Stuck In Anxiety? Dare To Contemplate A Chicken

When anxiety or a sense of pointlessness creeps in, we can find our way back through an unlikely door: contemplating the artwork of the greatest artist who ever lived. On a recent walk, I stumbled across a book called "Extraordinary Chickens", and nothing has been the same since.

It turns out there is not one variety of chicken. There are hundreds. And if you dare to look up the Frizzle, you will understand immediately why creation is a cathedral.

This is a short talk for anyone who needs to be invited back into wonder. No theology degree required. Just a willingness to look at a chicken and let it undo you a little.

Transcript

Whenever I'm feeling a little anxious or down or stuck in the what is the whole point of this life feeling, One of the things that can very quickly shift me out of that is to contemplate the artwork of the greatest artist of all time, God. Today I was on a walk in my neighborhood and I don't know if you have these in your neighborhood but a lot of people have put up book nooks where you can get free books. I always like to look in there and see if there's any surprises. Today I came across a very delightful little book called Extraordinary Chickens. The title drew me in because I never really thought of chickens as being extraordinary. I'm not a chicken person. I don't own chickens. The only thing I really know about chickens is that chickens make eggs and I like eggs. And I just assumed that there was just one type of chicken, But I couldn't have been more wrong. Which now seems silly to me because if there's one thing I know about God the Creator is that God never just stops at one. God creates and creates and creates and creates. So as I was looking through this little book and I was taking in all of these different types of chicken. They began to look like what they really are, Which is stunning artwork. I dare you to go look up the frizzle polish chicken and not be immediately taken into a sense of awe and wonder over God's art. If you really look with fresh eyes at the beautiful cathedral of creation, All of the miraculous art that is within our sight every day just looking out a window. So I invite you to go contemplate on chickens and just see what happens.

Reviews

Delightful. Funny! Real. And also moving - it brought tears to my eyes. And then I looked up the frizzle polish chicken 🤗. Thanks Sarah ❤️