1KHO 841: Wise People Watch Birds | Kevin Burrell, Considering Sparrows

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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There is so much happening right above our heads that we never even notice. In this conversation with pastor and author Kevin Burrell, we talk about why Jesus told us to consider the birds and what we're missing when we don't. From crows that bring gifts to families that keep bird lists together, this conversation is full of fascinating stories, but it's really about something much bigger: paying attention. It turns out wisdom isn't found by rushing through life. Sometimes it begins with simply looking up. Learn more at ornitheology.com and grab a copy of the lovely book Considering Sparrows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.1	Welcome to 1,000 hours outside podcast. My name is Ginny Urge and the founder of 1,000
0:27.0	Hours Outside. And I have just read, I don't know if like this is how you'd want me to describe it,
0:32.1	but a delightful book, a delightful book called Considering Sparrow's, what birds teach us about who we are,
0:39.5	where we're going, and the joy of following Jesus. And it is beautiful, first of all,
0:45.9	it's just a beautiful book. And then with just really deep, interesting content. And the author
0:51.3	Kevin Borell is here. Welcome, Kevin. welcome Kevin hey thank you glad to be here so
0:55.6	there was a couple things about it that were kind of like threads of other experiences that I've had
1:03.3	so first of all it opens with a liturgy yeah um Douglas McKelvey and I was able to interview him
1:10.7	earlier this year good And that was the first
1:13.9	time I'd ever seen any of his stuff. All these liturgies for kind of everyday things. And
1:21.5	one of the ones was for bird watching. So that was a cool thing. Then as I'm reading this book,
1:29.1	I'm noticing all the illustrations,
1:35.0	they're stunning. It's like black and white watercolor. That's what it looks like to me. I've never even seen that. And then I realize it's illustrated by Aidan Peterson, who's also been a guest
1:40.4	on our show. So I've had a chance to talk with him. And then Will Parker Anderson is
1:45.9	the editor, who I realized at the very end, who has also been a guest on our show. So there was all
1:50.8	of these overlaps beyond the fact that I really enjoyed the book. So Kevin, huge congrats. I know this
1:56.9	came out earlier this year. Can you give people a little bit of your background about how you got interested in bird watching to begin with? And then this book is about, I mean,
2:06.0	I love it, how God has imbued all of these. Good word. All of, I never know if they're right.
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