Blog
Transitiong to Reentry
With the COVID-19 pandemic restricting our access to the institutions where we serve, unCUFFED has scrambled to reinvent itself with a focus on reentry. At the Baltimore County Detention Center, ...
Parresia: God’s Gift in Tense Times
“We, the church, are God’s chosen solution,” Pastor Antoine Payne began his opening statement at unCUFFED’s racial reconciliation forum, Becoming a Stable Bridge, on June 24th. Reading from 1 Timothy ...
Snail Mail Ministry
Like many of our volunteers, Bob Carmen was initially discouraged and a bit nervous when the pandemic closed detention facility doors...and when he found out he’d be keeping up with ...
El Poder de un Amigo por Correspondencia
This in a except from Barbara Rowe's most recent newsletter. It was a chilly day in January when I first entered the Baltimore County Detention Center with Kim Turner, Area ...
The Church for Social, Societal & Systemic Change
As Christians, we must remember that God not only hates sin in individuals, but also the sin that invades our governments, organizations, and other institutions and structures. In Isaiah 10, ...
Condemnation of Sin
We know assuredly that God hates sin. In 1 Corinthians 15:34 Paul tells us to “Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning.” These words are very true but if ...
Be Reconciled
Be Reconciled - 2 Cor 5:11-21 tells us that we are Ambassadors of Christ. Being the ambassador of a sovereign state must be very difficult; you are not meant to ...
Walk Humbly
In the world, humility is often mistaken for weakness or low self-esteem. Just sit in a room with a group of teenage boys and listen to their initial reactions when ...
Love Mercy
At unCUFFED we strive to act justly, accepting the justice and consequences our kids face in court proceedings. Still, we love mercy so much more. The judicial system has the ...
unCUFFED’s Response to the Murder of George Floyd
During my 30 plus years as a pastor in different congregations, certain tragic events took place that required an immediate shift in focus as to what I planned to preach ...
