Healing crime victims. Rehabilitating offenders.
Making our communities safer.
Articles & Interviews
INTERVIEWS
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VIDEO
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BetterMan podcast - Forgiving A Murderer, featuring Jim Buffington, part 1 (8/2024)
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BetterMan podcast - Forgiving A Murderer, featuring Jim Buffington, part 2 (8/2024)
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The Balanced Voice - Interview of John Sage and Helen Sage Perry, December 2023
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St. Philip's Presbyterian Church - Presentation by Founder John Sage, March 2023
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Shalom World TV - Interview of Founder and CEO John Sage about his faith journey
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Hardie Party of Five - Interview of C.O.O. Jim Buffington, May 2022
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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
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Shalom World TV - "Into The Light", video about the work of BTL, January 2022
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Watermark Church Seminar - Interview of Jim Buffington and Joel Lightfoot for "Reconciliation Between Victims and Offenders," April 2021
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KCBI - Interview of BTL C.O.O. Jim Buffington, December 2020
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WFAA Originals - "How crime victims and convicted felons benefit from meetings in prison" (profile of BTL program)
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People in the News in North Texas - Interview of Jim Buffington by Bob Weir
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Testimonies of Forgiveness - Interview of Misty Wallace and Her Shooter
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TBN "Joy In Our Town" TV - Interview of DFW Regional Coordinator Charles Fisher, 5/29/17
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Bridges To Life Restorative Justice Program - Hope Behind Bars, KBTX in Bryan, TX
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Fox News Channel 29 (San Antonio, TX) reports on the Bridges To Life Restorative Justice Program
AUDIO​​
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BetterMan podcast - Forgiving A Murderer, featuring Jim Buffington, part 1 (8/2024)
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BetterMan podcast - Forgiving A Murderer, featuring Jim Buffington, part 2 (8/2024)
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"Catholic Lunch Break" podcast - Interview of John Sage, November 2021
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"2 Beards and Some Scruff Discuss Stuff" podcast - Interview of San Antonio Regional Coordinator Larry James by two Harvard students, August 2021
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BlogTalkRadio: "Shedding Light" - Part 2 Interview of Joel Lightfoot with wife Naomi, February 2021
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BlogTalkRadio: "Shedding Light" - Part 1 Interview of Joel Lightfoot, BTL Outreach Manager, February 2021
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"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
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Canvas Rebel Magazine - "Meet Jim Buffington," September 2022
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National Police Foundation - "The Effect of Bridges To Life on Reincarceration,"
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BTL on Texas Death Row - "A Splendid Sense of Awe" by Rob Will, January 2022
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The Victim's Informer - "When Crime Victims Speak," December 2021
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Voyage Houston - Interview of Jim Buffington, September 2021
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Texas Catholic Herald - "Meet John Sage," May 2021
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The Cinemaholic - "Where Is Connie Hilton Now?," April 2021
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HowWiseThen.com - Blogpost profiling Bridges To Life, March 2021
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The Cross Timbers Gazette - "Faith Turns Tragedy into Triumph," August 2019
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Catholic Mobilizing Network - "Restorative Justice Healed My Heart," May 2019
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Press Release - Caruth Fund Awards Grant to Bridges To Life, April 2019
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Voyage Houston - Interview of John Sage, January 2018
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The Echo - "Bridges To Life Helps Change Future," February 2017
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The Journal Gazette - "The Power of Forgiveness to Confront Crime," December 2015
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Houston Chronicle - "Using Victims to Rehabilitate Offenders," November 2013
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Texas Monthly - "Faces of Forgiveness," August 2007
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