I have tried to speak and write many times over the past year, recording my reflections from a journey I took to El Salvador with…
By Emily Turner Originally posted Thursday, July 14, 2016 at http://loveyoubudblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/black-lives-matter-to-white-girl.html I was waiting at the coffee shop this morning for my iced latte and…
On the North and South walls of our Sanctuary is the hashtag: #WhyGiveCOTV, which begs an answer: “Why give?” My experience with church and money was…
The idea of writing about Bishop J seemed like the easiest “assignment” in the world, but the reality (as I actually start the process) is…
A few weeks after Bishop J announced he was retiring, I felt inspired to join his ‘electric-sliding shepherds’ in the COTV Christmas pageant. For those…
I remember my first meal with Bishop J. At the time, I had been attending Catholic services, as I had been all my life but…
When I first moved to New York City, Bishop J used to meet me for lunch at a little Italian restaurant downtown. At the time,…
One of the things I admire most about Bishop J is his willingness to listen. This is not a value that many church leaders I…
One day, I was on the train. I was going to visit my fiancée in the Brooklyn House of Detention. Bishop saw me and said,…
About a year and a half after my teen-age daughter Cassie and I found a church home at Washington Square UMC, we welcomed Bishop Alfred…
