by Kittredge Cherry | | March 16-31, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
A new gay vision of Christ’s Passion makes its Q Spirit debut today. Standing up for justice and love leads to pain, prison, death and ultimately resurrection for a contemporary urban Jesus in new gay Passion of Christ paintings by Doug Blanchard. The New York artist...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, May 15-31, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
Celebrate Trinity Sunday with visionary LGBTQ resources, including the last image from the gay Passion of Christ series, an icon of a Trinity with rainbow halos, the “Sparkle Creed” and “Rainbow Trinity Prayer.” The Holy Spirit blesses God and Christ as a same-sex...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, May 15-31, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
Pentecost celebrates the Holy Spirit, an important aspect of God for LGBTQ people and our allies. The Spirit brings flaming gender fluidity and inspires change in the church. On Pentecost the church remembers the descent of the Holy Spirit onto the apostles in tongues...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, May 1-15, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
Celebrate Ascension Day with a painting of Christ embraced by a winged man in “Jesus Returns to God,” the most controversial image in Doug Blanchard’s gay Passion of Christ series. This year Ascension Day is May 9, 2024. Christian tradition emphasizes that the...
by Kittredge Cherry | | March 16-31, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
“I am the resurrection and the life.” — John 11:25 (RSV) A handsome young Christ in blue jeans leads a joyous jailbreak in “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24 paintings by Douglas Blanchard. He holds hands with a prisoner as he steps upward,...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
“They took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom.” — John 19:40 (RSV) A mother mourns her dead son in “Jesus is Buried” from “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24 paintings by Douglas Blanchard....
by Kittredge Cherry | | March 16-31, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
“While the sun’s light failed… he breathed his last.” — Luke 23:44-46 “Jesus Dies” places Christ’s crucifixion against a 21st-century city skyline in “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24 paintings by Douglas Blanchard. The art and...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
“Soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him.” — Luke 23:11 (RSV) Marine look-alikes torment a naked prisoner in “Jesus Before the Soldiers” from “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24 paintings by Douglas Blanchard. Jesus kneels,...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
“Behold the man!” — John 19:5 (RSV) An angry mob confronts a young man in “Jesus Before the People” from “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24 paintings by Douglas Blanchard. Jesus stands alone, handcuffed and motionless in the shadows,...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
“One of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, ‘Is that how you answer the high priest?’” — John 18:22 (RSV) A guard hits Jesus in a house of worship while clergymen do nothing, indifferent to the violence in “Jesus Before the...