A bird that ranks 200th out of 200 on the bird-obnoxiousness scale might be worth a look for those wrestling with their own pride.

The flock makes the ordinary extraordinary. Swifts and starlings find their beauty in an invisible connectedness, like the Church.

No single creature on this globe lives more of its life in daylight than the Arctic Tern. To what lengths will we go to live in the light?

God sent Jesus to speak our language, wear our frame, walk our soil, bear our burdens — to seek and save storm-disoriented sparrows like us.

Discovering a new species should stir our imagination and humble anyone who thinks we’ve got this world pretty much figured out.

Your purpose includes your place—a concept that can gift you with the freedom of roots. Want to learn the way home? Consider the pigeon.

An avian flash mob walked past their cars and further on into a growing upward-looking crowd... The word got out, and the faithful gathered.

The pursuit of avian beauty offers a template for our communal pursuit of the Beautiful One.

How could a bird so valued on one side of the globe be so dismissed at the other?

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.

“If you take care of the things that I value most, you will inherit so much more.”

"To remain sane and grounded on this planet, every one of us should make some sort of attentive effort to some aspect of God's creation..."