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Rev. Bri-anne shares an interview with her spiritual advisee in the days leading up to his scheduled execution. They talk about faith, his desire to donate one of his kidneys, and how he sees it as a means to atone for past mistakes.
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BIBLE BITES
"Keeping Awake within in the Prison Cell"
MUSIC
Gravity of Love - The Brilliance
Foxes & Birds - Amick Cutler
RELEVANT LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
A Texas death row inmate is seeking a 30-day reprieve to donate a kidney. An appeals court has issued an execution stay for a different reason
On Death Row, He Is Grasping at Grace
Broadview Magazine Article
More complete shownotes can be found on our website.
BIBLE BITES
"Keeping Awake within in the Prison Cell"
MUSIC
Gravity of Love - The Brilliance
Foxes & Birds - Amick Cutler
RELEVANT LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
A Texas death row inmate is seeking a 30-day reprieve to donate a kidney. An appeals court has issued an execution stay for a different reason
On Death Row, He Is Grasping at Grace
Broadview Magazine Article
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Wilderness Times and Resistance Church are digital ministries of Jubilee United Church, an Affirming (2SLGBTQ+ positive) congregation of the United Church of Canada, committed to the work of being an anti-racist congregation, as well as Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples. The space on which we work and gather is the land of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island.
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What is Wilderness Times?
Wilderness Times is a partnership between Broadview and Bri-anne Swan.
The world feels messy. Wilderness Times leans into that mess with both faith and curiosity. It’s about learning to navigate uncertainty and remembering that the wilderness can be a place of holy transformation.
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Hi! I'm Bri-anne Swan, a diaconal minister with the United Church of Canada, serving East End United Regional Ministry in Toronto. I am also a singer-songwriter, a digital media creator, and a cook who should never be trusted with anything that requires timing.
Much of my work circles the death penalty as it’s practiced in the United States since it is such an extreme example of how easily those in positions of power scapegoat the ones who reveal our institutional failures.
That thread runs through a lot of the words she stitches together. Who is being forgotten? Who benefits? How does God call us to respond?
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