Do you have bats in the belfry? I mean that literally although, despite their love for hanging out in old church buildings, most bats find belfries too noisy and draughty.
Bats are some of those creatures which provoke strong emotions and illustrate the tensions that can arise between caring for God’s people and caring for the rest of God’s creation.
A bad press
Unlike, say, cuddly pandas, bats generally get a bad press. For starters, they are unclean animals in the Levitical food laws (Lev. 11:19). Their love of caves, ruins and old buildings, and their nocturnal habits, has given them a spooky reputation in folklore. Then there are vampires, although of course bats do have their own superhero.
