We shared one of our community projects and the corresponding lesson about swimming against the flow of culture with artist Dawn Baker from Alert Ministries. Alert creatively services incarcerated teenage boys at a Dallas juvenile detention center. Due to increased restrictions because of the pandemic, we encouraged Alert to actively seek permission to get the colorful artwork installed inside the boys’ living space—healing art lifts the heart. Previously, no artwork had been allowed, so we felt thrilled to see the finished wooden tiles, painted by thirteen teens, hanging in their common area.
