Ash Wednesday marks the start of the anticapitalist season of Lent. A season where one focuses on consuming less and become inwardly focused on spiritual health. A time when one’s worth is not caught up in buying things. One is reminded today of their death as ashes are rubbed into one’s forehead and the recitationContinue reading “practicing anti-idolatry for lent”
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on the cross hung jesus, the historical materialist
Holy Week opens the space for us to be sad, mad, and lonely. We can look to the blooded Christ, abandoned by his closest friends, and recognize that hope’s flame has been extinguished. Unfortunately, too many churches over-spiritualize the cross showing how Jesus knew the events surrounding his death. Even the letter to the HebrewsContinue reading “on the cross hung jesus, the historical materialist”
Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus is laid in the tomb
“I know you’ve come to kill me. Shoot, you are only going to kill a man.” – Che’s last words
Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus dies on the cross
(Guest post by asescalante) “Whither is God?” he cried; “I will tell you. We have killed him—you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how did we do this? How could we drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when weContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus dies on the cross”
Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): The body of Jesus is placed in the arms of his mother
Stabat Mater Christ above in torment hangs, She beneath beholds the pangs Of her dying, glorious Son. Is there one who would not weep Whelmed in miseries so deep, Christ’s dear mother to behold? Can the human heart refrain From partaking in her pain, In that mother’s pain untold? Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, She beheldContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): The body of Jesus is placed in the arms of his mother”
Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus is nailed to the cross
In February, the news surfaced that the CEO of American Title Services committed suicide using a nail gun. A coroner’s spokeswoman Thursday said Talley was found in his garage by a family member who called authorities. They said Talley died from seven or eight self-inflicted wounds from a nail gun fired into his torso andContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus is nailed to the cross”
Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus is stripped of his garments
Now the boys and the maidens brought wood and hay to burn Thecla: and when she was brought in naked, the governor wept and marvelled at the power that was in her. And they laid the wood, and the executioner bade her mount upon the pyre: and she, making the sign of the cross, wentContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus is stripped of his garments”
Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Jesus tells the women not to weep for him, but for themselves and their children.Weeping is a way of resistance. Empires cannot handle chaos, emotion, or uncontrollability. The powers-that-be need the world to be dry-eyed, controllable, and at an Imperial peace. These women’s tears started the revolution. Their tears were sown into the hearts ofContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem”
Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus meets his mother
(Guest post by asescalante) While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, “Who isContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus meets his mother”
Queering Holy Week: A Primer
For Holy Week, I will take up a new project titled, “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es).” In the last few months, beautiful artwork on LGBTQ Stations have emerged; as well as a specifically Trans-queering the Stations of the Cross. These are wonderful additions to the Christian imagination surrounding Holy Week and the Stations. For my project, IContinue reading “Queering Holy Week: A Primer”
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