Podcast appearances and mentions of James Ackerman

James Ackerman, President and CEO of Prison Fellowship Ministries joins the Bow Tie Guy for a special episode of the show. James talks about the things that lead him into a life of devotion to Christ and how he has lead Prison Fellowship from a Founder Lead ministry into a Mission Lead ministry. Our Song of the Week is "Salvation Mountain" from Lauren Daigle. To give to the ministry, text the word "MuM" to 760-WALLS-CA (925-5722)

Sebastian opens the show with a concise summary of the findings of the Durham Report, and what you most need to know. Sebastian talks to Rich Baris, Director of Big Data Poll, about how polls now overwhelmingly indicate that President Trump will not only crush Ron DeSantis in the primary, but also could very likely beat Biden in 2024.Support the show: https://www.sebgorka.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HOUR1 Tom Steigleman is back from NCAA Championships in Orlando Trademark case on toy company copying Jack Daniels bottle for dog poop joke goes to U.S. Supreme Court. / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/scotus-hears-case-on-a-jack-daniels-knockoff-dog-toy?President Biden's assessment of whether or not to bailout regional banks could become a big re-election liability / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1165268118/biden-bank-failures-fallout-2024Tom S talks about his Florida food and restaurant choices on his trip.California's drought isn't over yet  / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1165378214/3-reasons-why-californias-drought-isnt-really-over-despite-all-the-rainHOUR 2 James Ackerman, President & CEO of Prison Fellowship re this weekend's Governor's Prayer Breakfast Dan Moore, Anchorage's Treasurer on Prop 11 / https://www.muni.org/Departments/finance/treasury/trustfund/Pages/default.aspxDoug from Palmer with a Hamline University update re a faculty firing issue The Anchorage Assembly is threatening litigation if Mayor Dave Bronson's administration pays a private contractor without Assembly approval. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/23/assembly-threatens-litigation-against-bronson-administration-contracting-approval-dispute/

Program for 10/21/22 Interview with James Ackerman, Prison Fellowship Ministries

Frequent readers and listeners of Breakpoint know about Max. The grandson of Chuck Colson and subject of a book called Dancing With Max, authored by Emily Colson (Chuck's daughter and Colson Center board member), Max is a remarkable young man who has autism. The last few years have been difficult for Emily and Max, especially since the COVID lockdowns disrupted their routines and canceled their helpers. The last few years were particularly hard on full-time caretakers.  And yet, in the middle of the challenges and disruptions of the last few years, God gave Max a ministry of encouraging and blessing others, a ministry now reaching people whose lives have been disrupted by war.   Here's how Emily Colson described this remarkable story in a recent email:  We didn't have a plan: We had a prayer. “How can we be a blessing to others?”  More than two years later, God continues to answer that prayer beyond what we could ask or imagine, bringing hope around the world.  Even into a war zone.   It was COVID shutdown 2020 when Max began to hand-paint colorful heart yard signs and deliver them around our community. Max wasn't an artist: Autism had made fine motor a lifelong challenge. God often uses the most unlikely individuals to accomplish His purposes so that the story is unmistakably His.   Our dining room became a workspace with plastic wrap stretched across the table and paint dripping into places that won't be found for another decade. Our home began to look as if we'd invited Jackson Pollock to dinner. It was there, in the ache and loss and isolation of shutdown, that Max would paint his joy-filled hearts.    Max has given away more than 250 heart yard signs now, and he is still painting. The hearts have made it onto note cards, 36,000 cards in circulation so far, with all proceeds going to charity. His hearts grace the front of shirts, each one packaged with a message of God's love and the value of every life. With every shirt purchased a duplicate is given to a life-affirming charity. And a “heart exhibit” is traveling to different gallery locations, telling the story of what only God can do. Of how He can multiply blessings.   As incredible as all of that is, there's now another chapter to this story, which began when Emily's friend April sent her a message.  She'd been watching the war break out in Ukraine on live television. She prayed, and God pressed an idea into her heart like a hot wax seal: Send Max's hearts to Ukraine.   Our church leapt at the idea. Our printer, Spectrum Designs, a company employing the most amazing team of individuals with autism, jumped just as quickly, printing the first 1,000 shirts. A team of highly caffeinated volunteers began folding and packaging each shirt with a message of God's love and hope—all translated into Ukrainian.   But…where would we send these?  Who would receive and distribute these shirts in Ukraine?  That answer began 50 years ago, in the brokenness of Watergate. My dad, Chuck Colson, served as Special Counsel to President Nixon... When my dad was released from prison he founded Prison Fellowship ministries, which became the largest prison ministry in the world, reaching millions of people in the darkest places around the globe with the hope and love of Jesus Christ.   Even reaching Ukraine.   The ministry he founded 50 years ago through the brokenness of Watergate would carry his grandson's hearts, born of the brokenness of COVID, to bring hope to those in a war zone on the other side of the world.   James Ackerman, president of Prison Fellowship USA, traveled to Romania... and (with) a team of ministry leaders and volunteers carried the shirts and other supplies deep into Ukraine, delivering them to children of prisoners, and to people in a Ukrainian refugee center.  Emily received a photo of one little boy who was holding Max's picture, and wearing a shirt printed with Max's hearts and the words, “Beloved by God.”  Both of his parents were killed in the war. As Emily said,  When I saw this little boy's face, I cried for days... God cares. He aches for the brokenness of this world. He is close to this little boy, just as He is close to Max. God was even leaning over Max's shoulder as he began to paint, knowing He would carry these hearts—and His hope—around the world.   You can learn how to join Max and Emily in their mission at www.heartbymax.com.  

James Ackerman is the President & CEO of Prison Fellowship. James spent more than a dozen years volunteering with Prison Fellowship, leveraging his business experience to teach prisoners important life skills, such as resume writing, job interviewing, household budgeting, and personal planning. James joins Mike to share with us all the life-changing work that Prison Fellowship provides. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Ackerman is the President & CEO of Prison Fellowship. James spent more than a dozen years volunteering with Prison Fellowship, leveraging his business experience to teach prisoners important life skills, such as resume writing, job interviewing, household budgeting, and personal planning. James joins Mike to share with us all the life-changing work that Prison Fellowship provides.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why do two-thirds of freed prisoners go right back in? “The key is breaking them free of the ‘criminogenic thinking' typical of people with criminal history,” says James Ackerman, President and CEO of Christ-centered ministry Prison Fellowship. To offer hope behind bars, hip-hop artist Lecrae partners with PF to perform concerts in prison yards, speaking directly to inmates about his own family to urge men and women to embrace a second chance. “They're still human beings - with dignity - who've made mistakes.” Air1's Monika Kelly gives us a Closer Look.

Why do two-thirds of freed prisoners go right back in? “The key is breaking them free of the ‘criminogenic thinking' typical of people with criminal history,” says James Ackerman, President and CEO of Christ-centered ministry Prison Fellowship. To offer hope behind bars, hip-hop artist Lecrae partners with PF to perform concerts in prison yards, speaking directly to inmates about his own family to urge men and women to embrace a second chance. “They're still human beings - with dignity - who've made mistakes.” K-LOVE's Monika Kelly gives us a Closer Look.

James Ackerman, Prison Fellowship shares how God offers second chances and barriers are being removed and pathways to brighter futures are being built.

Hugh covers the news of the morning with audio clips and talks with James Ackerman, CEO of Prison Fellowship and National Director of Angel Tree Programs, and Salena Zito, columnist for “The New York Post.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chance Rinkol and James Ackerman - two middle-schoolers from Kansas City - join the Golf Underground to talk about their games and their already impressive resumes including a combined 15 hole in ones and many rounds in the 60s.

Sebastian talks impeachment with Boris Epshteyn, discusses the Angel Tree campaign with Prison Fellowship's James Ackerman, and talks about social media censorship with Bryan Dean WrightSupport the show: https://www.sebgorka.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President and CEO of Prison Fellowship James Ackerman discusses the personal transformations he sees through the organization, as well as his relationship with the reformed Nixon aide Chuck Colson who founded it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Ackerman passed away during a match at Bishop Park in 2015. James' best friend Todd Murphy and brother Andrew Ackerman reflect on James' life and what family and friends are doing to keep his legacy alive.

This past week at Holy Trinity Church, we had James Ackerman from Prison Fellowship share with us about the impact of prison outreach. He also interviewed Fred Mendrin, a former prisoner who now works as a Field Director for PF.        

In the final episode of a series with Prison Fellowship CEO, James Ackerman shares some of the life lessons he’s learned from rehabilitating inmates and changing lives, such as understanding the context of criminals’ lives.

Sometimes the most difficult challenges we face in life are centered around those who have wronged us in some way. In this episode of The Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen are joined by Prison Fellowship CEO James Ackerman for a discussion on some of the more extreme cases of forgiveness.

It’s been estimated that a staggering 77% of inmates will be arrested for a new crime within five years of being released from prison. James Ackerman, CEO of Prison Fellowship, has found that through his program, the rate drops all the way down to 17%. In this episode of The Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen speak with James about how his fellowship’s 4 pillars help to turn people’s lives around for good.

Today on Victory Over Sin, Mark Renick is on the phone with the President and CEO of Prison Fellowship, James Ackerman. James is an accomplished business leader and longtime Prison Fellowship volunteer and supporter, who was mentored by Prison Fellowship’s founder, the late Charles Colson. Learn more about Prison Fellowship at prisonfellowship.org.Read More →

Mark Renick is in and talking about Systemic Change of Idaho, Victory Over Sin, Prison Fellowship, James Ackerman, Elinor Donahue and the Andy Griffith Show. Also Doug is talking about Pain Management as it deals with Retired NFL Football Players. Read More →

Our criminal justice system is broken. We lock up way too many people in awful conditions; we generally don’t help them rehabilitate and heal; our prisons seem to drain the life out of inmates and train them in new forms of criminal behavior; and the majority of those released commit more crimes and return to prison. James Ackerman, the President and CEO of Prison Fellowship, joins us to continue our conversation about improving the lives and futures of prisoners, former prisoners, and their families. Prison Fellowship is active in 449 U.S. prisons and jails, and offers intensive year-long programs in 76 of those facilities across 23 states. The non-profit estimates that it serves 25,000 prisoners each month, and impacts 200,000 unique inmates per year. Prison Fellowship also operates the Angel Tree program where volunteers purchase and deliver Christmas gifts on behalf of parents who are incarcerated, providing gifts to 291,000 children last year alone.

Our criminal justice system is broken. We lock up way too many people in awful conditions; we generally don’t help them rehabilitate and heal; our prisons seem to drain the life out of inmates and train them in new forms of criminal behavior; and the majority of those released commit more crimes and return to prison. Today we're joined by James Ackerman, the President and CEO of Prison Fellowship – the nation’s largest outreach working to improve the lives and futures of prisoners, former prisoners, and their families. Prison Fellowship is active in 449 U.S. prisons and jails and offers intensive year-long programs in 76 of those facilities across 23 states. The non-profit estimates that it serves 25,000 prisoners each month, and impacts 200,000 unique inmates per year. Prison Fellowship also operates the Angel Tree program where volunteers purchase and deliver Christmas gifts on behalf of parents who are incarcerated, providing gifts to 291,000 children last year alone.

Luke & George read and discuss Pliny the Younger’s two luxurious (but still so modest!) villas, as described in his letters. The box hedges have been trimmed, and dinner is swimming around on the back of a wooden duck. We discussed the essay ‘The Villa as Paradigm’ by James Ackerman, from Perspecta, Vol. 22, Paradigms of Architecture (1986) pp10-31Music: ‘Curiousity’ and ‘Quizitive' from the album ‘Music For Podcasts’ by Lee Rosevere. From the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org/music/LeeRosevere/MusicFor_Podcasts/Look at some images on our Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104384327113725304822

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Listen as Air1's Billie Branham shares James Ackerman's latest project.

Compartimos con ustedes una interesante entrevista con el Dr. James Ackerman, catedrático en el Departamento de Biología, Director del Herbario y el Museo de Zoologia de la  Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. El Dr. Ackerman  nos habla sobre el Herbario de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras, nos define que es…

Compartimos con ustedes una interesante entrevista con el Dr. James Ackerman, catedrático en el Departamento de Biología, Director del Herbario y el Museo de Zoologia de la  Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. El Dr. Ackerman  nos habla sobre su libro recién publicado titulado: Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles.  En la entrevista nos habla…