LITE in KCJ

Helping those who are incarcerated re-enter our community with dignity and confidence.
Matthew 5:14-16

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This what Marion County, IN has chosen to do with some of its ARPA $. Wonderful.
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Yes, sad state of the church today.

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Trump-evangelicalism is a religious cult. It's not that the MAGA folks believe Trump is Jesus. No, it's that they wish Jesus was a little more like Donald Trump than the Gospel version of Jesus. The "Love your enemy" and "turn the other cheek" Gospel is deemed unrealistic and weak compared to the "stand your ground" and "don't tread on me" gospel of the NRA... so they reimagine Jesus, not as he was, but as they wish he was. The cult of Trump is what happens when people abandon the sacrificial love of Jesus on the cross and re-create Jesus in their own image with an AR-15 and a MAGA hat... and use him as a mascot for their political team in the idolatrous quest for power. He just becomes a means to an end.

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What a great idea.

Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown University after release from prison https://t.co/CRMaeGhcQH

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This is the verse (well, 14-16 actually) from which our name was derived.
“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:14 NLT

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[Chris D. Cotton @cdcotton]

Please consider using some of your Holiday Dollars to support @LITEinKCJ - we can't do our work without donors and volunteers.
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A very helpful and informative thread about MRT.
Hint, it ain't all it's cracked up to be.

[Brianna Suslovic, MSW @BSuslovic]

*New publication alert, cc: @Sam_Harrell_ and colleagues!* Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) is implemented in correctional and treatment facilities across the U.S. From a social work lens, we asked: what is it and what is the research behind it? What we found was terrifying…🧵:

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Today's Free Writers prompts.
If you'd like to talk to @cdcotton about helping with this valuable program inside or outside the jail, please let us know. He reports some amazing breakthroughs with these guys through their writes.

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Are you following our website and its blog?
https://t.co/HXmsy2Ngzq is the place to go.

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Today's prompts for Free Writers.

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Are you following our website's blog page?
https://t.co/yG3sKelqM1

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This afternoon's Free Writers prompts; 4 for each class.

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Our new site is live! Still have lots of content to add but we're thankful for the help of @BrockRose on this project.

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This is how we launched. Our friend @Jon_Andrews used this phrase.

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Free Writing classes have kicked off. And @cdcotton tells us the guys LOVE them. He went on and on about how much they shared, that their writing was excellent, and how much HE got out of it from them.
We'll be sharing excerpts of their writing from future sessions.
#FreeWriting

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We're excited that @cdcotton will start teaching our first Free Writing classes in the jail next week.

What is free writing? Check out our mentor's website here - https://t.co/JsA6E0Mohq

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We're grateful the Syracuse- Wawasee @Kiwanis invited Tammy Cotton and @cdcotton to be this morning's program!

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1 in 14 kids in the US has an incarcerated parent.

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Guys in our W.A.I.T. (What Am I Thinking) classes love it so much they're meeting in the block between sessions! It's what #SEL really is. It's only in campaign slogans & political rhetoric it's evil. This is real life. This stuff works.
#BetterLives
#BetterCommunites

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We are launching free writing courses in the jail starting in June! Thanks to #FreeWritersMN for collaborating with @cdcotton to get ours up and running so quickly!
https://t.co/JsA6E0Mohq

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@cdcotton Wonderful sentiment.