AriseandShine.org - September 2021

Foolish Things

9/30/2021

Earlier this month I took the opportunity to share what it was like to come to prison for the first time…

Great Things

9/27/2021

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,
says the Lord; thoughts of peace, and not of bad,
to provide you to with a good and happy ending.
Jeremiah 29:11

It's been said that failure isn't final...

Delivered from Depression

9/24/2021

Casting all your care upon the Lord,
because He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:17

I cannot recall how many times I have read this verse from the apostle Peter's first letter to his fellow Christians…

Bullet Holes

9/21/2021

All these years later he still laughs about it like it was not a big deal...

Anne Frank the Writer

9/18/2021

Anne Frank was beautiful and talented...

My Mom Betty

9/14/2021

My years spent at Attica were bittersweet...

Attica: Good and Bad

9/9/2021

My years inside the walls of the infamous Attica Prison were memorable ones...

Attica - Out of the Ashes

9/8/2021

To every thing there is a season, and a time
to every purpose under the heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1

I was happy to leave Attica...

The Early Years

9/7/2021

Having left Attica some forty years ago I can look back and see that it was a learning experience...

Good-Bye Attica

9/6/2021

After approximately three years it was time to leave Attica.

Emotional Cycles of Incarceration (Part 2)

9/5/2021

Yesterday I wrote about my experience with the first emotion on my list, "disbelief"...

Emotional Cycles of Incarceration (Part 1)

9/4/2021

Once a man walks through the doors of a prison and they close behind him, it has to affect him.

Attica: Getting Adjusted

9/3/2021

What was my first night in Attica like?

Attica: The Arrival

9/2/2021

Arriving at the notorious Attica prison back in 1978 was quite an experience...

Attica

9/1/2021

Time has a way of playing tricks on me...