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Jesus in Love serves gay, lesbian, bi and trans (glbt) people who have spiritual interests, and our allies. We promote queer spirituality and the arts, with an emphasis on books and images. We believe that God loves all people, including sexual minorities. We believe that the creative process is sacred. We hope that the new visions, especially the gay Jesus, will free people to experience the divine in new ways and lead to a more just world.
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Greetings!
 Surprising stuff fills this issue, starting with a gay parody of Noah's ark.
I hope that all of it makes you smile, makes you think, and brings you closer to God.
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Noah's gay wedding cruise pictured
In "Noah's Gay Wedding Cruise," happy gay and lesbian animal couples mingle with today's GLBT celebrities. This gay version of Noah's ark even has drowning sinners -- opponents of gay rights such as Larry Craig with his toilet! "I chose to symbolize our inevitable victory in the fight for marriage equality by painting my own adaptation of the biblical flood," artist Paul Richmond says. More info(Credit: "Noah's Gay Wedding Cruise" by Paul Richmond) |
An Erotic Encounter With the Divine
 "...I began silently inviting the Divine Presence to be with us during lovemaking, I noticed that both Scott and I became more aware of each others bodies..." Eric Hays-Strom, a gay Iowan, tells how he experienced the union of the ecstatic and the erotic. Read his whole story |
Equality March starts with prayer
 A powerful invocation prayer launched the speeches at National Equality March in Washington DC on Oct. 11. Rev. Troy Perry set the spiritual tone for the GLBT-rights march with a rousing invocation of history's great GLBT figures. See video More info |
Transvestite Jesus appears in photo
A transvestite Jesus and a female Jesus appear in a new series of alternative Christ photos by Colorado artist Bill Burch. The images explore, expand and maybe even explode the gender of Jesus. They are part of an ambitious project to create a collage of 100 alternative Jesus images arranged to form a traditional Jesus portrait. More info(Credit: "Transvestite Jesus" by Bill Burch) |
Gay saints: Sergius and Bacchus
 Saints Sergius and Bacchus were Roman soldiers, Christian martyrs and gay men who loved each other. The couple was openly gay, but secretly Christian -- the opposite of today's closeted Christians. The close bond between the two men has been emphasized since the earliest accounts, and recent scholarship has revealed their homosexuality More info
(Credit: "Saints Sergius and Bacchus"
by Robert Lentz)
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God bless dogs, cats and all animals
Animals are important in the lives of many GLBT people. Some took their pets to animal blessing ceremonies recently with prayers such as this: "...May we remember that we human beings are not the only ones created to look at flowers, to taste cool water, to listen to the wind, and to feel the earth beneath our feet..." More info |
Billboards show gay-friendly Jesus
Gay-positive Jesus images are in the national news lately, thanks to billboards in Texas asking, "Would Jesus discriminate?" Major news media covered the billboards, which put a traditional portrait of Jesus with a simple statement based on GLBT understanding of the Bible. More info |
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Click on the titles below for more of the best recent posts at the Jesus in Love Blog:
All Saints Day (with debate over "gay God")
Gay martyr Matthew Shepard and new hate crimes law
Coming Out Day
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