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…
A new life
*Chloe’s childhood was marred by neglect, sexual abuse and the death of her mother when she was just six years old. Drugs and alcohol became her means of escape… and…
An incredible miracle
An incredible miracle happened when one of our Inside Out Prison Chaplaincy chaplains spoke to a very hardened prisoner: “He told me his criminal history starting when he was 17…
From prison to pulpit
As a born-again Christian, a successful business woman, loving wife and mother of three little girls, prison was the last place Trish Jenkins expected to find herself. But in February…
Perfect Lies
Matt* grew up in suburban Melbourne with three sisters and his brother. His parents weren’t wealthy but they worked hard to provide Matt and his siblings a good education, family…
A true believer
Sam* was living on the street, doing drugs, drinking excessively, engaged in prostitution, stealing cars and breaking into businesses at 17 years of age. He was imprisoned before he was…
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