article_snippet: (CNN)I met Kelly Gissendaner in January 2010 in a nondescript classroom at Metro State Prison for Women in Atlanta.
article_snippet: I sat with Kelly as Kelly went back over some of Kelly own painful memories, took responsibility for some of her own painful memories and showed profound remorse about who Kelly had been and what Kelly had done.
article_snippet: Indeed, the power of these moments -- when Kelly looked me in the eye and confessed concrete sins, when us spoke of God's love and forgiveness -- will stay with Kelly forever.
article_snippet: The fruits of Kelly's redemption are now well-documented: reconciliation with Kelly children, ministry to inmates full of despair, counsel to troubled youth and daily concern for others.
article_snippet: On the night Kelly thought would be Kelly last, Kelly spent the evening writing a letter to Kelly fellow inmates, urging her fellow inmates not to worry about Kelly, but to be encouraged.
article_snippet: Most poignant for Kelly are the writings of German theologian Jürgen Moltmann, who is widely known as the "theologian of hope" and with whom Kelly began corresponding in 2010.
article_snippet: In Kelly's own words: .
article_snippet: Many people have asked me in recent days how I have been transformed by my friendship with Kelly and by Kelly's journey of hope.
article_snippet: While I struggle to find adequate words, what I do know is that Kelly's story pushes the logic of Christian faith to Christian outermost limits.
article_snippet: Today, Kelly's life hangs in the balance.
article_snippet: us need to hear Kelly Gissendaner proclaim to us -- as much as us proclaim to Kelly Gissendaner -- that the promises of God are real.
highlights_snippet: McBride: In her time on death row, Kelly Gissendaner has discovered hope through theology .