After over 30 years in a Texas prison (for a crime that those who know his case, believe he did not commit) Roger McGowen has demonstrated the power of love and brotherhood to rehabilitate and transform the lives of prison inmates and an entire prison culture – perhaps providing a model for the world. Learning about blessing from Pierre’s book The Gentle Art of Blessing was instrumental in changing his attitude to his life on death row.
April 2022 The following quotation comes from a very recent letter of Roger W. McGowen (RogerMcGowen.org), a former death row inmate with extremely modest basic primary education whom Pierre, with the help a few friends, got off death row – but not out of prison. This man was condemned to death for a crime we…
by Pierre Pradervand, co-author, Messages of Life from Death Row October 2019 Let us search for the deeper meaning of this everyday word rarely used with a clear consciousness of its true meaning and especially the nuances of its significance. In its original sense, it means something out of the ordinary. However, an ice cream…
Updated press release -February 2021 – Roger McGowen: A leader in the Power of Love and Brotherhood in Prison After over 30 years in a Texas prison (for a crime, that those who know his case, believe he did not commit) Roger McGowen has demonstrated the power of love and brotherhood to rehabilitate and transform…
For 17 years I was a visitor at the local Geneva jail. One day, I was asked to visit a young man who had read the book by Roger McGowen “Messages of Life from Death Row” who speaks at length of the powerful impact on him during one of the most challenging periods of his…
