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The Hen chapter. Another good one.

"The Cock" ch. Blue explains how the cock & cockfighting, w/ the victor often standing & crowing on its foe, are symbols of power & domination. She speculates Jesus tells his disciples he was going to reject all that & when Peter objects Jesus calls him Satan. Then, when Jesus is arrested, Peter denies Jesus, culminating in a crowing cock, echoing the type of winning Peter wanted. Yet, Jesus builds his church thru P.

The Sparrow ch. I didn't know Mao tried to eradicate sparrows leading to an abundance of pests leading to a famine killing 30M; nor, that House Sparrows ("HOSP"s) kill bluebirds & nest on top of their corpses. Blue sees God's "eye on the sparrow" as love for the insignificant. While I wish she sided more clearly w/ trying to eliminate the invasive HOSP, I appreciate her compassion for all beings, even "out of place".

Can't think of a more appropriate place to be reading this book than here at Sandhills Brewing where the beers have bird names! Had the "Bob White" (a peach American Wheat) while reading about sparrows.

"Abby says that God has shown Job "a world different from anything he could have conceived: terrible in its nonanthropocentricity, but, nevertheless, wildly beautiful and madly loved."" -p. 124

some interesting theological takes so far but nonetheless i appreciate the fresh perspectives though i don't necessarily agree with all of them

I took this book from the shelf during a Writer's Crawl at St Anne's chapel, and finally read it after a couple of months. I had never really considered the birds, as the author does. I appreciate her reflections & will try to be more mindful as I see & hear birds, and not gloss over them when I read of them in the Bible.