It has allowed me to resolve issues that started as a young teen that I didn’t know I still had in me and given me tools to use to help myself and others around me through living for God and how he wants me to be. Joseph Tucker, 573451 Graduates of the Theotherapy correspondence courseContinue reading “More Journeys to Healing”
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A House Divided Cannot Stand
By J.B. Chambliss When I read the account of Jesus’ interaction as a guest in the house of a Pharisee named Simon, recorded in the book of Luke 7:36-50, I personally identify with Simon in his experience. I have been “forgiven…much.” I know there is nothing I can do to repay the Lord for theContinue reading “A House Divided Cannot Stand”
Truly Changed
By Michael Coatney When I got locked up in May of 2000, at Knox County Jail in Knoxville, I was scared at first. I had never been locked up before. Plus, I had a good family life, true Christ-like parents and older brother and older sister. We didn’t have much money, but we had love.Continue reading “Truly Changed”
More Than a Phrase
By Jimmy Morales There are times in our lives when we all need someone to just listen and hear about the situations in our lives that have had a huge impact on our ways of dealing with our emotions, and the hang-ups that have kept us standing still in all our shame, anger, guilt andContinue reading “More Than a Phrase”
Join the Winning Way
By Alice Newton, Take One Mentoring volunteer Our Take One Mentoring program was implemented at Riverbend Maximum Security in February of 2018 to bring an academic re-entry focus through powerful biblical teaching that guides the Christian faith. The academic re-entry focus leads us to discuss with the men the essentials of success for re-entry intoContinue reading “Join the Winning Way”
Beating the Statistical Trend
By Roger Johnson, Executive Director God’s Love First recidivism report covers a span of time that begins on August 22, 2013, and runs to April 30, 2019. Our statistical data is collected and maintained by me, then verified by institutional staff. One of God’s Love First’s primary goals is to totally eradicate recidivism in Tennessee. We are making greatContinue reading “Beating the Statistical Trend”