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Thank you for sharing this journey with us and for creating a safe space where we can be our authentic selves and open our hearts before God.

I think I speak for everyone when I say this journey has been insightful, relaxing and very therapeutic.

On the first day, you showed us the broken pots [a prayer exercise the team use with images of 'Kintsugi' mended pots – ed] and helped us realise that even though we are all ‘cracked pots’, with the love of God and a little faith, we can all be repaired and we thank you for that.

On the second day, you introduced us to the thought of ‘what does God look like to us?’ and I believe this made us look in the mirror and think, ‘well, if this is how I perceive God then this is how I need to become’ and we are grateful for you implementing these thoughts in our heads.

Yesterday, we spoke about choices and decisions and what doing good things feels like. I am sure everyone likes that feeling and I’m hopeful that we will all take that away from here and continue to do good deeds and make better choices.

Today, you have made us realise that this journey doesn’t end here and that life itself is a pilgrimage. Even though we are all taking different paths, the destination is the same. At the end of the road, we all want to stand before God and feel that we are worthy.

With the skills and knowledge you have taught us, I believe we can all reach that destination and we are worthy.

So, thank you again for this experience and thank you for bringing us closer to God. We hope that the work you are doing spreads far and wide and that the Lord blesses you on all your future endeavours.

(A reflection from a prisoner from HMP Featherstone during the closing liturgy of the time together on the prison retreat, 13th November 2025)

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