The heart of the Bridge Pastoral Foundation is our Christian belief in the loving, creative mystery of God, shown to us in the person of Jesus, whose nature we are called to share by the inner working of the Holy Spirit, who draws us into deep relationship and community. This sharing means that we welcome open-heartedly, in the love of God, not only Christians, but also those with other beliefs or none.
Our unique mission calls us to face in ourselves and enable others to face in themselves the patterns of fear and self-rejection that are so painful to accept that they remain mostly hidden and unrecognized, and block our journey to reality and fullness of life. This involves at one level a pastoral role in which we share Christ’s acceptance of ourselves and others as we are and, at another level, a therapeutic role based upon fuller understanding of the effects of pain in our lives. In so doing we see ourselves as co-workers with the Spirit in releasing and transforming the lives of others as well as our own.
