About The Author

Jan D. Thomas, a retired prison warden, has been involved in prison ministry for more than twenty-five years. He received an MDiv degree from Gateway Seminary, helped establish Crossings Prison Ministry in New Mexico, and was instrumental in bringing Celebrate Recovery to incarcerated people throughout the United States and other countries, as well as his own church. Thomas was the first national director of Celebrate Recovery Inside. He has also become an artist, using oil, acrylic, and drawing to express his creative side and has sold paintings on commission and elsewhere. Many of his works are in a hospital, restaurants and galleries in his hometown of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Other works can be seen in the Artwork section of this website.