Day 2: Jesus drives out the money changers and preaches in the Temple (Gay Passion of Christ series)
“He poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” — John 2:13 (RSV) An angry modern-day Christ figure disrupts business in “Jesus Drives Out the Money Changers” from from “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24...
Day 1B: Jesus Enters the City on Palm Sunday (Gay Passion of Christ series)
“And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, ‘Who is this?’ And the crowds said, ‘This is the prophet Jesus.’” –Matthew 21:10-11 (RSV) A crowd marches under an arch with a charismatic young man on horseback in “Jesus Enters the City”...
Day 1A: Jesus with the prophets (Gay Passion of Christ series)
“God has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” — Isaiah 61:1 (Inclusive Language Lectionary) A contemporary Jesus arrives as a prisoner in the painting that launches the...
Gay Passion of Christ blog series starts Palm Sunday at Q Spirit
A gay vision of Christ’s Passion will run during Holy Week here at Q Spirit. Reflections and art will be shared online daily from Palm Sunday through Easter (March 29 – April 5, 2026). All 24 paintings in the original version of Douglas Blanchard’s “The Passion...
Black Jesus, Latinx Jesus, Asian Jesus, female Christ and other liberating visions join the gay Passion of Christ
Liberating visions of Jesus as black, Latinx, Native American or female join with the gay Passion of Christ series to help people experience God more fully. “All people are made in God’s image, so it is important to envision Jesus as queer, black, brown, female and...
New versions of gay Passion of Christ book released
Two new editions of the gay Passion of Christ book were released in August 2021: a paperback with a new Last Supper cover and a hardcover version with the original Crucifixion cover. The Last Supper appears on the paperback and Kindle versions of “The Passion of...
Famed Jesuit priest James Martin tweets gay Jesus art — and upsets alt-right media
Vatican consultant James Martin recently showcased a gay Jesus painting by Doug Blanchard, which has long been featured by Q Spirit’s Kittredge Cherry in her book and blog. Breitbart News and other major right-wing extremist media responded with an attack in late...
Blanchard starts new gay Passion of Christ paintings
After the success of his first gay Passion of Christ paintings, artist Doug Blanchard recently began a second series on the same subject. [Update: The completed set of 20 paintings was exhibited for the first time in September 2023 at the Revelation Gallery at St....
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