Kittredge Cherry with Christmas tree (photo by Audrey)
I am collecting a Christmas / Year-End offering to support my work at Jesus in Love for LGBT spirituality and the arts. Give now by clicking the “GoFundMe” button below or visiting my donate page.
Thank you! And thanks to the seven people who already gave a combined $150 so far this year. You can read their names and messages on my donate page.
By supporting Jesus in Love, you bring hope, stand up for artistic and religious freedom, and free people to experience the divine in new ways. I am passionately committed to Jesus in Love because it grew out of my own personal journey. Jesus in Love is my gift to the world. What do you feel called to give in return?
Since I launched JesusInLove.org in 2005, it has grown to include the popular Jesus in Love Blog and e-newsletter. A year ago I added a Spanish-language blog (Santos Queer) with translations of my LGBT Saints series.
All-time page views at the Jesus in Love Blog surpassed half a million this year, with 63,000 visits and 127,000 page views in the past 12 months. The Jesus in Love Newsletter recently grew beyond 900 subscribers, with more than 100 new people signing up in 2013. Santos Queer already hit 17,000 page views and some articles get more readers in Spanish than in the original English.
Meanwhile my articles on LGBT spirituality kept on compelling people to think about God in new ways, with conservatives still accusing me of blasphemy for it. Numbers alone can’t express the impact of Jesus in Love on people’s lives. Listen to the voices of readers:
“Jesus in Love is the most radically progressive and life affirming Christian LGBT site on the Internet that I have ever seen. I find its message both inspiring and empowering.”
— Ernesto Borges Torres, gay Buddhist
“Great, courageous website in the true spirit of Jesus... Your site has often helped me feel lighter, made me smile and helped me feel loved by God. Thank you Kitt!”
-- Michael
“I live in Russia, in Moscow. I am very glad to read your blog ‘Jesus in Love.’ Among all LGBT-Christian sites it is the best.”
— Russian woman
“It is really refreshing to hear from someone who isn’t trying to fit inside of some institutional, religion-sourced and oppressive shoebox but speaks of liberation and acceptance.”
— Enrico Gomez, gay Mexican Catholic / Buddhist
I still need $927 for the annual budget. Expenses for Jesus in Love include Internet access, website design and hosting, newsletter service, computer maintenance, bank fees, office supplies and overhead.
Many thanks to EVERYONE who has given their time, talent and resources. Merry Christmas and happy New Year!