Resistance Church

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"...the author says food banks have been 'working to make themselves more exploitable.'

It is an odd burden to place on food banks, asking them to become better gatekeepers. Less generous. More suspicious. As if the crisis of food insecurity were the result of our openness rather than the predictable outcome of policy decisions made far from our rickety shelves of canned beans.

But to claim we have made ourselves 'exploitable' is a convenient deflection. It allows those who might actually have the power to influence resource allocation to appear concerned about those who are both hungry and 'deserving' while leaving the underlying structural failures untouched. This kind of thinking shifts responsibility from systems to volunteers and from collective obligation to moral judgement.

Food banks were never meant to fix the issues that created the crisis of food insecurity. We certainly should not be asked to apologize for refusing to make shame the price of survival."

Some poems to take you through this day that can be a bit bananapants...

https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/merry-christmas

Broadview Magazine

Hi everybody. Unfortunately, there will be no Resistance Church tonight. We will move our service to NEXT WEEK (December 7th). We'll also gather for a longest night service on December 21st.

I look forward to gathering with you then.

To tide you over, here is the opening post from Wilderness Times, a new partnership with Broadview Magazine. If you haven't signed up, I'd love to see you there!

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.

Rev. Bri-anne has started a new partnership with Broadview Magazine!

Sign up for her new Substack and receive bi-weekly articles about faith, justice, and navigating the wilderness of this era together.

(also, lots of pigeons)

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🐦Broadview is excited to introduce a new bi-weekly column called Wilderness Times on Substack, created in partnership with Rev. Bri-anne Swan. 🐦

The world feels chaotic. Wilderness Times embraces that chaos 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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