Source: ASSIST News Service, January 7, 2018
\nEditor\u2019s note: Did you know January 5 was \u201cNational Bird Day\u201d?<\/p>\n
\u201cConsider the birds\u201d [Jesus] reminded the disciples as he discussed how God cares for them. \u201cAre not two sparrows sold for a penny?\u201d he asks his followers, stating, \u201cNot one will be forgotten before God,\u201d inferring the Lord will not forget his children. Jesus also compared birds to the kingdom of God: \u201cThe birds come and make nests.\u201d Jesus references birds when discussing the fact that he has no home: \u201cThe birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.\u201d The Holy Spirit\u2014in the form of a dove\u2014descended upon Jesus at his baptism. Roughly 300 passages found in the Bible reference birds.<\/p>\n
Reformer Martin Luther, called birds \u201cour schoolmasters.\u201d The Christian poet and clergyman George Herbert used birds in some of his poems. C.S Lewis used birds throughout his Chronicles of Narnia<\/em>, showing their variety and beauty, naming over a dozen in Aslan\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n Probably the best-known bird-watching clergyman was John Stott. As a great enthusiast of birds, Stott called his admiration of birds, \u201corni-theology.\u201d One of his best-loved books is Birds Our Teachers<\/em>. In this work he relates birds to subjects ranging from repentance, self-esteem, gratitude, work, freedom, joy, and love. Birds are more than just feathery fowl, but teachers tethering us to God\u2019s grace and creativity, helping our faith take flight.<\/p>\n \u00bb Read full story<\/a> to consider what we can learn from the birds.<\/p>\n \u00bb This article reminded me of what my friend, blogger Bev Ewart wrote about the Goose Poop and Glory<\/a> as well as The Goldfinch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: ASSIST News Service, January 7, 2018 Editor\u2019s note: Did you know January 5 was \u201cNational Bird Day\u201d? \u201cConsider the birds\u201d [Jesus] reminded the disciples as he discussed how God cares for them. \u201cAre not two sparrows sold for a penny?\u201d he asks his followers, stating, \u201cNot one will be forgotten before God,\u201d inferring the … Continue reading USA: Faith Takes Flight<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7632,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631\/revisions\/7632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}