PRISON FELLOWSHIP: reconciliation

Kellie Thimmes Angel Tree Interview
  • Angel Tree
From Addicted to Healed

  Kellie has come a long way in the last few years, but getting clean has not been easy.

By Emily Harris Greene
December 5, 2018
Angel Tree | Children with Incarcerated Parents | incarcerated mothers | reconciliation
Bridge full feature
  • Reentry
  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • Feature Stories
How an Attempted Murder Led to Reconciliation

On an October evening in 1992, 18-year-old Misty Wallace called her parents from a pay phone outside of a Burger King in Indianapolis. As she concluded her call, a man approached and asked if she was done. When she said “yes,” the man shot her in the face.

By Steve Rempe
September 29, 2016
Indiana | Indianapolis | Keith Blackburn | Misty Wallace | reconciliation | Repentance | TakePart
  • Prison & Prisoners
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Woman (and Daughter) Forgive Husband’s Killer

Twelve years ago, Patty O’Reilly’s husband was killed by an intoxicated driver. Now over a decade later, she has made it through a journey from anger and hatred to forgiveness and a new found love of life. She reflects on her experience with Reader’s Digest.

By Breanna Atkinson
June 10, 2016
Creating a Constructive Prison Culture | forgiveness | Patty O'Reilly | Reader's Digest | reconciliation
  • Prison & Prisoners
Reconciliation, Ten Years Later

At Prison Fellowship, we often talk about the significance of forgiveness and reconciliation—between prisoners and members of their families, between offenders and their victims. Recently, Liz Stanosheck, a member of our field staff, shared a pretty amazing story about a situation in which she was the victim.

By Zoe Erler
April 13, 2016
forgiveness | reconciliation

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