Thanks to Dean for mentioning this post about a cool ministry idea.  I can't take credit for the idea.  The only thing I can take credit for is posting it, which is pretty standard for bloggers anyway.

The credit must go to the wonderful weblog called Kingdom Come.  It's slogan is "Exploring the Christian experience across continents and denominations."  I certainly identify with the title: it smacks of a longing for unity that reaches beyond labels and manmade traditions.  I hope to uncover more gems like this one as I read KC in the future.  You can subscribe to the RSS feed for the Kingdom Come weblog.

While I'm posting about cool ministry ideas, Joni Eareckson Tada's ministry has created an outreach program called Wheels for the World that refurbishes wheelchairs for distribution to needful disabled persons around the globe, using the caring hands of prison inmates to do it.

Heres a quote from another article about WFTW:

RESTORATION: The second division of Wheels for the World is restoration. Searching for new and effective ways to restore wheelchairs is an on-going process. In 1996, the idea to use inmates to restore wheelchairs was suggested. In 1997, we opened our first wheelchair restoration center in a prison in Buena Vista, Colorado. Since that time, we have opened four other centers, two state run facilities and two in partnership with Corrections Corporation of America. This program has won praise from both the inmates and prison officials as contributing to the rehabilitation of prison inmates.

How's that for cool?