tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post6783996117691823744..comments2024-02-28T12:04:11.837-08:00Comments on Jesus in Love Blog: Gay Nativity scene in Columbia sparks outrage Kittredge Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-7381200597187032462012-12-18T13:52:20.776-08:002012-12-18T13:52:20.776-08:00Jesus did not enshrine the hetero / biological fam...Jesus did not enshrine the hetero / biological family. Thanks, Terry, for bringing up Jesus own views on family. Jesus challenged traditional family values at almost every turn, ignoring his blood relatives in favor of those who became his “brothers and sisters” by loving God and neighbor. I imagine he would have been displeased (or amused?) to see how we worship the manger scene.<br /><br />Consider what Jesus said in 11:27-28:<br /><br />A woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!”<br /><br />He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."<br /><br />Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-39633873642139075042012-12-16T14:22:09.023-08:002012-12-16T14:22:09.023-08:00The problem with the heteronormative world we live...The problem with the heteronormative world we live in, is that the majority straight population automatically see everything from that perspective. So it is, that any presentation that offers a different perspective, is seen as "shocking". In fact, if we are to take seriously the virgin birth or the Gospel accounts of Jesus' own views on family, there is little to support the usual presentation of the Holy Family as a model for our times.<br /><br />Black theologians shocked the White establishment decades ago by discussion of Jesus as Black, and with paintings of the Black Madonna: but these were no less valid than the standard images of Jesus in Western art - as clearly, obviously White, which he most certainly was not.<br /><br />If it is acceptable for White artists to produce images of Jesus as White, it is equally acceptable for Black artists to present him as Black.<br /><br />If it is acceptable for straights to think of the Holy Family as some sort of archetype of the modern nuclear family, it is equally valid for the queer community to imagine them in their own terms.<br /><br />If this means that some people are shocked - good. Sometimes people need a shock to the system, to show them that other ways of seeing the world are possible.<br /><br />(See, for instance, my post this morning on "Walking in Our Shoes"<br /><br />http://queeringthechurch.com/2012/12/16/walking-in-our-shoes/Terence Weldonhttp://queeringthechurch.comnoreply@blogger.com