Bread of Hope

Life happens.

– Fault lines between work and purpose can leave us disillusioned.
– Fault lines between goodwill and grievance can lead to resentment.
– Fault lines between ourselves and others can be exacerbated by stress.
– Fault lines between ‘sacred’ and ‘secular’ can mute the former. (That is why it can be difficult to speak about ‘sacred’ things in ‘secular’ settings.)
– Fault lines between

loss and life can end in unhealthy grief.
– Fault lines between power and the powerless can traumatise the latter. Inspired by a world where healing flows like wine, we help you to work for the healing of fault lines between

1. Work and purpose by reimagining how our work might matter in the end (Worship@Work seminar).
2. Goodness and grievance by humanising others (goodwill) while holding them accountable (grievance) (Forgiveness@Work seminar). (Jon received a medal from the Pentagon for running this there.)
3. Ourselves and others by fostering virtues (courage, hope, gratitude, and generosity) that neither hold back (fear and despair) nor harm (envy and jealousy) (Stress@Work seminar).
4. Sacred and secular by: a) sharing hope with those around us (Witness@Work seminar); and b) discussing the intersection of sacred and secular (Saturday-night Zoom group).
5. Loss and life by grieving loss into life, neither eclipsing life with loss (despair) nor loss with life (denial) (remote talks, eg. at All Souls Langham Place and Westminster City Council).
6. Power and the powerless by exploring gender, sexuality, ethnicity, status, and wellbeing (Monday-night Zoom group).

1.–4.a) are off-the-shelf programmes. 5. are on-going conversations. By the eight-year milestone, Bread of Hope had produced 7 booklets, 4 courses, 13 training videos, hosted over 200 group meetings, over 80 one-to-one meetings, been afforded over 60 opportunities to speak across two continents (inc. Westminster City Council, DWP, Hausfeld, All Souls Langham Place), and given over £30,000 in grants and donations to local charities that tackle poverty.