by Robert Parham | Nov 26, 2013 | Opinion
When I was a young lad, I heard Southern novelist and poet James Dickey speak. He was asked by an aspiring writer when he knew that he had finished writing a book or poem. Dickey answered, “I never finish writing anything. I just run out of time.”...
by Robert Parham | Nov 13, 2013 | Opinion
Richmond’s Bon Air Baptist Church will sponsor the premier screening in Virginia of our forthcoming documentary on prisons and faith on Feb. 17, 2014. Watch for more details. But for now, know that we will be screening the short version of the documentary that...
by Robert Parham | Oct 11, 2013 | Opinion
What does the Bible say about prisons? First, the prison issue was at the top of Jesus’ moral agenda. He prioritized concern for the incarcerated at the beginning of his public ministry in his inaugural sermon in Nazareth (Luke 4:16-19). Toward the end of his...
by Cally and George Magalhães | Sep 6, 2013 | Opinion
One time when we were working on the streets of São Paulo, we were invited to go into a youth prison unit. So we went and did some drama sketches and songs. Cally asked the director of the unit what happened to the boys when they left the unit. “They go back to...
by Susan Gottshall | Aug 30, 2013 | Opinion
What I remember most – what image sticks in my mind still today, weeks after my visit to Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF), is Deborah (the inmate’s name has been changed to maintain confidentiality). Her face. Her story. That scar on her chin – a memento from...
