By Faith Start-Essenburg (she/her)

My guess is that Bishop Budde in her wisdom knew that her words would fall flat on the ears that most needed to hear and she chose to listen to that voice inside telling her to speak it anyway. Speak it for those who can’t, for those watching and listening, for those unable to speak up for themselves in their churches, families, marriages and governments. And always we speak up for ourselves, to know that we said what needed to be said.