Luke’s image of Jesus as a mother hen is the one I most cherish. As a mother, I feel viscerally the desire to draw the beloved bodies of my children into the safety of my arms—to hide under the shadow of my wings those warm precious bodies to whom my own body has given life. ….

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This post appeared here first: Forward Day By Day – November 6, 2020

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