My first prison concert experience two years ago left me “gloriously ruined” (Kay Warren term ) for traditional music events, but our recent visit with the women at Greenville Federal Correctional Institute (Greenville, IL) left me a bit speechless … I don’t mean to sound so dramatic, but I think a few of us departed [...]
Hope Shows Up in Greenville (IL)
Hope Shows Presents Greenville FCI Prison Benefit, Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Hope Shows presents “Rehearse Hope: Girls Night Out @ Greenville College 4 Girls Night In @ Greenville FCI” benefit, featuring Jenny Simmons of Addison Road and special music by Greenville College Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) students, held on Wednesday, December 14, at 7:00 p.m. in the Wilson [...]
2011 Hope Rocks Christmas Collection for Mercy Ministries
Hope Shows and the Hope Rocks Campaign encourage your participation in these “next steps” toward our “Hope Rocks: Christmas Collection” initiative, intended to gift CD libraries to rehabilitation programs and prisons (where allowed), especially for those who don’t have access to Christian radio. We hope to fully implement this initiative in December 2012, but until [...]
But By Grace
I’ve started something and welcome you to hold me accountable for finishing it. Below you will find the first installment – technically a draft of the “Forward” – of a book I’m writing, But By Grace. As each chapter’s draft is completed, I will post it on the Hope Shows website and I invite your [...]