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“There is a version of Christian nationalism that is certainly setting the thermostat in the United States…But I do not believe Christian nationalism is Church. Church is community, and community cannot thrive without collective care.”

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Thermometers and thermostats

Baptism, public faith, and the courage to disrupt the “peace”

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Watching Donald Trump talk about Venezuela and thinking of his speech writers...

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

"I don’t wonder whether food banks are being exploited. I know they are — by governments that have normalized hunger and downloaded the work of care onto volunteers and donors. I am interested in exploring 'Why are we more afraid of someone getting extra than someone going hungry?'"

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Who deserves to eat?

The cost of conditional compassion

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Hey, preachers! Have you received Your 2025 Preaching Wrapped yet?

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"But the hope Advent offers is more than a trick of the light. It’s defiance through the ordinary practice of looking the world in the eye and refusing to give in to despair." My first post for Wilderness Times with @broadviewmedia.bsky.social Be sure to subscribe!

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The end of the world as we know it

Advent and the birth of something new. Sometimes the world falling apart might just be hopeful.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Wanna join me on this cool new journey with @broadviewmedia.bsky.social? Be sure to sign up for Wilderness Times and receive your first article this Sunday, November 30th.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

“The word ‘trillionaire’ describes something that should not exist. A wealth so dense it warps morality around it.” My latest for @broadviewmedia.bsky.social broadview.org/elon-musk-tr...

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What if Elon Musk becomes a trillionaire? | Broadview Magazine

Wealth on that scale is never earned — it's extracted, writes Rev. Bri-anne Swan

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I liked it better when I didn’t care so much about baseball.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 31/10/2025

A reminder on Halloween: The carceral system is a real-life monster, and it's full of tricks – no treats. Here are 5 facts about mass incarceration that are actually frightening 🧵

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

My husband is a go to bed at 9pm kind of guy. The World Series is going to kill him.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The fact that more people aren’t freaking out that the US military is being subsidized by a personal friend of the POTUS is bananas. It’s just proof that *everything* is bananas and our gasted flabbers have been spread too thin.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

If you're in Toronto on Nov 3, join East End United Regional Ministry for a Community Conversation about Food Security. Doug Ford doesn't hate poor folks. He's indifferent. That's even worse. His current moves to eradicate protections in the Landlord Tenant Act make that clear. It's all related.

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Community Conversation about Food Security

Event in Toronto by East End United Regional Ministry on Monday, November 3 2025

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Ok, Canadians. I love that the Jays are in the WS. But, we need to pay attention to pieces of legislation being introduced right now in case the various levels of government think they can take advantage of our distraction.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Despite October being Clergy Appreciation Month, this is not, in fact, a special taco deal for pastors. Nor is it a special deal for tacos made out of pastors. el sigh

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Watched the Sixth Sense with my kids tonight. At the end they both, in unison, cried out, "Wait, he's DEAD!?!?!" Son #2: "I'm shook." Yeah, you and everyone else in the 90s, dude.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Every time my kids (13 & 11) ignore me, I start counting to 5 in my Mom Voice™. They always move by 3. Thing is…I’ve never made it to 5. None of us know what happens at 5. It’s Schrödinger’s consequence. I need to invent something fast before they call my bluff.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"It’s the most obvious math in the world. When you have a home, you are far less likely to be beaten, robbed, raped or killed than the person trying to sleep on the sidewalk beneath your window." My latest piece for @broadviewmedia.bsky.social

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Toronto condo's lawsuit against street ministry is deeply cruel | Broadview Magazine

Blaming Sanctuary Ministries for the housing and drug crises is like blaming the first-aid tent for the war, writes Bri-anne Swan.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Sermons from the East End: Score one for the water. Score one for love.. Have a listen:

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Score one for the water. Score one for love.

Rev. Bri-anne weaves together a love story, a community’s fight to...

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The Oracle I wrote a few years ago as an assignment for my "Isaiah and the Prophets" course with the Lutheran Theological Seminary (one of my favs). The reflection...for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation... www.bri-anneswan.com/an-oracle-co...

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An Oracle Concerning Canada

Why our tidy national myth falls apart under the prophets' gaze

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

"Too often, the miracle of the man and his masterpiece is achieved by making a woman disappear, even as she’s standing there, probably serving them dinner."

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Trump’s Orwellian Erasure of Women

Through executive order, President Donald Trump has used an Orwellian playbook to erase women from the public record.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

The State of Texas executed my friend. I was holding him when it happened. This is a letter to the person who pushed the poison. They never had to look us in the eye. I think they should’ve. #TexasExecution #DeathPenalty #OpenLetter #CapitalPunishment #UCCan

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An Open Letter to the Executioner Who Killed My Friend

He forgave you. I’m still trying.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Thank you to @assocchurchpress.bsky.social for their recognition of my article, "Ramiro Gonzales Has Been Executed and My Heart is Broken" in @broadviewmedia.bsky.social with an Award of Excellence. Ramiro would be pleased to know he is still touching hearts. broadview.org/ramiro-gonza...

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Ramiro Gonzales has been executed, and my heart is broken | Broadview Magazine

Rev. Bri-anne Swan accompanied the Texas death-row inmate through his final hours on June 26

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Ugh. Why does Conrad Black still have a platform? (Oh wait, I have a guess...)

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Hear me out: When we elect the new @unitedchurchcda.bsky.social moderator, rainbow smoke rises from the stack.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

If you need to tell somebody you are an alpha male, no you aren't.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Honoured to receive a Recommender Grant from for Writers from @ontarioarts.bsky.social (recommended by @thewalrus.ca). The grant supports a deeply personal project about my 10yr journey with Ramiro Gonzales, exploring grief, justice, mercy, evil, and the complicated beauty of being human. #uccan

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

So, it appears, perhaps, that United Church clergy go through more extensive boundaries training than the U.S. Secretary of Defence…

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

There an all candidates meeting in my church tonight. 4/5 candidates in the riding are women. The Conservative candidate, and the only man, is also the only candidate who just…didn’t show up.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Men in the comments of my blog are openly using AI to mansplain now and I just can't even.

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Bri-anne Swan (she/her) @revswanny.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

My dog's BFF is my cat. It's a bromance. And now my dog thinks he IS a cat. And he purrs.

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