I made up one more. For the past several years, starting with my sabbatical in England in 1994, I have been reading the best literature I can find on the meaning of the gospel and the emerging shape of our culture. Rather, I want to be a faithful pastor by leading you in the right direction in your faith and your life regardless of the cost. This last summer during my month of study and preparation for the year, all this reading fell into place for me. It was like seeing with a fresh pair of glasses.
Glasses make fuzzy things come into focus.
Like these I'm wearing now. I don't wear them all the time, just when I preach. This new pair of theological glasses has given me a new focus for reading the Bible and thinking about the church. In the simplest term, this new lens is seeing the gospel and the church through the eyes of mission. The Missio Dei It doesn't take much for all of us to see that we are in trouble.