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2019 Thank You

January 11, 2020
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Thank you to the following churches and ministries for giving me the opportunity to share the “Best News Ever” in 2019. Also, thank you to the generous donors who helped send hundreds of copies of “Therefore I Have Hope” to prisons and jails across Illinois. East Peoria UMC and Pastor Mary East Peoria UMC weekly “Pause” Service-Worship Committee Cross Roads UMC-Mark Kirk and Mark Frederichs St. Peters Lutheran-Pastor Kurt No Regrets Conference-Frank Schierer Chicago Radical Timeout- Pastor/Author Manny Mill Peoria County Jail-Skip Meister Berean Prison Ministry Bethel UMC-Pastor Parks East Peoria Baptist Church Peoria County Detention Center-Youth for Christ Deer Creek UMC-Pastor Keith Eureka Apostolic Church Green Valley UMC-Pastor Heather …..

October 8, 2017
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For the past three years, I have had the honor of attending and being a part of five Advance the Light Dinners, which is put on by Christian Library International (CLI). One of the highlights of the evening is when the attendees are asked to write an encouraging note to the inmates that are participating in the CLI Bible Study Program. Five years ago, while sitting in a 6X10 cell in Oklahoma City, I was fortunate to receive one of the notes. It read: “If you are reading this please know that God loves you as much as he loves anyone else-in or out of prison. Turn to Him each …..