Gay Holy Week and Easter readings start today at the Jesus in Love Blog.
 
A queer version of Christ's Passion runs in daily posts from Palm Sunday (April 5) through Easter (April 12). Each installment features a GLBT Christian painting and an excerpt from Kittredge Cherry's novel At the Cross.

The eight-day series covers the dramatic events of Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, and Jesus' arrest, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection.  Jesus falls in love with his disciple John and faces religious homophobia in "At the Cross."

The online Holy Week series includes paintings by F. Douglas Blanchard, Gary Speziale and Becki Jayne Harrelson.  More info

Click here for today's post

(Image credit: "Jesus Enters the City" by F. Douglas Blanchard)

 
Kay Ryan, the lesbian poet who is now serving as U.S. poet laureate, offers a poem suitable for reflection as Easter approaches.

In "Backward Miracle," Ryan breathes new life into Christian themes, starting with the cup of wine shared by Jesus at the Last Supper. 

Read the poem and see her on a video from the American Academy of Poets.  More info  

Photos of a grieving bird remind Atlanta writer Trudie Barreras of Christ's struggle to love his enemies in a scene from the novel "Jesus in Love: At the Cross." 

Click here to read her reflection

(Photo credit: Barn Swallows by Wilson Hsu)

 
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