Mother Hen Jesus

Jesus desires our ingathering, and we so often are not willing. Jesus goes belly up, like a fierce yet vulnerable mother hen in the presence of a fox, ready to take us under the shelter of her wings. Are we willing? And what might we learn from Jesus about lament?

Sermon begins at minute marker 6:00

​​​​Luke 13.1-8, 31-35

Resources

• BibleWorm podcast: Episode 631 – A Lament Over Jerusalem, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr
• Barbara Brown Taylor, “As a Hen Gathers her Brood,” The Christian Century.
• Jewish Voices for Peace action: call your reps to demand the release of student activist and U.S. permanent resident, Mahmoud Khalil, abducted by the DHS on March 8, 2025.
• Image: “Christ the Mother Hen,” Kelly Latimore icons
• Hymn 298 - What Is the World Like. Text: Adam M. L. Tice (USA), 2009, © 2011 GIA Publications, Inc. Music:  Sally Ann Morris (USA).  Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.