The Challenge
Great efforts are being made to improve our offender management system and yet fundamental questions still remain such as:
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Where can we find the strength to keep going at a time of relentless change and constant pressure? |
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How can we inspire and motivate each other to give of our best, whatever the circumstances? |
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How can we cultivate greater harmony and stability in our working environment? |
Answers to such questions go beyond the need for more physical resources and better organisation. We need to look within ourselves for more lasting solutions, hence the need for a spiritual perspective.
'Spirituality and Justice'
Spirituality is about:
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understanding that the source of all the positive qualities that enrich our lives lies within the self |
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realising that we have a choice as to how we use our inner resources |
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empowering our innate goodness so enabling us to deal more effectively with the challenges of modern life and make a more positive contribution to the world |
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focusing on the good within others so transcending the barriers of gender, race, religion, class and culture |
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recognising, appreciating and nurturing the inner being, the spirit, the soul |
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discovering the spiritual laws that govern our existence and give a deeper meaning and purpose to our lives |
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re-connecting with a higher Source |
You can’t take the divinity out of a human being. It may be distorted, disfigured or disguised but it is there. The role of those who have a spiritual dimension is to try and create a space, which has sanctity, dignity, compassion and forgiveness, where all that is divine about a person has room to flourish.
Methodist and Free Church Superintendent for Prisoners
What I enjoyed most was the opportunity to examine possibilities for change and improvement both for myself and the environment I work in.
Phil Nelson
Former Prison Governor