By Eric Sponheim, former board member In American life, Groundhog Day ranks with Super Bowl Sunday as a midwinter right of passage.  This year, the two occasions are in close alignment. Groundhog Day…

by Wayne Gallipo, PCA Board Member At a recent worship service at St. Dysmas Lutheran Church inside the walls of the South Dakota State Penitentiary I asked the men to finish this sentence, “It is ha…

by Chris Flohr, PCA Board Member The December/January 2018 issue of Reader’s Digest has an article written by Daniel A. Gross entitled The Prisoner and the Encyclopedia Editor.   It’s a fine story of…

by Sarah Estes, PCA Board Member Every year at the end of December I purchase a new notebook. When I was younger I did this with the intention to keep a journal filled with interesting things I saw o…

By Mary Mortenson, Executive Director, Prison Congregations of America I am old enough to remember when television shows were advertised as being “in living color!”  Just a few weeks ago I was remind…

by Rev. John Harrison - PCA Board Member Christmas is a hard time of year for people who don’t get to be with the ones they love. Yet what makes the Christmas promise so profound is that God does not…

by Lee A. Schott, Pastor at Women at the Well UMC, at Mitchellville, Iowa   When our inside council meets, a couple of times a month, we open with a question that allows us to hear the voice of ev…

by Pastor Chris Nolte, transition pastor, Living Stones Prison CongregationShelton, Washington Advent is truly a season that points us again and again to living in hope; the hope of God's will and pr…

By Mary Mortenson, Director, Prison Congregations of America  Happy Advent!  For those of us who follow a liturgical tradition, this is the beginning of the church year.  This season of Advent is the…

by Eric Sponheim, former board member In a community of faith, as in any other human endeavor, setting the expectations right is crucial. In a faith community, we can play deeply meaningful roles in…