Behind prison walls, tomorrow is like yesterday
In prison, a place populated by lost souls, each day feels like an eternity and each day is like the last. Walking into prison, new prisoners often feel like their…
Chaplain continuing family legacy
A dedicated Inside Out Prison Chaplaincy volunteer is continuing a family legacy in chaplaincy. Jonathan Stubbs, also known as Jona, has been a volunteer prison chaplain for the past six…
A tale of two masters
Fear, grief, anger and loss. These are the emotions you might expect to feel as your prison sentence is handed down. As for Marcus*, all he felt was relief. For…
Growing compassion for the prisoner
Eddie Frost remembers entering a correctional centre as a prison chaplain for the first time five years ago. “With all the obvious fortifications and steel gates opened by someone else,…
Everything you lost
Darren* became an alcoholic and drug addict at age 16. It was his way of coping with his parents’ divorce and living with his dad’s own addiction. Eventually, Darren’s addiction…
Life without love
Life without love. It’s hard to imagine, unless you’ve lived it. Emily* can’t remember a time in her childhood when she felt loved. Her parents were strangers, inhabiting a smoky…
Whatever it takes
Like all prisoners, *Shane’s story didn’t begin the day of his sentencing. He was just a boy when his life began to unravel. Shane’s dad was a World War II…
Welcome to Myles Waldron
Welcome to Myles Waldron, the new Inside Out Prison Chaplaincy Coordinator for Carinity. Myles’ passion for chaplaincy and pastoral care is seated in a deep gladness that recognises God’s call on…
Inside Voice
The Hebrew word “Shatan” means “accuser” or “adversary”. It appears in the Old Testament as an ordinary word referring to the actions of one human being against another. But when…
Chaplaincy is such a privilege
I recently encountered one of the most attentive audiences ever, to one of my messages. I was in prison on a Sunday, speaking from the Letter of James, to a…
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