Some people grow up in church. Others grow up around it. Jeremy Johnson was one of those kids. From VBS programs to Sunday mornings with his family, he was always near the things of God. He learned the songs. He knew the stories. He showed up to all the activities. But like he says today, “I was aware of God because I was close to Him. But I didn’t yet know what a true relationship with Him really meant.”

What happens when freedom feels more like a sentence than a second chance? For thousands of men and women released from South Carolina prisons each year, “freedom” begins with nothing but the clothes on their back and the bus ticket in their hand. No job. No ID. No home. No one waiting for them. For many, it’s only a matter of days before desperation drives them right back through prison gates. But it doesn’t have to be this way.