Dan Mann
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Dan Mann
@nashvillemann.bsky.social
· Mar 23
When Freedom In Christ Leads Straight to Prison, Pt. 1
Dan Mann spent 40 years in the Music Business doing his level best to bring the Gospel to the greatest number of people possible. It didn’t work out the way he planned. And that’s just …
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For those interested in backstory… here’s mine - in 3 parts (so far). Yes, prison changed my life…
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These visits are tough. Larry’s been on death row for 45 years and has seen things. But as he ages, he sees his friends being killed in a different light. And we’re there to see things through his eyes. Tonight, those eyes had tears as we discuss Wayne Nichols’ imminent execution.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
These visits are tough. Larry’s been on death row for 45 years and has seen things. But as he ages, he sees his friends being killed in a different light. And we’re there to see things through his eyes. Tonight, those eyes had tears as we discuss Wayne Nichols’ imminent execution.
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"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public, they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it, the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke." -Soren Kierkegaard
a clown in a green polka dot outfit is dancing on a stage
ALT: a clown in a green polka dot outfit is dancing on a stage
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March 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public, they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it, the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke." -Soren Kierkegaard
@hollybfletcher.bsky.social Just finished Missionary Kids. Thank you @kkdumez.bsky.social for the recommendation. It seems all Christian bubbles share a dark commonality: each bubble creates institutions in need of protection. Propaganda seems to be a prominent tool to use in this protection racket.
September 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@hollybfletcher.bsky.social Just finished Missionary Kids. Thank you @kkdumez.bsky.social for the recommendation. It seems all Christian bubbles share a dark commonality: each bubble creates institutions in need of protection. Propaganda seems to be a prominent tool to use in this protection racket.
“My Client Was Tortured Today” — The Painful Execution of Byron Black
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“My Client Was Tortured Today” — The Painful Execution of Byron Black
Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection in Tennessee for the murder of his girlfriend and her two daughters.
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August 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“My Client Was Tortured Today” — The Painful Execution of Byron Black
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I dissent.
July 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I dissent.
Sunday’s sermon came a day early.
Missions for many Christians is just a way to enforce NIMBYism. When one is willing to go abroad and tell people of Christ’s community but refuse to allow the audience to live in their community at home, it says something rather specific.
Sometimes the Sunday best has a hood.
Sometimes the Sunday best has a hood.
June 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sunday’s sermon came a day early.
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I’m realizing the same about the white church. I never figured we had all the answers - but the constant whiffs on the elementary Gospel is enough to make my knees weak.
May 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I’m realizing the same about the white church. I never figured we had all the answers - but the constant whiffs on the elementary Gospel is enough to make my knees weak.
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Many Christians who spent the last 60 years telling us the reason they were bein (bigoted) jerks is because they had to “speak the truth in love” sure do have a hard time calling genocide “genocide” when it happens to fulfill their apocalyptic fantasies.
Shameful.
Shameful.
May 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Many Christians who spent the last 60 years telling us the reason they were bein (bigoted) jerks is because they had to “speak the truth in love” sure do have a hard time calling genocide “genocide” when it happens to fulfill their apocalyptic fantasies.
Shameful.
Shameful.
My wife said a thing:
I saw Oscar Smith before his execution. Death row inmates deserve mercy, too. | Opinion
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I saw Oscar Smith before his execution. Death row inmates deserve mercy, too. | Opinion
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I saw Oscar Smith before his execution. Death row inmates deserve mercy, too. | Opinion
Bethany Roberts Mann has been visiting men on death row for 15 years. She saw Oscar Smith before his execution on May 22.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My wife said a thing:
I saw Oscar Smith before his execution. Death row inmates deserve mercy, too. | Opinion
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
I saw Oscar Smith before his execution. Death row inmates deserve mercy, too. | Opinion
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Three Years After a Reprieve, Oscar Smith Will Be Executed on Thursday nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/21/o...
Convicted killer awaits execution in Tennessee - Nashville Banner
The execution of Oscar Smith, a stepfather accused of killing his estranged wife and her sons, is set to proceed despite legal challenges.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Three Years After a Reprieve, Oscar Smith Will Be Executed on Thursday nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/21/o...
Kelley Henry: Death Row Defense Attorney nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/18/k...
Kelley Henry: Death Row Defense Attorney - Nashville Banner
Nashville-based federal public defender Kelley Henry represents death row inmates in court. She's promised to do it for the rest of her life.
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May 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Kelley Henry: Death Row Defense Attorney nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/18/k...
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Under Tennessee's new lethal injection protocols, the liminal period between life on death row and execution has been stretched.
“Now, it’s just two weeks of being reminded every second of every day that the state is going to kill you.” nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/15/d...
“Now, it’s just two weeks of being reminded every second of every day that the state is going to kill you.” nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/15/d...
Oscar Smith's Isolation Ahead of Execution in Tennessee - Nashville Banner
Oscar Smith, on death row for nearly 35 years, is facing isolation before his scheduled execution in Tennessee. He is part of a challenge to the new protocol.
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May 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Under Tennessee's new lethal injection protocols, the liminal period between life on death row and execution has been stretched.
“Now, it’s just two weeks of being reminded every second of every day that the state is going to kill you.” nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/15/d...
“Now, it’s just two weeks of being reminded every second of every day that the state is going to kill you.” nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/15/d...
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Oscar Smith has been in isolation since last Thursday ahead of his May 22 scheduled execution. As mandated by TN’s new capital punishment protocol, the liminal period between life on death row and execution has been stretched. His attorney called it “its own form of torture.”
Oscar Smith's Isolation Ahead of Execution in Tennessee - Nashville Banner
Oscar Smith, on death row for nearly 35 years, is facing isolation before his scheduled execution in Tennessee. He is part of a challenge to the new protocol.
nashvillebanner.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Oscar Smith has been in isolation since last Thursday ahead of his May 22 scheduled execution. As mandated by TN’s new capital punishment protocol, the liminal period between life on death row and execution has been stretched. His attorney called it “its own form of torture.”
OSCAR SMITH’S CHOICE: Death Row inmates in TN are confronted with a choice. 30 days before their execution date, they are asked if they want to be killed in the electric chair or by needle. Oscar refused to answer and so by default will be executed on May 22 by lethal injection.
April 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
OSCAR SMITH’S CHOICE: Death Row inmates in TN are confronted with a choice. 30 days before their execution date, they are asked if they want to be killed in the electric chair or by needle. Oscar refused to answer and so by default will be executed on May 22 by lethal injection.
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Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested.
Story coming.
Story coming.
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested.
Story coming.
Story coming.
“This bill is both improper and immoral.”
WILLIAMSON COUNTY PASTOR @pastor4justice Kevin Riggs on the @SenBrentTaylor @RepChrisTodd Republican bill attacking churches and charities for helping immigrants: “This bill is both improper and immoral.” (H/T @southernchristians.bsky.social )
April 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“This bill is both improper and immoral.”
"There is holy ground there. It’s paradoxical, I know, but grace often flourishes in places we least expect." - Scott Sauls
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Dan on The Scott Sauls Blog
Thank you for visiting Unit 2. Thank you for opening your heart and mind to a different reality and for being willing to share your story. Many of us will be marching for mercy on Sunday May 18, here ...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"There is holy ground there. It’s paradoxical, I know, but grace often flourishes in places we least expect." - Scott Sauls
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"There is a cancer in the system." - EJI Senior Attorney Charlotte Morrison explains the multiple problems with Alabama's unsafe and inhumane prisons.
‘There’s a cancer in the system’: How Alabama could help its broken prisons
Hundreds die in Alabama's prisons each year. But advocates some easy fixes could help.
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April 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"There is a cancer in the system." - EJI Senior Attorney Charlotte Morrison explains the multiple problems with Alabama's unsafe and inhumane prisons.
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My latest, a thank you and plea to journalists.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My latest, a thank you and plea to journalists.
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“We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.” — George Steiner (1929-2020)
April 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.” — George Steiner (1929-2020)
STAY OF EXECUTION: TN will not execute my friend Donald Middlebrooks until his federal litigation has concluded. Donald had been scheduled for execution on September 24 and was one of four men the state planned to execute this year as it revives its death penalty.
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April 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
STAY OF EXECUTION: TN will not execute my friend Donald Middlebrooks until his federal litigation has concluded. Donald had been scheduled for execution on September 24 and was one of four men the state planned to execute this year as it revives its death penalty.
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Thoughts from Cal Thomas, a conservative’s conservative, on a Tennessee death row case…
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Injustice in Nashville: The case of Kevin Burns
Kevin Burns spent nearly 30 years on death row in a Nashville prison for murders that substantial evidence shows he did not commit.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thoughts from Cal Thomas, a conservative’s conservative, on a Tennessee death row case…
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/ap...
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Always a great time for this reminder:
"Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
-Desmond Tutu
"Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
-Desmond Tutu
March 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Always a great time for this reminder:
"Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
-Desmond Tutu
"Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
-Desmond Tutu
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MUST-WATCH: “MY SON DIED IN A CORE CIVIC PRISON—they can’t be trusted to keep inmates alive.”
A heartbroken dad helps Sen. Pody (R) UNANIMOUSLY pass a bill to lower CC’s death rate through committee.
Our constitution allows 1 private prison. They run 4🤔.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHq8iD3...
A heartbroken dad helps Sen. Pody (R) UNANIMOUSLY pass a bill to lower CC’s death rate through committee.
Our constitution allows 1 private prison. They run 4🤔.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHq8iD3...
March 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
MUST-WATCH: “MY SON DIED IN A CORE CIVIC PRISON—they can’t be trusted to keep inmates alive.”
A heartbroken dad helps Sen. Pody (R) UNANIMOUSLY pass a bill to lower CC’s death rate through committee.
Our constitution allows 1 private prison. They run 4🤔.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHq8iD3...
A heartbroken dad helps Sen. Pody (R) UNANIMOUSLY pass a bill to lower CC’s death rate through committee.
Our constitution allows 1 private prison. They run 4🤔.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHq8iD3...
"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public, they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it, the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke." -Soren Kierkegaard
a clown in a green polka dot outfit is dancing on a stage
ALT: a clown in a green polka dot outfit is dancing on a stage
media.tenor.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public, they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it, the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke." -Soren Kierkegaard