Courage for the Chicken Hearted

by Johnson, Becky Freeman

• ISBN13: 9781562925123
• ISBN10: 1562925121
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Honor Books

Summary

Five formerly chicken-hearted souls have hatched this "egg-citing" book which contains an inspiring collection of true, heartfelt stories, uplifting poems, insightful quotes, and homorous quips--all designed to give others confidence to face the day.9

Table of Contents

Section I At Rest in the Nest
Confidence in the Future
Wet Behind the Feathers	10	(5)
Men Are from the Barnyard, Women from the Coop	15	(6)
Foxes in the Henhouse	21	(5)
Feeling All Cooped Up!	26	(5)
Your Chickens Will Come Home to Roost	31	(4)
Roosting High (On a Hill)	35	(4)
Feed Sack Dresses	39	(5)
Mid-Hen Crisis	44	(5)
I'm No Spring Checken Myself!	49	(7)
Section II Birds of a Feather
Confidence in Relationships
Hens and Neighbors, Gather 'Round	56	(5)
Adult Chicks of Fairly Functional Hens	61	(4)
Marching to the Beat of a Defferent Drumstick	65	(5)
Fine-Feathered Friends	70	(6)
Building a Nest Egg of Memories	76	(6)
Real Eggs	82	(5)
One Old Hen and Three Little Grandchicks	87	(5)
A Few Good Hens	92	(6)
Section III Under His Wings
Confidence in God's Love
The Red Hen Rides Again (And Again)	98	(5)
Covered by His Feathers	103	(6)
The Sky Is Falling	109	(5)
The Egg-citement of Creativity	114	(6)
When My Wings Were Clipped	120	(6)
All God's Brood	126	(6)
A Light in the Incubator	132	(5)
Fried, Tried, and Chickened Out	137	(9)
Section IV Perched in High Places
Confidence in Overcoming Obstacles
Little Red-Faced Hen	146	(6)
Flying the Coop and Sailing Away	152	(5)
Something Stuck in My Craw	157	(5)
I'll Fly Away	162	(6)
A Travel Guide for Big Chickens	168	(6)
Confessions of a Slow Roaster	174	(5)
When a Chicken Goes to Church	179	(5)
Struttin' My Stuff	184	(8)
Section V I Think I Shell!
Confidence in Exercising Gifts and Talents
Grins in the Hen Pen	192	(6)
Keep Pecking and Scratching	198	(4)
From the Beaks of Babes	202	(6)
Stretchin' My Wings	208	(7)
Squawkin' and Talkin'	215	(7)
Chicken Feed	222	(5)
Egg-niting the Gift Within	227	(6)
Warming the Cackles of My Heart	233