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This Used to Be a Blog

This Used to Be a Blog

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 What started as a blog is now a podcast. Hosted by Bri-anne Swan (United Church of Canada minister, singer-songwriter, writer(?), and occasional holy shit-stirrer), This Used to Be a Blog is a simple podcast: one voice, one mic, and words that started as blog posts—now spoken aloud. These are essays about faith, doubt, politics, grief, justice, and what it means to stay human in an age that keeps trying to hollow us out. Sometimes there’s a prayer. Sometimes there’s just a pause. You don’t have to be religious. You just have to care about people. Whether you’re aching, angry, hopeful, or all three—welcome.Bri-anne Swan Sciences sociales Spiritualité
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    • Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is Everything the Gospel is Not

      Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is Everything the Gospel is Not
      Jul 8 2025

      Welcome to the first episode of This Used to Be a Blog—a podcast where I quite literally read a past blog post into a microphone and wonder if anybody hears it.

      In this debut episode, I read a piece originally written in response to the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” passed in the U.S. House of Representatives—legislation wrapped in Christian language but soaked in cruelty.

      It’s about the dissonance between Jesus and empire, the weaponization of scripture, and the dangerous ways faith is used to justify injustice. It’s also about what Christianity might look like if it actually followed Jesus.

      You don’t need to be religious to listen. Just willing to ask: who gets helped, who gets hurt, and who gets written out of the story?

      💬 MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

      • Matthew 5, Luke 6, John 6, Luke 17, Matthew 25
      • Prosperity gospel
      • White evangelical nationalism
      • Empire theology vs. Jesus’ actual teachings


      🔗 RELEVANT LINKS

      • US House passes Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax and spending bill
      • House GOP lawmakers are proposing nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. Here’s who could be impacted
      • GOP Spending Bill Heads to Senate With $150 Billion for Defense Programs


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      👉 here

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