When Fran was first approached about becoming a volunteer mentor for Crossroads Prison Ministries 23 years ago, she worried that she wasn’t qualified to teach men and women in prison about the Bible. “I wasn’t sure if I could do it. I wasn’t confident in my knowledge...
Francisco is locked up in solitary confinement in an Alaska prison. He is on 24-hour lockdown. But you wouldn’t know it by the way he writes to his Crossroads mentors. Francisco’s Bible lessons and letters are filled with hope, life and even joy. “I am prepared to be...
Gerardo’s mind was spinning. He had been arrested once again with a prison sentence likely ahead. He could feel the emotions brimming to the surface — shame, fear, anger. No, rage. When he was put in the holding cell, he let it all out. He began screaming and...
David is locked up in a prison in Missouri. For about a year, he has been growing in his relationship with Jesus through the Crossroads mentorship program. But it’s been difficult to stay involved in the program. David has struggled to pay for the stamps to return his...
See full art piece below At Crossroads, every month we receive dozens of pieces of artwork from prisoners all across the country. We share this art in the Crossroads Journal of the Arts, on our Facebook page and in our Prisoner Art Project Gallery. We recently...
