Category Archives: LGBTQI+

love is love and the politics of recognition

Over the past few days, my Facebook newsfeed has been bittersweet. On the one hand, we celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to recognize same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Now queer people of any identity can marry their partner. On the other hand, we mourn the life and service of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of theContinue reading “love is love and the politics of recognition”

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): A woman wipes the face of Jesus

Wiping Jesus’s face on his way to death is seen as an act of charity, hinting at justice, a justice-to-come. In the Catholic tradition, the woman’s named Veronica, which in Greek means “true image.” A true image of God touches a true image of God. A Prayer: Wounded God, Helpless Savior, Our readied hands seek toContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): A woman wipes the face of Jesus”

Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): The cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene

in the gospels, we already met a simon, simon peter. he was foolish, but brave. the one who made the confession that jesus was the messiah (matthew 16:16). now that jesus bears the cross, he is found nowhere near: a run away. a new simon was found, one who was trustworthy and strong, simon ofContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): The cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene”

Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus falls thrice times

(Guest post by asescalante) Like the many before him who would fall, and the many after who will fall, Jesus falls. Under the weight of that which will eventually kill him he falls; this weight is not simply the physical burden of wooden beam(s), but is the weight of the Empire that would find theContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus falls thrice times”