a hen wanting to gather her chicks (Luke 13:34). Dugan has included more animals under the hen’s protective wings—the porcupine, skunk, shrew, spider, snake, rat, mole, and cockroach—to represent those who are sometimes rejected by the world but are loved by God.Previous Image: He Inviteth All, Even a Farm BoyNext Image: Out of the Rolling Ocean

Gathering under His Wings

Melanie Dugan (1961 – )

Medium

United States
ca. 2022
Colored pencil

32 × 42 × 1.25 in.


In the scriptures, the Lord compares Himself to a hen wanting to gather her chicks (Luke 13:34). Dugan has included more animals under the hen’s protective wings—the porcupine, skunk, shrew, spider, snake, rat, mole, and cockroach—to represent those who are sometimes rejected by the world but are loved by God.

"The Lord wants to gather us all."