“Milltown Pride” tells the story of a young man who dreams of playing professional baseball, his rise as a baseball star, his fall from grace, and the redemption he finds through faith and love. …

By Benjy Egel From The Sacramento Bee Sacramento—Jamie Mason was more than 20 years into her career in specialty coffee when she got a call from an alarming source: the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. The Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center was starting a coffee education and barista training program, a lieutenant told Mason, and they wanted…

A life-transforming journey of a pro hockey player who, after having been imprisoned for dealing drugs and losing the things and people he loved most, seeks a return to happiness and redemption via a humanitarian journey into South East Asia. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.”…

In the creative process, we find freedom, relief, release, expression—and redemption. But for noted Southern California ceramicist Rich Lopez, the creative process and the hummingbird ceramic that became a part of his identity had to wait. He had to die first, to experience this new creative life. “That second time, I tell people I committed suicide. It wasn’t…

The best leadership comes from experience, and often from adversity. Active duty airman Sean Douglas, who found his passion as a mentor in the U.S. Air Force, is telling his story to encourage others to become their best selves. Douglas enlisted in the Air Force on Sept. 12, 2001, in the immediate aftermath of the…

If you follow professional baseball at all, or even if you don’t, you most likely know who Darryl Strawberry is. He was a star player in the 1980s and 1990s, playing for teams such as the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, and New York Yankees. He had 335 home runs, 1,000 RBIs, and earned…