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What do you think of when you think of Easter?<\/p>\n

Eggs, of course. The symbol of new life come spring. How better to illustrate the season\u2019s spiritual message?<\/p>\n

I looked forward to teaching the lesson of the egg in my Sunday school class as Easter approached, but when I asked the children where eggs came from the answer surprised me.<\/p>\n

\u201cBunnies!\u201d all 12 students shouted.<\/p>\n

Bunnies?<\/em> I thought. Could these kids be so far removed from nature they actually think rabbits lay eggs? My own chickens would have been insulted!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s on TV,\u201d one of the girls explained. \u201cA white rabbit lays chocolate eggs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now I knew what they meant. I\u2019d seen the commercial, but it didn\u2019t have much to do with the lesson I wanted to teach. I had to think this through.<\/p>\n

The following Sunday morning I got ready for school, still not sure what to do. I have to find a way to set them straight,<\/em> I thought.<\/p>\n

I checked my chicken coop before I left. My birds strutted and clucked around the hen houses: Ida, Ada and Henney Penney in their nesting boxes, Rudy the rooster scratching at the ground. Penney puffed her feathers to twice her size when Rudy got close. She was guarding a dozen eggs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf only the kids at Sunday school could see your eggs,\u201d I said, stroking Penney\u2019s copper-speckled feathers, \u201cthey\u2019d forget all about chocolate.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when it hit me: What if I took Penney and her eggs to Sunday school with me?<\/em> How many of the kids had ever seen a real egg hatch? Or watched an ordinary-looking, beige-colored egg turn into a live chick with bright little BB-pellet eyes, downy feathers and tiny feet, peeping away? The hatching of an egg was like a miracle. Why not share it with the kids? I\u2019d give those children an Easter message<\/a> they\u2019d never forget!<\/p>\n

I hunted for a box to hold the eggs. But wait a minute: Was I really planning to bring a chicken to church? I tried to remember another time any kind of animal had joined us at our solemn service. Once a sparrow flew in an open window and fluttered around, disturbing the reading. And a puppy had wandered in and led the ushers in a merry chase around the aisles while the children laughed. But those events hadn\u2019t been planned.<\/p>\n

I thought of a certain church lady, a good Christian with very strong opinions. She\u2019d once objected to my son\u2019s carrying in a Bible with a jazzy cover. \u201cIt\u2019s a New Testament,\u201d I\u2019d assured her as she eyed the brightly colored jacket.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d she\u2019d sniffed, \u201cit looks like a Betty Crocker cookbook!\u201d<\/p>\n

I had a vision of my little bantam hen pooping on the ecclesiastical carpet. \u201cI guess chickens really don\u2019t belong in church,\u201d I said. But then I remembered Jesus\u2019 own words in the Gospel of Matthew: \u201cHow often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat settles it,\u201d I told Penney. \u201cJesus would approve of a chicken in church, and he\u2019s who matters!\u201d Penney would be in the Sunday school wing anyway. Nowhere near the church, actually. And nowhere near that straitlaced church lady (I hoped).<\/p>\n

I poked holes in the lid of a straw-filled cardboard box and transferred Penney and her eggs into it. It was waiting on the table when the children came to class. As they took their seats I said, \u201cGuess what\u2019s inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRabbits!\u201d one boy shouted.<\/p>\n

\u201cKitten!\u201d a girl said over him.<\/p>\n

\u201cPuppy!\u201d called someone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody has guessed it,\u201d I said and lifted the lid. All the children gasped. Penney blinked in the sudden light and ruffled her feathers, but soon settled down and clucked. The children came forward slowly, so as not to scare her. The girls took turns stroking her feathers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat do you think Penney\u2019s brought with her?\u201d I said. I lifted her up to reveal a dozen eggs.<\/p>\n

A boy poked one of the shells with a pudgy finger. \u201cHow can she sit on them?\u201d he asked. \u201cThey\u2019re hard!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPenney wants her babies very much,\u201d I said. \u201cShe\u2019s willing to go through hard things. Just like your mother did before you were born. God puts love into all parents\u2019 hearts\u2014even chicken parents!\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that the children had seen the eggs, I offered them a deal. \u201cPenney has laid 12 eggs. That\u2019s one for each of you,\u201d I said. \u201cYou have a choice what to do with your egg. You can take it home and have your mom cook it for breakfast\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The children giggled.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr I can bring Penney back next week and you can see your eggs turn into babies!\u201d<\/p>\n

Not one child voted for an omelet. By the following week the children had told all their friends. We discussed the impending blessed event. They couldn\u2019t wait to see the chicks they\u2019d been promised on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n

I promised,<\/em> I thought as I got ready for bed on Saturday night. Should I have been so confident the children would see chicks on Easter? It took 21 days for a bantam hen egg to hatch, and in the interest of timing, I\u2019d taken the eggs from under Penney so that she\u2019d miss a day of brooding. But what if I\u2019d miscounted, or addled the eggs when moving them? What if Penney\u2019s temperature wasn\u2019t just right? The hatching of a chicken was God\u2019s work, not mine. God,<\/em> I prayed after I switched off the light, please let at least one egg hatch for them.<\/em><\/p>\n

The church parking lot was crowded the next morning. Everyone came for the Easter service. But why were so many people gathered around the Sunday school wing? I made my way through the crowd with my cardboard box.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs that Penney?\u201d a woman asked me.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid the eggs hatch yet?\u201d a man said.<\/p>\n

They were all here to see Penney and her eggs! Along with every child from every Sunday school class, not just my own. Even the pastor came over to see what was going on. \u201cIt\u2019s an expectant hen,\u201d I told him, blushing. \u201cI thought the children would like to see the eggs hatch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a perfect way to illustrate today\u2019s sermon!\u201d he said. \u201cWould you bring Penney into the church<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n

So much for keeping Penney under wraps,<\/em> I thought as a pack of children cheered and followed me into the sanctuary. They plunked themselves on the stage at the front of the church. Okay, God,<\/em> I thought as I lifted the lid. Time for an Easter miracle! <\/em><\/p>\n

A gasp went up. There was Penney with not one but six wobbly chicks. Three were already dried and fluffy as dandelion down. The other three were still wet from their shells. Two more eggs were nearly cracked in half, the babies just emerging. The last four eggshells showed tiny holes where miniature beaks were pecking.<\/p>\n

I looked up, beaming, from Penney\u2019s new family\u2014right into the face of that straitlaced parishioner I\u2019d dreaded. She was gazing down at the chicks as happy and amazed as the little girl in front of her who asked, \u201cHow did you get the eggs to hatch right on Easter?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGod decides when the eggs hatch,\u201d I said. \u201cHe knew this was the right time!\u201d<\/p>\n

And just the right place\u2014right in his own house, where all new life begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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