{"id":10100,"date":"2018-09-11T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/?p=10100"},"modified":"2018-09-11T12:00:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:00:42","slug":"the-healing-properties-of-a-chicken-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/2018\/09\/11\/the-healing-properties-of-a-chicken-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Healing Properties of a Chicken Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year on this date, Orin wrote a thoughtful reflection on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks.<\/p>\n<p>This year, on this date, I (Shannon) have neither the time nor the headspace to write something thoughtful. And yet, it&#8217;s my turn for Jesus-Justice-Joy. Soooo&#8230;I think for today I just want to try and bring a smile to your face.<\/p>\n<p>A little over a year ago, my daughter, Madeleine, helped me finish a goofy song I was working on, called &#8220;Chicken Swing&#8221;, which is based on a real product. You&#8217;ll find the lyrics below. Enjoy and feel free to share this song with anyone else who might need a pick-me-up today:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/341921417&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And now, the lyrics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicken Swing<\/strong><br \/>\nWords by Shannon Cerneka.<br \/>\nMusic by Madeleine Cerneka and Shannon Cerneka<\/p>\n<p>The time has come for us to be united<br \/>\nto realize our shared humanity<br \/>\n(I know we) sometimes disagree and do so angrily<br \/>\nDo not despair. There&#8217;s hope for us, you&#8217;ll see<\/p>\n<p>Let me share the story of a woman<br \/>\nWho noticed all her chickens seeming bored<br \/>\nand then she thought, &#8220;What can I do for these chickens looking blue<br \/>\nTheir listlessness is too grim to ignore<\/p>\n<p>And then it hit her: Chickens crave adventure<br \/>\nChickens dream of living life with zeal<br \/>\nand so she started tinkering and she built a chicken swing<br \/>\nAnd in doing so, inspired us to heal, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccause<\/p>\n<p>If we can make a chicken swing, we can do anything<br \/>\nJust trust your ingenuity and make the world new with me<br \/>\nIf we&#8217;re gonna make a chicken smile then I think we&#8217;re living in denial<br \/>\nif we think we&#8217;ve peaked as human beings.<br \/>\nSomeone dreamed a dream, sat down, and made a chicken swing<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;re unconvinced, think our world&#8217;s beyond repair<br \/>\nthink of kittens who were losing all their hair<br \/>\nOh, those felines sure were sad displays<br \/>\nuntil someone crafted cat toupees<\/p>\n<p>If we can make a chicken swing, we can do anything<br \/>\nwe&#8217;ll eradicate all disease once we&#8217;re finished with the dog trapeze<br \/>\nwe will elevate humanity. But first a bicycle for parakeets<br \/>\nOur future&#8217;s bright as it could be<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dccause someone dreamed a dream, sat down, and make a chicken swing<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2017, Shannon Cerneka and Madeleiene Cerneka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Last year on this date, Orin wrote a thoughtful reflection on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks. This year, on this date, I (Shannon) have neither the time nor the headspace to write something thoughtful. And yet, it&#8217;s my turn for Jesus-Justice-Joy. Soooo&#8230;I think for today I just want to try and bring a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/2018\/09\/11\/the-healing-properties-of-a-chicken-swing\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,91,90,7,13,25,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-jesusjusticejoy","category-joy","category-music","category-odd","category-pets","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10102,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10100\/revisions\/10102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}