An opinion piece suggesting preaching on Brokeback Mountain for "Good Shepherd Sunday":
To present afresh the 2000-year-old image of the Good Shepherd, there could be no better convention than to hide him as a 1960s ranch hand who falls in love with another man. Hidden in the character of Jack Twist is the ancient image of the Good Shepherd....
It might seem unconventional to portray the Shepherd as a lover too, but the Lover-Shepherd is a familiar figure in the Jewish and Christian traditions. One has only to think of the Shepherd King David and his beloved, Jonathan. (I Sam. 18:1) The Lover in the erotic canticle of the Bible, the Song of Songs, is a shepherd (Song 1:7).
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Hi there - Oh i am so glad I found your blog! I can't find someone else as mad as me and u around here over Brokeback. I just wanna tell u that I have watched Brokeback on last Monday ...and now 4 days down the road its on my mind - day and night. I dunno why this film has left such a big impact on me. I am crazy over Jack Twist character. -me-supposed to be straight-
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