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Personal Update: “Dismantling Radicalism” Bridges is announcing our Spring Campaign entitled “Dismantling Radicalism”. This video includes a personal update message from Mark.

Jesus replied, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: “Love your neighbor as yourself. HOW IS THIS APPLIED? FOR MUSLIMS & CHRISTIANS…WHAT DOES “LOVE” LOOK LIKE ???1)   Do we have an […]

[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”g6AOCvgdEg4″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://bridgestocommonground.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/laris.png”] Peacemaker’s Interview — Lars Rise, Part 2 Rather than talk about normal political issues, Lars went to the Muslim community with two themes of unity; being children of Abraham, and the Person of Jesus. The Mosques opened their doors and threw their support behind him. One of the largest churches […]

How to Shape Our Own Destiny: 5 Steps Towards Reconciliation Merry Minuet was first sung in 1959 by the Kingston Trio as a little ‘humorous’ ditty. The best humor has a ring of truth to it, and 55 years later, somehow it doesn’t sound so funny. Is this our destiny? It does seem to be […]

Peacemaker’s Interview – Lars Rise, Part 1 Former member of the Norwegian Parliament, Lars Rise recounts the amazing story of his nomination to the Christian Peoples Party in 1996. Running against impossible odds and polling a losing 2.5%, Lars was challenged, actually told by a friend in the US if he would spend all his […]

A Vision of Hope Amidst Apocalyptic Fear — The Awakening in Egypt, Part 3 The Awakening in Egypt sparked by just one person The 2010 Arab Spring overtook Egypt like a tsunami. It swept away political and social debris with demonstrations, protests and riots, but began its widespread awakening within the context of a little […]

Peacemaker’s Interview — Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Part 4 How then do we bring a proper understanding of the Qur’an to the Islamic world? In this final video, Dr. Hamid outlines a vision for worldwide change in youth education in the Islamic world.

Meriam Ibrahim Released From PrisonMeriam Ibrahim of Sudan was outrageously sentenced to death for not recanting her faith, but is finally safe and out of Sudan. Dealing with such a crisis is what Bridges was born to do! We were honored to be invited to engage this crisis over the last many months, and today […]