Volunteer Opportunity!
Bridges To Life needs volunteers to help make a difference in the lives of both prison inmates and victims of crime. You can help! Find out more about how you can join the Bridges To Life volunteer team.
Recent News
Sandra Stephenson was the first recipient of the Patricia Stonestreet Victim Volunteer Award, given at the 2009 Bridges To Life Vision Luncheon on December 10, 2009.
News Articles
Numerous articles have been published about the unique work of Bridges To Life in both local and national publications.
Awards
John Sage was honored as the first recipient of the Bert Thompson Pioneer Award for Community and Restorative Justice at the National Conference on Restorative Justice in May 2009.
Jim Buffington and Brandon Willard received 2008 Governor’s Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Awards
John Sage received the HYLA Liberty Bell Award and was inducted into the St. Thomas Hall of Honor in 2008.
John and Frances Sage received the Samaritan Spirit Award on October 23.
Restoring Peace Book
ISBN 1-4120-3936-3
Price $10 | Buy Now
“A book that lays out a spiritual journey for us all to take. I hope it spreads like wildfire across this country.”
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
Author of Dead Man Walking
“A marvelous book about how to really restore any broken relationship.”
Carol Vance, former Chairman of the Board
Texas Department of Criminal Justice and author of After the Leap
“A theologically sound book and a practical method for reconciling our personal relationships.”
Sam Todd, Episcopal priest and author of An Introduction to Christianity: A first–millennium foundation for third-millennium thinkers
Victims of serious crime—abuse, assault, burglary, rape, murder—are engaging in a process of peace and reconciliation with Texas prison inmates who perpetrated similar crimes against others. Restoring Peace will teach you how to use this successful process to build peace with those you have hurt or who have hurt you. It builds on the power of faith and stories to help you deal effectively with responsibility, accountability, confession, repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, and restitution.
This unique book uses stories from the Bible, victims, and inmates to answer tough life questions and
present a faith based journey that will be invaluable to:
- People who would like to mend a strained or broken relationship.
- People interested in restorative justice prison ministries.
Bridges to Life Book
Restoring Peace – Using Lessons From Prison to Mend Broken Relationships details the principles used in the Bridges To Life program, combined with actual stories from victim and inmate participants. The book is intended for repairing or improving relationships with others.
Victim Comments
“The first thing that victims must do is learn to live again. This program helps them to accept that change and learn to live and trust again.”
Inmate Comments
“The best part about this program is the small group setting which allows both victim and inmate to be open and honest with one another and the trust, confidence that is built through these groups.”