By Lisa Blystra President & CEO, Crossroads The new year has begun, which means it’s the perfect time for us to pause and reflect on the incredible growth in 2018. We celebrated nearly doubling the number of students in our mentorship program, and we have been...
Editor’s Note: This letter from Doug Cupery, director of church mobilization at Crossroads Prison Ministries, was sent to all Crossroads mentors earlier this month. Dear Mentor, Christmas brings back both warm memories and icy cold memories for me. It was during...
Dear Friends, Most of Esteban’s life has been an ongoing battle against drugs and alcohol. By the time he was a teenager, he was an alcoholic and a cocaine addict. At age twenty-five, he landed in a drug rehab program. By his fortieth birthday, he had returned...
Just for Mentors:NOVEMBER 2018 In this month’s Just for Mentors, Doug discusses the power of being present and how as Crossroads mentors we can be present to our students through compassionate and encouraging letters. Newsletter...
Just for Mentors:OCTOBER 2018In this month’s Just for Mentors, Dara encourages us to ask good questions of our students – questions that encourage them to look inwardly at their hopes, dreams, pain and disappointment. Newsletter...