The Holy Tradition of Going to Jail for Jesus
There are a lot of ways to change the world. Going to jail isn’t the only way to do it. But it is one way.
From Behind the Walls, pt. 3: Freedom
AUG 5, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- The chapel in Building 11 was full. Incarcerated and free-world brothers and sisters interwove on...
From Behind the Walls, pt. 2: A Human Being (Almost) Died That Night
JULY 29, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- That particular Friday in December began as my Fridays usually did: quiet morning of...
From Behind the Walls, Pt. 1: Jesus Under Lockdown
JULY 21, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- Encountering Christ in prison was one of the primary purposes for my first visit to Riverbend Maximum...
My Trip to Death Row
APRIL 30, 2014 | BY: BRIAN BALLARD -- I walked through the gates and had no idea what to expect. As I waited for one gate...
What Question Would You Ask God?
FEB 26, 2014 | BY: MORF MORFORD -- What question would you ask God? I was naive enough to raise that question in my class at the county jail...
What I Saw in a Prison Inmate’s Eyes
AUGUST 20, 2013 | BY: ED CYZEWSKI -- I used to write this type of guy off. I mean, he just can’t get his act together. At least we’ve got a...
When and How I Changed My Mind About Civil Disobedience
BY: TONY CAMPOLO -- It was in the early ‘60s, and the civil rights movement, along with the Vietnam War were headline news items...
Civil Disobedience as Prayer
BY: JIM DOUGLASS -- In a nation which has legalized preparation for the destruction of all life on earth, going to jail for peace – through...
A Gift for Blago? And You and Me…
“My life is ruined.”
These words were uttered by Rod Blagojevich to Judge James Zagel on December 7 as he pleaded for mercy. His life is ruined, with “nobody to blame but self.”
Early on in my spiritual and...