There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from being the only awake person in a house where someone is dying. This episode tells the story of my father’s final year during COVID and asks what happens when grief is carried without witnesses.

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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.

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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Rev. Bri-anne sits down with Cantor Michael Zoosman to talk about L'chaim: Jews Against the Death Penalty and the importance of advocating against Captial Punishment.

More complete shownotes can be found on our website.

GUESTS
Cantor Michael Zoosman

BIBLE BITES
The Final Three Plagues
Bri-anne specifically reads:
Exodus 11 from outside the former Don Jail

MUSIC
See the Love - The Brilliance
Let Healing Swiftly Come - Bri-anne Swan

RELEVANT LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE

L'chaim: Jews Against the Death Penalty

Bo: Softening the ‘Hardened Hearts’ of Pro-Death Political Leaders

Gov. DeSantis’ Death Penalty Pledges for Holocaust Remembrance Day

“The Banality of Execution”

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Jubilee United Church - TikTok

Resistance Church Website
Resistance Church - TikTok
Resistance Church - Instagram
Resistance Church - Facebook
Resistance Church - YouTube

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.

Resistance Church reaches out to those for whom traditional church models are not always relevant or accessible. Rest. Hope. Community. Subversive faith & radical love in response to extraordinary times.