​Bridges To Life

INTERVIEWS   

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    VIDEO

• Hardie Party of Five - Interview of C.O.O. Jim Buffington, May 2022

• Shalom World TV - :"Forgiving Their Mother's Murderer", video about Jim Buffington and his 2 brothers' experience of losing their mother to violent crime, Februrary 2022

• Shalom World TV - "Into The Light", video about the work of BTL, January 2022

• Watermark Church Seminar - Interview of Jim Buffington and Joel Lightfoot for "Reconciliation Between Victims and Offenders," April 2021

• KCBI - Interview of BTL C.O.O. Jim Buffington, December 2020

• WFAA Originals - "How crime victims and convicted felons benefit from meetings in prison" (profile of BTL program)

• People in the News in North Texas - Interview of Jim Buffington by Bob Weir

• Testimonies of Forgiveness - Interview of Misty Wallace and Her Shooter

• TBN "Joy In Our Town" TV - Interview of DFW Regional Coordinator Charles Fisher, 5/29/17

• Bridges To Life Restorative Justice Program - Hope Behind Bars, KBTX in Bryan, TX

• Fox News Channel 29 (San Antonio, TX) reports on the Bridges To Life Restorative Justice Program

    AUDIO​​

• "Catholic Lunch Break" podcast - Interview of John Sage, November 2021

• "2 Beards and Some Scruff Discuss Stuff" podcast - Interview of San Antonio Regional Coordinator Larry James by two Harvard students, August 2021

• BlogTalkRadio: "Shedding Light" - Part 2 Interview of Joel Lightfoot with wife Naomi, February 2021

• BlogTalkRadio: "Shedding Light" - Part 1 Interview of Joel Lightfoot, BTL Outreach Manager, February 2021

• "The Tumbleweed" podcast - "He Forgave His Mother's Murderer"
  Interview of BTL C.O.O. Jim Buffington, February 2021

• "The Tumbleweed" podcast - "Forgiveness and Freedom"
  Interview of BTL volunteer and ex-offender Ken Smith, October 2020

 

ARTICLES

• BTL on Texas Death Row - "A Splendid Sense of Awe" by Rob Will, January 2022

• The Victim's Informer - "When Crime Victims Speak," December 2021

• Voyage Houston - Interview of Jim Buffington, September 2021

• Texas Catholic Herald - "Meet John Sage," May 2021

• The Cinemaholic - "Where Is Connie Hilton Now?," April 2021

• HowWiseThen.com - Blogpost profiling Bridges To Life, March 2021

• The Cross Timbers Gazette - "Faith Turns Tragedy into Triumph," August 2019

• Catholic Mobilizing Network - "Restorative Justice Healed My Heart," May 2019

• Press Release - Caruth Fund Awards Grant to Bridges To Life, April 2019

• Voyage Houston - Interview of John Sage, January 2018

• The Echo - "Bridges To Life Helps Change Future," February 2017

• The Journal Gazette - "The Power of Forgiveness to Confront Crime," December 2015

• Houston Chronicle - "Using Victims to Rehabilitate Offenders," November 2013

• Texas Monthly - "Faces of Forgiveness," August 2007

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