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Als Tom in einer kalten Novembernacht aus dem Kloster flieht, weiß er nicht, ob er seine Frau und seine beiden Kinder jemals wiedersehen wird. Aus einem gemeinsamen Traum ist für ihn ein Alptraum geworden. Mit seiner Familie hatte sich Tom einer Gruppe aus Freunden angeschlossen, die die Welt zum Guten verändern wollte. Die Gruppe ist in in ein altes Kloster in Bayern gezogen, um miteinander zu wohnen, zu diskutieren, sich die Arbeit zu teilen, die so anfällt, und einander auch emotional zu unterstützen - mit Gesprächsrunden und viel Reflexion. Doch mit der Zeit ist etwas gekippt.

Lennox recounts in riveting detail how he was drawn into his life of crime, how he operated as a drug dealer, enforcer and armed robber, and how he survived numerous spells in prisons including Dartmoor, Strangeways, Grendon, Oxford and Lewes. All culminating in the fateful day when, friendless, bloodied and broke, he collapsed behind an industrial bin in an alleyway off London's Oxford Street, and saw an eerie image out of the corner of his eye. In Breaking Better, Lennox sets out the complete story of his decent into darkness and his inspiring road to redemption.

The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world’s incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichés—paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time—there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don’t actually know why we punish.

The long forgotten true story of two convict "assigned" servant girls, Sarah 18 y/o & Mary 20 y/o, tried in colonial Australia for the murder of their “master”. The witnesses except for the widow and her 12-year-old son saw no punches, allegedly the cause of death. The attending doctor did not arrive in time to give evidence. Hearsay evidence was admitted. There were no witnesses for the defense.

Join Lucretia Bowman as she gives insights into how her life was transformed from a five-time convicted felon to the founder and Vice President of Recovery Services at City Gospel Mission. You'll be inspired to turn your life around and how to embrace change no matter how impossible it seems. Have any comments on any of the episodes? Please email: josborn@citygospelmission.org

Eye-popping true crime meets an enlightened spiritual awakening. Having the right mix of both encouragement and entertainment, Corbin Bosiljevac's memoir gets to the heart of an extraordinary story told by an ordinary man. When questionable choices, addiction, and mental health consume his existence, the yearning for something larger becomes imperative. This is a true story about a man's struggles through a time in his life when choices led him astray. From college graduate and Fortune 1000 salesman, to black-market drug dealing, crime emerged as an every day event.