Last Updated on July 21, 2023 by Kittredge Cherry
and dwelt among us,
full of grace and truth.
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Kittredge Cherry,
Q Spirit and the Jesus in Love Blog
wish you and your loved ones
a most beautiful Christmas!
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This year’s Christmas image shows the Madonna and Christ child with rainbow halos that look almost like Christmas ornaments. The icon made international headlines in 2019 when a Polish LGBTQ activist was arrested for distributing it.
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“Peace on earth and goodwill to all” — and all means all
“The Gay Shepherds” by David Hayward. Prints are available at the Nakedpastor Etsy shop and the Nakedpastor store.
A couple of gay shepherds are amazed when the Christmas angel announces “peace on earth and goodwill to all people” in a new cartoon by David Hayward, also known as nakedpastor.
“Does that include gay people like us?” the gay shepherds ask.
The angel responds, “What about ‘all’ is so hard to understand?”
Hayward emphasized the point on his blog: “Even though some of us may not believe in the historicity of the gospels’ birth narratives, I think we can agree that the thrust of the message is clear: ALL MEANS ALL!”
Creation of the cartoon was prompted by a question from Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry. The Canadian artist uses gentle humor to open hearts, minds and church doors to LGBTQ people and others who have been excluded. He has a master’s degree in theology and 30 years of pastoral experience. This cartoon and many more are available at the Nakedpastor store and the Nakedpastor Etsy shop. Click for more cartoons and info.
LGBTQ Christmas links
Every Christmas a new controversy erupts over LGBTQ versions of Jesus and his birth. This year international news covered a petition against a Brazilian Christmas comedy film on Netflix about a gay Jesus introducing his boyfriend to his family.
Queer Nativity scenes show love makes a family
Queer cheer for Christmas: Make the Yuletide gay
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This post is part of the LGBTQ Calendar series by Kittredge Cherry. The series celebrates religious and spiritual holidays, events in LGBT and queer history, holy days, feast days, festivals, anniversaries, liturgical seasons and other occasions of special interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people of faith and our allies.
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“LGBT Christmas” and other art by David Hayward is available at the Nakedpastor Etsy shop.
