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Happy 7th birthday, Jesus in Love!
Today Jesus In Love celebrates seven years of supporting LGBT spirituality and the arts. I founded it on Nov. 17, 2005 to present a positive spiritual vision for queer people and our allies. To send a...
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Transgender Day of Remembrance: Nov. 20, 2012
Transgender Day of Remembrance by Mikhaela Reidhttp://www.mikhaela.net/Transgender Day of Remembrance (Nov. 20) commemorates those who were killed due to anti-transgender prejudice. At the Jesus in...
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Happy Thanksgiving from Jesus in Love Blog!
Happy Thanksgiving from Kittredge Cherry and the Jesus in Love Blog! I give thanks for the many people who read and support my blog on LGBT spirituality with their time, talent and resources. Thank...
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Harvey Milk: Gay rights pioneer assassinated Nov. 27, 1978
“Harvey Milk of San Francisco” by Brother Robert Lentz, OFM. (TrinityStores.com) Pioneering gay rights activist Harvey Milk was assassinated 34 years ago today on Nov. 27, 1978. Milk is the first* and...
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Blasphemy charges filed for Greek gay Jesus play "Corpus Christi"
“Corpus Christi” photo by EJ Camp, courtesy of 108 Productions Blasphemy charges were filed against the actors, producer and director of the gay Jesus play “Corpus Christi” in Greece this month after...
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Blessed Bernardo de Hoyos: Mystical same-sex marriage with Jesus
“The Mystical Marriage of Blessed Fr. Bernardo de Hoyos y Sena, SJ”By William Hart McNichols © www.fatherbill.org Blessed Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos y Sena is an 18th-century Spanish priest who wrote...
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Saints bring hope on World AIDS Day 2012
Patrons of the AIDS Pandemic by Lewis Williams, SFOwww.trinitystores.com World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 supports everyone affected by HIV. The day is dedicated to prevention and treatment, and honors those...
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Advent: Queer face of God revealed
“Rainbow Mysteries" photo by Kittredge Cherry Today marks the first day of Advent, a time of expectant waiting for Christ’s birth. Advent celebrates the mystery of the Word made flesh -- an important...
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Queer Christmas gifts and cards
Looking for just the right gift for that LGBTQ loved one? You don’t even have to be queer to love the innovative icons on sale til Dec. 9 at TrinityStores.com. And for the hard-to-please queer who...
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Divine lesbians show we are all holy: Art by Verlena Johnson
“Inside Out” by Verlena Johnson, 2006. Acrylic, 40" x 30" Lesbians in church and in touch with their own spiritual power stand out in the paintings of Los Angeles artist Verlena Johnson. Many wear...
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December Poem: What If the Sea Told Us
As the December nights grow longer, an emerging lesbian poet writes about the spirituality of darkness in the Poem of the Month at Writers at Work. “What If the Sea Told Us” by Audrey Lockwood begins:...
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Meeting Alma Lopez: painter of queer saints, mermaids, revolutionaries and...
Audrey, Kittredge Cherry and Alma Lopez with her life-sized “Our Lady” Artist Alma Lopez, who painted the controversial “Our Lady” and other queer saints, opened her studio to guests for one wonderful...
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Patron saints for straight allies of LGBT people: Adele Starr of PFLAG and...
Adele Starr (photo by Brian van der Brug, Los Angeles Times) After her son came out in 1974, Adele Starr helped launch the group that became Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. She...
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Pope blessing a gay marriage?! See it now in ad for power company
“Same power, different attitude” ad from Powershop The Pope blessing a gay marriage?! This startling image is the newest ad for a New Zealand power company. It points to a whole different kind of...
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Queer Lady of Guadalupe: Artists re-imagine an icon
“Our Lady” by Alma Lopez Our Lady of Guadalupe brings a message of holy empowerment that speaks to LGBT people -- and angers Christian conservatives. Queer art based on Guadalupe is shown here for her...
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John of the Cross: Dark Night of a Gay Soul
"St. John of the Cross" by Brother Robert Lentz, OFM, trinitystores.com“The Dark Night of the Soul,” a spiritual classic with homoerotic overtones, was written by 16th-century Spanish mystic Saint John...
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Gay Nativity scene in Columbia sparks outrage
Gay Nativity scene in Columbia at the home of Andrés Vásquez Moreno and Felipe Cárdenas Gonzalez A gay Nativity display in Columbia was condemned by the national Catholic Church as “sacrilege” while...
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Seeking the "naked young man" of Mark’s gospel
Detail from “Stripped of Linen, Stripped of Lord” by Eric Martin, 2012 Gay artist Eric Martin spent a lifetime wondering about the “naked young man” who ran away when Jesus was arrested in Mark’s...
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Gay baby Jesus comes out on Christmas billboard
“Time for Jesus to come out” billboard from St. Matthew-in-the-City A gay baby Jesus with a rainbow halo lights up a new billboard for a church in New Zealand.“It’s Christmas. Time for Jesus to come...
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Christmas favorites from years past
Jesus in Love Blog has been around long enough to create some new Christmas cyber-traditions. Click the headlines below to enjoy past Christmas highlights from my blog. Gay and lesbian nativity scenes...
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