What is the cross of our time What is the cross of our time? For LGBT people, our God-given sexuality may feel like a cross to bear in a world where many still condemn homosexuality on religious grounds.
Thanks for this report on the LGBT Stations exhibit. I was wondering how it went.
And thanks too for sharing about your childhood spirituality. When I was a little girl I had a teeny tiny Bible that came from a gum machine. If I held it up to my eye, I could read the Lord’s Prayer inside. No doubt this influenced my whole attitude toward the Bible!
I am posting the LGBT Stations series on the Jesus in Love Blog (http://bit.ly/ZjGsot) with reflections that weave together LGBT history and the Way of the Cross like the paintings do. I just posted Station 12, which is shown at the top of this post. Here is part of what I wrote about it:
“Jesus’ death on the cross is boldly identified with the murder of an African American transgender woman (Rita Hester) in the LGBT Stations of the Cross. A banner carried by people today stretches across Jesus on the cross: “How many transgenders have to die before you get involved?” Another high-profile murder victim was transman Brandon Teena, subject of the movie “Boys Don’t Cry.”
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What is the cross of our time
What is the cross of our time? For LGBT people, our God-given sexuality may feel like a cross to bear in a world where many still condemn homosexuality on religious grounds.
Thanks for this report on the LGBT Stations exhibit. I was wondering how it went.
And thanks too for sharing about your childhood spirituality. When I was a little girl I had a teeny tiny Bible that came from a gum machine. If I held it up to my eye, I could read the Lord’s Prayer inside. No doubt this influenced my whole attitude toward the Bible!
I am posting the LGBT Stations series on the Jesus in Love Blog (http://bit.ly/ZjGsot) with reflections that weave together LGBT history and the Way of the Cross like the paintings do. I just posted Station 12, which is shown at the top of this post. Here is part of what I wrote about it:
“Jesus’ death on the cross is boldly identified with the murder of an African American transgender woman (Rita Hester) in the LGBT Stations of the Cross. A banner carried by people today stretches across Jesus on the cross: “How many transgenders have to die before you get involved?” Another high-profile murder victim was transman Brandon Teena, subject of the movie “Boys Don’t Cry.”
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