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How Charles “Chuck” Colson Inspired Me
Charles W. “Chuck” Colson October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012 Mr. Chuck Colson inspired me from the moment I first read his book, “Born Again.” I was standing in a Christian bookstore in Buffalo, New York looking for books to explain what had happened to me after becoming a Christian while I awaited a court date for a drug possession charge back in 1980. I found Colson’s book very fascinating and it also confirmed to me that the same experience that happened to Chuck Colson happened to me. We both were “born again” by having Jesus Christ come into our lives and …
When God Goes to Prison
A guard watches as inmates prepare for a work detail at the minimum-security facility known as the Carol Vance Unit. When God Goes to Prison The Carol Vance Unit is the kind of faith-based program the Bush Administration would like to see more of. Its mix of religion and rehabilitation may violate the First Amendment, but may also make it the best prison in Texas. By Daniel Brook LAST JANUARY, I JOINED INMATES FROM THE CAROL VANCE UNIT, a wing of the state prison in Richmond, Tex., as they gathered in the prison chapel for a farewell ceremony. The ceremony …