KING JAMES said it... JAMES ALLEN said it... STEVE HARVEY said it... MUST BE TRUE A recent Tweet by Steve Harvey underscores the phenomenon of universal truths - their worth holds for all time and all people - from ancient days to today. Wisdom has no timeline, no...

From the moment it made its entrance on the world book scene more than thirty years ago, You Can Heal Your Life has been a powerful force for self-awareness, inner healing, and transformation. Testimonials from millions of people across the decades give evidence of...

In the early 1970s, two professors of Medical Psychology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City became models of “Serious Seekers” for inner peace. When anger and aggression so completely permeated their - on the outside -...

Many years ago, in a report on correctional education in Illinois prepared by the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority, an astounding statement was made that still holds true today: "The challenge for... practitioners, and for the educational system as a whole, is to...

June 17, 2019, brings us the 30th edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT® Data Book - one of the most reliable sources of data about the well-being of children. The Data Book tracks 16 areas of child-well being across four domains - health, education,...

Release from jail or prison could mark the beginning of breaking the cycle of incarceration - and for those with children - it could mark the beginning of breaking the intergenerational one. Unfortunately, without assistance, two-thirds of those released return to...

In Parental Incarceration and the Family, author Joyce A. Arditti stresses the critical role parent relationships play in the social and educational outcomes for children of incarcerated parents. For over 2% of U.S. Children under the age of 18 - more than 1,700,000...

These are words from Psalm 91. Why are we making this Psalm available to download? The mother of a recently incarcerated young man once asked us to send it to her son. Turmoil was brewing on his jail living unit. He was afraid. He had heard other detainees discussing...

The "Big Book" is the foundational reference of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and 12-Step Programs.The first half of the book tells how AA came to be and how it works. The last half relates stories of those who, thanks to their relentless participation in AA, are winning...

Mark Twain once said a classic is "a book which people praise but don't read." The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius - one of the great emperors of ancient Rome - is a classic which people praise AND read. In fact, The Meditations have been praised and read for...