Bruce received his first Bible when he was 13. He remembers attending church with his parents every Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening. “I was so proud to bring my Bible to church each week, sit in the pews and read along with the pastor,” Bruce...
Gary remembers going to church every Sunday with his mother, who was a deacon, and his father, who was a colonel in the Army. “I went to all my Sunday school classes and learned all the stories, but never really thought about them after Sunday school,” he recalls. To...
Carl admits that when he was growing up, he pretty much only thought about himself. When he was seventeen, he started selling drugs and discovered the excitement of having his own money and buying whatever he wanted. But his selfish tendencies caught up with him when...
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...
