(This morning I spent time with an offender who is in a holding cell awaiting execution just after midnight tonight. As I sit here this evening, I’m reminded of what I was doing nearly 10 years ago at the end of my first year as a volunteer chaplain at a maximum security prison.)
During the fall of 2001, two events converged: I was taking a course called “The Prophets,” and I was asked by an offender to be a pastoral witness at his execution.
So, I chose the topic of capital punishment and reflected upon what a modern-day prophet might have to say on the topic.
In my paper I included A 21st Century Prophecy which I wrote in the morning before I drove down to the prison on the eve of his execution.
Tags: death penalty, executions, justice, prison ministry
In a dim light... 
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