Not infrequently, helpful preachers remind us that 'It's not about you'. Such a reproof can often be timely and needed.
Craig Barnes believes the same. But he fills-out the point by adding, 'You are about it.' And so the point is not simply negative; it has another side that is both affirmative and formative of genuine spiritual maturity, by emphasising reconciled identity.
(see The Pastor as Minor Poet p.69)
