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Day 4: Jesus before the priests, magistrate and people (Gay Passion of Christ...
8. Jesus Before the Priests (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard“One of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, ‘Is that how you answer the high...
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Day 5: Jesus before the soldiers; Jesus is beaten (Gay Passion of Christ series)
11.Jesus Before the Soldiers (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard“Soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him.” -- Luke 23:11 (RSV) Marine look-alikes torment a naked...
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Day 6: Jesus goes to his execution and is nailed to the cross (Gay Passion of...
13. Jesus Goes to His Execution (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard“He went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew...
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Day 6: Jesus dies (Gay Passion of Christ series)
15. Jesus Dies (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard“While the sun’s light failed… he breathed his last.” -- Luke 23:44-46“Jesus Dies” places Christ’s crucifixion against a...
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Day 7: Jesus is Buried; Jesus Among the Dead (Gay Passion of Christ series)
16. Jesus is Buried (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard“They took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom.” -- John 19:40...
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Give now: Easter offering for Jesus In Love
Please give to the Easter 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. Your gifts help...
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Day 8: Jesus rises, appears to Mary and friends, and more (Gay Passion of...
18. Jesus Rises (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard“I am the resurrection and the life.” -- John 11:25 (RSV) A handsome young Christ in blue jeans leads a joyous jailbreak...
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Happy Easter from Jesus In Love and Kittredge Cherry -- with murals of Los...
I found Jesus painted on the walls of the Los Angeles neighborhood near my home. Folk-art religious murals are a wonderful part of the Latino street culture here. These colorful murals express the...
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Kuan Yin: A queer Buddhist Christ figure
“Avalokitishvara” by Tony O’Connell“Kwan Yin is Coming” by Stephen Mead Kuan Yin, the androgynous spirit of compassion in Buddhism, is sometimes thought of as a queer Christ figure or LGBT role model....
View ArticleGay Jesus: Live video interview today with Kittredge Cherry
Kittredge Cherry will do a live webcam interview about "The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision" on HuffPost Live today at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time! Here’s the direct link for the QueerView show live or...
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Peter Gomes: Gay black Harvard minister preached "scandalous gospel"
“The Rev. Peter Gomes, of Plymouth, 1942 – 2011” by Jon DornPeter Gomes was a gay black Baptist minister at Harvard and one of America’s most prominent spiritual voices against intolerance. Gomes...
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Day of Silence Prayer: Stop bullying God's LGBTQ youth
A new prayer by Jesus in Love founder Kittredge Cherry is one of the few religious voices supporting Day of Silence, a national student-led protest of anti-LGBT bullying. It happens tomorrow on...
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Sor Juana de la Cruz: Nun who loved a countess in 17th-century Mexico City
Sor Juana Inés de la CruzBy Lewis Williams, SFO trinitystores.com Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th-century Mexican nun whose critically acclaimed writings include lesbian love poetry. She is...
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Earth Day: LGBTQ theologians join in protecting the environment
Kittredge Cherry visits a green-cross sculpture honoring the early environmental movement Protection of the environment is celebrated today on Earth Day (April 22) by people around the world, including...
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Christina Rossetti: Queer writer of Christmas carols and lesbian poetry
Cover illustration for Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market and Other Poems” (1862) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti)Portrait of Christina Rossetti by Dante Gabriel RossettiChristina Georgina Rossetti was a...
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100 years of lesbians making peace and making history
American delegation to the 1915 peace conference One hundred years ago today the world’s longest-standing peace organization was formed -- with significant help from women who would probably be called...
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New LGBTQ Christian books: May 2015
Six new LGBTQ Christian books include a delicious assortment on theology, history, spirituality, fiction and church life.Theology“Sex Difference in Christian Theology: Male, Female, and Intersex in...
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Ethiopian eunuch: Early church welcomed queers
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch, detail from 11th-century illuminated manuscript (Wikimedia Commons) A queer black man was the first non-Jewish convert to Christianity, according to progressive...
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Madre Juana de la Cruz: Queer saint of 16th-century Spain
“Madre Juana de la Cruz” by Lewis Williams Madre Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez was an abbess in 16th-century Spain who insisted that God changed her gender in the womb, transforming her from male...
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Author interview: "Queer Martyrdom from John Henry Newman to Derek Jarman" by...
Christianity’s impact in shaping LGBT culture is explored in the new book “Visions of Queer Martyrdom from John Henry Newman to Derek Jarman” by British professor Dominic Janes.“Queer lives are not...
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