How could a bird so valued on one side of the globe be so dismissed at the other? What's a bird worth anyway? And what about a human being?

If your life outlook is grounded in a commitment to personal growth, the mockingbird is an apt metaphor for you, a mascot of good-to-great.

Birds make great gifts, but you have to know when to quit.

Could a live turkey—not just the cooked and basted type—evoke in us a gratitude for awkward grace?

What if its DNA is shaped less like a double-helix and more like a treble staff?

Like hummingbirds, we were made to move. Our wings and hearts should beat fast with holy purpose. Work matters. But so does rest.