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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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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

1d ago

Did Jesus Know it was the Last Good Thing?

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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

1d ago

A Prayer for the Hour That Has Come

1d ago

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Resistance Church

A Prayer for When the News is Too Much

When another headline breaks your heart, and you don’t know how to keep going.

6d ago

A Prayer for When the News is Too Much

6d ago

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Backyard Church

Jesus, Therapy, and the Gospel of Not Being Okay

What if resurrection begins in a beige room with bad lighting and a box of tissues?

6d ago

Jesus, Therapy, and the Gospel of Not Being Okay

6d ago

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Backyard Church

A Dead Raccoon, the Cross, and the Ache of Not Being Able to Fix It

What a sidewalk tragedy taught me — and my son — about grief, God, and the limits of love during Holy Week

Apr 9

A Dead Raccoon, the Cross, and the Ache of Not Being Able to Fix It

Apr 9

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Ai-Ai-OH

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep—or Just Really Good Espresso?

What if the AI we built to be like us is watching us forget how to be human?

Apr 4

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Apr 4

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Backyard Church

Let Them Say We Wasted the Perfume

Why love still matters, even when it changes nothing

Apr 3

Let Them Say We Wasted the Perfume

Apr 3

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Backyard Church

I’m a Female Pastor. In Some Places, That’s Still Scandalous

The places where patriarchy and male fragility are exposed in Christian spaces

Apr 1

I’m a Female Pastor. In Some Places, That’s Still Scandalous

Apr 1

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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