Chicken Faith
“…And their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.” So says Luke 24:11 about the reaction of Jesus’ disciples when the women told them Jesus was risen. Silly, irrational girls. Don’t worry your pretty little heads about such weighty spiritual matters. I learned about this at an Easter service last month. I love Easter. It’s a holiday of second chances, what with its story of springtime after such a bitter winter. Our weather here in Colorado mimics the metaphor. We had snow last night and a luscious rain today. My chickens hide under the deck when it snows, but they run around looking like tiny, passionate dinosaurs in the rain. Aren’t women sometimes compared to hens? No doubt, the idea comes from our similarities. Hens are usually found...
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