Hello everyone, It is me again, Kris (with a K). As most of you may know, I will be graduating on May 10, 2024. Of course, it has been a long time coming, and it is a bittersweet moment for those of...

One of the most frequently asked questions we as prisoners hear is “What is the food like in there — is it as bad as what we see on television?” Many of us would reply that much of the food is bland...

Content warning: Discussions of suicidal ideation and death. When I first came to prison almost 10 years ago, I had what turned out to be a prophetic phone call with my mother. Being 48 and looking...

Knollcrest Gospel Choir alongside the Handlon Tabernacle Choir lifted their voices in praise, allowing a joyful noise to fill the auditorium on the Handlon Campus. Within this setting, excitable energy...

Many sermons and Bible lessons have been given on the prodigal son story from Jesus, found in Luke 15. Notably, Jesus tells this story after some “grumbling” from the Pharisees and scribes about who...

I was interviewed recently by a local news station about being a new Calvin student in prison. Nervousness and anxiety rushed over me while waiting for the interview to start.  I was sitting in the...

Anxious energy permeated the Handlon campus as once stoic, studious college students now displayed an excitable energy while rehearsing for their performances.  For the first time ever, the Handlon...

Nearly five years ago, much like the legendary Captain Kirk from “Star Trek,” I too came to explore a “Strange New World.” It was not a distant planet, though sometimes it seemed like it was, but...

On Sept. 28 2023, Dr. Delia Fernández-Jones blessed us with a visit to the Handlon Campus. During her time with us, Fernández-Jones gave a lecture on her book, “Making the MexiRican City: Migration,...

The prayer of Jabez, a two-verse passage slipped into the middle of an exhaustive genealogy, could be easily missed. Its position appears to be out of place, as if it goes against the status quo. The...

Philosophers from Socrates to Rawls have given us their definition of justice. Nevertheless, if you ask 100 people to define justice, you would get 100 different variations. That being said, what if I...