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In Luke 15, Jesus tells the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Can we treat
people leaving prison (often called "returning citizens") the way the
father treats his returned son in that parable? When men and women pay
their debt to society and acknowledge their crime, Christians should be
the first ones to accept them back into society. Yet many returning
citizens encounter barriers to a second chance, which often push them
into hunger and poverty.
We, the people of God, believe in a resurrected Christ who offers us
second chances (and third, and fourth ...). Let's be the loudest voice
calling for a second chance for returning citizens.
Join us as we pray for:
1. People facing long sentences for nonviolent crimes due to mandatory
minimum sentences and other unjust sentencing policies. Also pray that
they would be re-united with their families soon.
2. Children whose parents are incarcerated, that they would receive the love and care they need to develop fully.
3. Congressional leaders,
particularly Sen. Chuck Grassley, that they would revise mandatory
minimum sentencing laws that hurt families and foster hunger.
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"Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing." (1 Thessalonians 5:11)
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