THE FIRST-EVER ESSAY COLLECTION
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PUBLISHED BY ST. TIKHON'S SEMINARY PRESS

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ABOUT THE BOOK

With 5.5 million people in prison, in jails, or on parole, the United States has reached a truly crisis level of incarceration. Millions of people, oftentimes recapitulating the trauma inflicted on them, are separated from society into our nation’s punitive justice system and into more hardship. And yet, Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM) receives many stories from inmates that are profoundly humbling.
 
It is time these stories are shared.
 
Suffer with You is a collection of three essays from people on various sides of the U.S. prison system, all approaching the theme of forgiveness. One man learns how to forgive his mother’s murderer, another commits a hate crime and now leads a prayer group for racial reconciliation, and a former pastor wrestles with the long-term effects of his crime. One final expository essay leads the reader through the “Liturgy of Forgiveness”, a systematic prayer rule first conceived by +Schemanun Siluana Vlad, that we may all draw closer to God’s radical forgiveness and share that forgiveness with others.

THE REDEMPTION STORY THAT STARTED IT ALL

HOW ONE MAN FORGAVE AND EVEN BEFRIENDED HIS MOTHER'S MURDERER

FROM THE EDITOR

Buy this book, and read it in community. Start a book club at your church and read it together over eight weeks or so. Suffer with You would be especially impactful if your church already feels called to prison ministry, but even if that’s not yet a priority for your church, read this book. Prison ministry is essential to our lives as Christians–Christ says so Himself.

Forgiveness, even just seeing people as capable of change and growth, is essential to our lives as Christians. Truly, there is something important here for everyone. You won’t walk away from the book unaffected.

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SUFFER WITH YOU: LESSONS ON FORGIVENESS FROM PRISON

PROCEEDS BENEFIT ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN PRISON MINISTRY PROGRAMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

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