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Inside an Execution Chamber: A Canadian’s Warning on the Death Penalty Debate

How new polls, political rhetoric, and lived experience clash over capital punishment

Mar 3

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Mar 3

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Backyard Church

The Cross and the Swastika

How the Nazis used Christianity, and what it means for today’s American churches

Mar 12

The Cross and the Swastika

Mar 12

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ILLUMINATION

Grief Has a Weight Limit

What I had to leave behind after the State of Texas executed my friend

23h ago

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23h ago

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Backyard Church

I’m a Good Friday Christian — But I Still Need Easter

Grief makes sense. Hope doesn’t. And yet, I still find myself singing hallelujah.

3d ago

I’m a Good Friday Christian — But I Still Need Easter

3d ago

The Light Gets In Through the Cracks: A Reflection on Easter

Leonard Cohen, resurrection, and why the story of love still holds

3d ago

The Light Gets In Through the Cracks: A Reflection on Easter

3d ago

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Backyard Church

The Women Stayed: A Love Story for Good Friday

This is what holy resistance looks like — then, and now

5d ago

The Women Stayed: A Love Story for Good Friday

5d ago

The Place Called the Skull: A Good Friday for Our Fractured World

A poetic meditation on Jesus, death, justice, and how to stay with the pain

5d ago

The Place Called the Skull: A Good Friday for Our Fractured World

5d ago

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Resistance Church

A Prayer for Maundy Thursday

Based on John 13:1–17, 31b-35

6d ago

A Prayer for Maundy Thursday

6d ago

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Backyard Church

Did Jesus Know it was the Last Good Thing?

What a small-town parade, a teenage tragedy, and Jesus on a donkey taught me about embracing fleeting joy

Apr 16

Did Jesus Know it was the Last Good Thing?

Apr 16

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Resistance Church

A Prayer for the Hour That Has Come

Echoing John 12:20–36, a reflection for those living in apocalyptic times

Apr 16

A Prayer for the Hour That Has Come

Apr 16

Bri-anne Swan

Bri-anne Swan

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Clergy with the United Church of Canada exploring faith, justice, and mercy in a world that often resists all three. More: https://linktr.ee/rev_swanny

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