My fave metaphor for theology, and for thinking of God, is the kaleidoscope, an image I first encountered in a little book by a guy called Paul Minnear on Images of the Church.

Each new insight is like another chip of coloured glass and/or another twist or shake of the 'toy' and every new design is amazing.

This morning as I've laboured with my sermon it's been because the beauty of the images is too amazing to express in mere words.

Hope I can transmit some of my wonder to others and help them find new images/patterns of their own.