Young and desperate with no other hope in sight, Mark decided to rob a bank. In his escape, he shot a Wyoming patrolman, point-blank, five times. He didn't make it far before he was caught. He ended up spending more than 40 years in prison, but those years were years God used to completely transform his life.

Mark Corbett has resided in Wyoming since his release from prison in 2023. He is the founder and executive director of Compassion Wyoming. Mark's story appears in Victorious Living Magazine Issue 1, 2026.

Abused, traumatized, and feeling unloved, Renee' grew up uncertain of her place in this world. Even when good things happened to her, she struggled with deep depression and sorrow until God took hold of her life. At the moment of her surrender, He opened the prison gates of her mind and began to rewrite her story.

Renee' Cairns is an ordained minister who serves young women who have experienced similar trauma. She and her husband Jim founded Broken Chains, Transformed Lives, where they help hurting people find freedom in Christ. She has traveled from North Carolina to Trinidad and Tanzania, ministering the Word and seeing lives transformed by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. Her story appears in Victorious Living Magazine, Issue 1, 2026.

Reneé Cairns is an ordained minister who ministers to young women who have suffered similar trauma. She and her husband Jim founded Broken Chains, Transformed Lives, where they help hurting people find freedom in Christ. She has traveled from North Carolina to Trinidad to Tanzania, ministering the Word and seeing lives transformed by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ.

It was just a routine traffic stop . . . until it wasn't. In seconds, Patrolman Watt's life changed forever. But it wasn't the bullets or the loss of his career that nearly destroyed him. It was the prison of hatred he locked himself into—a prison from which only forgiveness could set him and his attacker free. God's love freed Steve from a self-imposed prison of fear and resentment and redeemed his life from the pit. Steve's story appears in Victorious Living Magazine, Issue 1, 2026.

Steve Watt lives in Colorado with his wife Joyce and his service dog Sam. He lives to tell others about Jesus.