By Julie Thomas, Administrative Assistant, Prison Congregations of America A year and a half ago, Mary Mortenson and I were privileged to attend a conference in Minneapolis called “Why Christian?”  T…

By Mary Mortenson, Executive Director, Prison Congregations of America When I was in grade school, in anticipation of the annual Valentine’s Day party, we had to design and decorate a box for the val…

By Pastor Bob Chell, St. Dysmas of South Dakota How is our money used? It was an email or a note enclosed with a gift to our ministry, I can’t recall for certain. I do know I failed to answer and can…

By Neil Bullock, PCA Board Member Like all of us I was saddened by the news of Ed Nesselhuf’s transition from this life into the next and prayed for his family that he loved so much.  At the same tim…

by Gary Gurwell from his prison cell, December 1998 Prison is cold.  Languishing in a plastic chair, an elbow resting on my bunk's metal headboard, I wistfully gaze through metal bars guarding my cel…

by Pastor Scott Jamieson, Church of Another Chance, inside the Nashville, TN men's jail This unedited letter from one of [Church of Another Chance] members speaks to the powerful work of our churches…

By Mary Mortenson, Director Prison Congregations of America For much of our culture, the beautiful season of Christmas is over.  Lights and decorations are put away, there is no more Christmas music …

by Rev. Lee Schott, pastor for Women at the Well, inside the walls of the Iowa Correctional Facility for Women in Ankeny, IA. Over the next few days, 52 police chiefs in 52 police departments around …

by Pastor Kimberly K. LaPlante, Church of Hope inside the walls of the SD Women's Correctional Facility in Pierre, SD. The Christmas tree is a familiar symbol of the Christmas season. Many of us have…

Rev. Dean W. Bucalos, Executive Director of Mission Behind Bars and Beyond and Founding Pastor of New Life in Christ Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Louisville, Kentucky.   The Advent seas…