Imagination Shaping

Trawling back through my sermon archives...

Let’s try an experiment in word-association: if I say ‘shoes’, what immediately springs to mind? Was it, “How beautiful [on the mountains] are the feet of those who bring good news!” [Isaiah 52:7, quoted in Romans 10:15] or “Stand firm then…with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace” [Ephesians 6:14, 15]? Or was it Nike Airs, or Converse All-Stars, or Clarks Hushpuppies, or “Shoes! I need a new pair for this summer’s weddings, to go with my new dress”?