In the last issue of Preach magazine, reflecting on the joy of preaching, I mentioned a text famously set to music in Handel’s Messiah: ‘Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion’. This time I would like to begin with another. I wonder if the same music comes to mind for you as for me: ‘How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things’ (Romans 10:15, KJV).
Of course, ‘beautiful’ may not be the first word to come to mind when you think of preachers’ feet, but that would be missing the point. These feet are not