What Do We Mean By Mutual Transformation?
We find that, as we exchange letters with someone in a prison cell, drive to a facility for a visit, grow to care about them, laugh with them, know their children, and even encounter some conflict or heartbreak, our own hidden issues come to surface—the very “underground” realms in us that God wants to heal.
In this way, we let go of old ideas of trying to save or fix anyone—that’s God’s mysterious work. Instead, we open ourselves to the heart of Christ savoring a unique community member whom our legal system treated as disposable. We experience together more of God’s kindness that leads us all to fresh repentance. Mutual transformation.
We want to help churches like yours—or parishes in your region—walk through this unforgettable process together.
“Yes, our neighbors leaving prison—including our new friend Dan writing to us—have made poor choices, just as our society has made poor choices. Realism demands that we acknowledge the wrongs on both sides. Christ is our path through.”