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Day 3: Jesus has a Last Supper, prays alone and is arrested (Gay Passion of Christ series)

by Kittredge Cherry | | Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

“And during supper… one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was lying close to the breast of Jesus.” — John 13:2, 23 (RSV) Friends get together for an intimate dinner in “The Last Supper” from “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24...

Day 2: Jesus drives out the money changers and preaches in the Temple (Gay Passion of Christ series)

by Kittredge Cherry | | Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

“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)

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Calendar, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

“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)

by Kittredge Cherry | | Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

“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

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Calendar, Featured, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision, Resources

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 (April 13-20, 2025). All 24 paintings in the original version of Douglas Blanchard’s “The Passion of Christ: A...

Black Jesus, Latinx Jesus, Asian Jesus, female Christ and other liberating visions join the gay Passion of Christ

by Kittredge Cherry | | Artists, Calendar, Featured, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

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

by Kittredge Cherry | | News, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

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...

Blanchard starts new gay Passion of Christ paintings

by Kittredge Cherry | | Artists, News, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

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....