Crosses were not places of forgiveness, but of hate, torture, and death. Imagine carrying your death weapon, which will be used to kill you later that day. Horrible! Yet, isn’t this how some treat those in the LGBTQ+ community, or immigrants, or of different races? Their bodies become the cross. Rather than love and respectContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus carries the cross”
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Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus is condemned to death
Jesus was condemned to crucifixion on that fateful day by the Roman Empire. Jesus disturbed the peace, ruptured the temple-industrial complex, and was not pacifying anytime soon. If we take a much-needed step back, historically, Pilate and governors before and after him condemned thousands of others too. Once in the early first century, a Roman roadContinue reading “Queering the Stations of the Cross(es): Jesus is condemned to death”
