and detention centers. Prison seminary programs are flourishing in states as diverse as Texas and Tennessee, California and Illinois, and almost half of the federal prisons operate or are developing faith-based residential programs. Tanya Erzen gained inside access to many of these programs, spending time with prisoners, wardens, and members of faith-based ministries in six states, at both male and female penitentiaries, to better understand both the nature of these ministries and their effects. What she discovered raises questions about how these ministries and the people who live in prison grapple with the meaning of punishment and redemption, as well as what legal and ethical issues emerge when conservative Christians are the main and sometimes only outside forces in a prison system that no longer offers even the pretense of rehabilitation. Yet Erzen also shows how prison ministries make undeniably positive impacts on the lives of many prisoners: men and women who have no hope of ever leaving prison can achieve personal growth, a sense of community, and a degree of liberation within the confines of their cells.With both empathy and a critical eye, God in Captivity grapples with the questions of how faith-based programs serve the punitive regime of the prison, becoming a method of control behind bars even as prisoners use them as a lifeline for self-transformation and dignity."-Amazon
Subjects: Church work with prisoners; Prisoners; Religious work with prisoners;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Wanted : a spiritual pursuit through jail, among outlaws, and across borders / by Hoke, Chris(Prison chaplain),author.(CARDINAL)407935;
"Interweaving his own story with ... vignettes and gritty experiences in hidden places, a jail chaplain and minister to ... gang and migrant worker communities chronicles his spiritual journey to the margins of society and reveals a subversive God who's on the loose beyond the walls of the church, pursuing those who are unwanted by the world"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Hoke, Chris (Prison chaplain); Prison chaplains; Church work with prisoners; Prisoners;
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When truth is all you have : a memoir of faith, justice, and freedom for the wrongly convicted / by McCloskey, Jim(Minister),author.; Lerman, Philip,author.(CARDINAL)756979; Grisham, John,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)293826;
"By the founder of the first organization in the US committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would transform his life. A former management consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of 37. His first assignment found him a chaplain at Trenton State Prison in 1980, where he ministered to some of the most violent offenders in the state. Among them was Jorge de los Santos, a heroin addict who'd been convicted of murder years earlier. De los Santos swore to McCloskey that he was innocent--and over time, McCloskey came to believe him. With no legal or investigative training to speak of, McCloskey threw himself into the man's case. Two years later, he successfully effected his exoneration. McCloskey found his calling. He would go on to establish Centurion Ministries, the first group in America devoted to overturning wrongful convictions. Together with a team of forensic experts, lawyers, and volunteers--through tireless investigation and an unflagging dedication to justice--Centurion has freed 63 prisoners and counting, When Truth Is All You Have is McCloskey's inspirational story as well as those of the unjustly imprisoned for whom he has advocated. Spanning the nation, it is a chronicle of faith and doubt; of triumphant success and shattering failure. It candidly exposes a life of searching and struggle, uplifted by McCloskey's certainty that he had found what he was put on earth to do. Filled with generosity, humor, and compassion, it is the account of a man who has redeemed innumerable lives--and incited a movement--with nothing more than his unshakeable belief in the truth"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Judicial error; McCloskey, Jim (Minister); Centurion Ministries.; Church work with prisoners;
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Finding joy on death row : unexpected lessons from lives we discarded / by Williams, Charles Dewey,author.; Shelley, Braxton D.,author or foreword.(CARDINAL)867727;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282).Foreword / by Braxton D. Shelley -- Introduction: Joy amid tragedy -- They mystery of joy -- Joy refreshed and renews -- Unexpected joy -- Joy is God's work -- Seeing joy clearly -- The cripplingof my joy -- Late-night joy -- Joy with shortages -- Joy grows dim -- Joy in community -- Selfishness and joy -- Joy overshadowed -- Joy within -- Separation and joy -- Joy take root -- Joy shared -- Joy blossoms -- Joyus reunion.Finding Joy on Death Row is the powerful story of a broken preacher's transformative experience learning about joy from death row prisoners, combined with profound handwritten responses from more than twenty men currently sentenced to die. As Pastor Dewey Williams serves and shepherds death row prisoners, their stories and unveiled, reminding him of his broken past. The testimonies and contemplations of those sentenced to death continue to bring Pastor Williams to his own place of healing, leading to a new understanding of joy in his life. This important work reveals the power joy has to reach us all, the free and imprisoned alike. Unprecedented and revealing, Finding Joy on Death Row provides a window into the tragedies, hardships, and victories of those sentenced to die, ultimately encouraging us that we are loved, forgiven, and capable of change.
Subjects: Biographies.; Death row inmates; Capital punishment; Prisoners; Church work with prisoners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spiritual entrepreneurs : Florida's faith-based prisons and the American carceral state / by Stoddard, Brad,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The overall rate of incarceration in the United States has been on the rise since 1970s, skyrocketing during Ronald Reagan's presidency, and recently reaching unprecedented highs. Looking for innovative solutions to the crises produced by gigantic prison populations, Florida's Department of Corrections claims to have found a partial remedy in the form of faith and character-based correctional institutions (FCBIs). While claiming to be open to all religious traditions, FCBIs are almost always run by Protestants situated within the politics of the Christian right. The religious programming is typically run by the incarcerated along with volunteers from outside the prison. Stoddard takes the reader deep inside FCBIs, analyzing the subtle meanings and difficult choices with which the incarcerated, prison administrators, staff, and chaplains grapple every day. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research and historical analysis, Brad Stoddard argues that FCBIs build on and demonstrate the compatibility of conservative Christian politics and neoliberal economics"--
Subjects: Church work with prisoners; Prisoners; Criminals; Faith-based human services; Evangelicalism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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