Author Archives: onesimus1

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I truly appreciate all the prayers from inmates, volunteers, and prayer warriors for my health. God allowed me to rejoin the team this week and it was great to see everyone again. I was … Continue reading →

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, During prayer time in the Monday Night services, I’ve shared that we Christian men should try to ask more mature questions in prayer. Instead of crying out “Why me? Why this? Why now?”, perhaps … Continue reading →

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As far as vacations go, last week was a real nice getaway to the beach with my wife and grown kids, and the last time it’ll be just us (my daughter gets married in … Continue reading →

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Welcome to the “vacation edition” of the weekly prayer request email, as I’m at the beach in Ocean City, MD, with my family this week. In my stead we had very capable volunteers covering … Continue reading →

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We see some new faces in the prison staff each week, and that’s been one of our prayers – the prison is still experiencing a staff shortage (we’ve also heard turnover is high).  Please … Continue reading →

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, God answers prayers in many ways, big and small, and He always answers.  We must realize He doesn’t always say “Yes”, sometimes He says “No” and sometimes He says “Not yet”.  We got a … Continue reading →

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Harry S Truman once said “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!” That was our test last night at prison since we were warned ahead of time the chapel air conditioning … Continue reading →

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Things don’t always go as planned, and sometimes you don’t know what’s holding you back or why.  How we react says a lot about our faith.  Do we get anxious? Angry? Frustrated? Or do we … Continue reading →