Mass Incarceration in the USA

Do you need a crash course on mass incarceration in the United States? Take a few minutes to watch the video below. Organizations like Redemption Housing are necessary because our prison systems, by and large, exist to punish rather than rehabilitate. This one of...

The Harsh Realities of Returning Citizens

Meet John, a lifelong Philadelphian. John completed his ten-year prison sentence last week, and with only the clothes on his back and a paper bag carrying his few personal belongings, John walked to the train station to purchase a ticket “home.” As a typical returning...

Top 5 Myths about Sex Offenders

As a society, we fear and despise those returning citizens who have been convicted of sexual offenses. We don’t want them near our schools or in our neighborhoods. Employers won’t offer them jobs, so they often find themselves living on the streets. Redemption Housing...

Beyond Redemption?

Going down to a Samaritan city, Philip proclaimed the Message of the Messiah. When the people heard what he had to say and saw the miracles, the clear signs of God’s action, they hung on his every word. Many who could neither stand nor walk were healed that day. The...

Everything We Think We Know About Addiction Is Wrong

Loneliness is often the driving factor that keeps people in addition, as they would do anything other than face the realities of their lives and the consequences of their actions. Therefore, as this video points out: “The path out of unhealthy bonds, is to form...