More than four decades ago, the Watergate scandal rocked the nation, eventually moving Charles Colson, then known as Nixon's "dirty tricks" man, to step down from the White House. In that dark personal hour, a friend showed him that the apparent end of his political career was in fact a window opening up to a new life — one defined by the grace of the Gospel message.
After becoming a Christian, Colson pled guilty to obstruction of justice and spent 7 months behind bars. In 1976 he founded Prison Fellowship, which today is the nation's largest ministry to prisoners, former prisoners, and their families.
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