Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut This originally appeared as one of my Practically Religion columns in Greenwich, Connecticut. Mourning My Father Part Two: The French Chairsby Jeff Grant I prayed this morning. I got up early but instead of my usual early morning ritual of pot o’ coffee and a couple of hours of writing,…
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut This is an excerpt from my book, The Art of Surviving Prison, awaiting publication. It originally appeared as one of my Practically Religion columns in Greenwich, Connecticut. Mourning My father, Warts And All (Part One) By Jeff Grant My Dad grew up in Brooklyn at a time when it seemed…
The New Prison Ministry atThe First Baptist Church of Bridgeport 126 Washington Avenue Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604 1. We ask for your assistance. Important new Prison Ministry initiatives are under way and are being planned at The First Baptist Church of Bridgeport – all open to the entire Greater Bridgeport community, and reentry and recovery communities. …
A Sermon, John 20: 24 – 29, By Rev. Jeff Grant It was my daughter’s eighteen birthday. Now you all know that an eighteenth birthday is a very big deal in the life of a young woman. And in the life of a family. This was a day she’d been waiting for her entire life…
A Sermon, John 20: 24 – 29, By Rev. Jeff Grant It was my daughter’s eighteen birthday. Now you all know that an eighteenth birthday is a very big deal in the life of a young woman. And in the life of a family. This was a day she’d been waiting for her entire life…
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut A column from Sept, 2012. I was the kick-off speaker at The Nantucket Project 2012 Fellows Academy lunch to start the weekend: Practically Religion: Interesting Times at The Nantucket Project By Jeff Grant An Ancient Chinese proverb says, “may you live in interesting times.” I have a feeling that The…
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut –> In Early December, I was on my way to the Fresh Start Holiday Party in Bridgeport. Fresh Start is a program of Family ReEntry, a nonprofit that serves formerly incarcerated persons and their families in Fairfield County. Since I was Vice Chairman of Family Reentry, I was invited to…
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut We curate useful news and information content daily on the Progressive Prison Project Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/progressiveprisonproject Gratefully, Jeff Jeff Grant, JD, M Div Director, Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut Assoc. Minister/ Director of Prison Ministries First Baptist Church of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut jgrant@progressiveprisonproject.org jgrant3074@columbia.edu (203) 339-5887 Experienced and Compassionate…
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut We curate useful news and information content daily on the Progressive Prison Project Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/progressiveprisonproject Gratefully, Jeff Jeff Grant, JD, M Div Director, Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut Assoc. Minister/ Director of Prison Ministries First Baptist Church of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut jgrant@progressiveprisonproject.org jgrant3074@columbia.edu (203) 339-5887 Experienced and Compassionate…
–> Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut Not long ago I met with a hedge fund manager who had already been sentenced to five years in prison – he had been designated to report to a Federal prison in five weeks. Although his case was highly publicized, he preferred to meet in a diner – I…