tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12895639.post111893512595544615..comments2023-05-09T04:46:57.870-05:00Comments on Thoughts from a Clay Pot: The Hope for the UMC -- its roots as a movementRev. David Nicolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08258445973304563524noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12895639.post-1118936805108073992005-06-16T10:46:00.000-05:002005-06-16T10:46:00.000-05:00Yeah it's a movement--a movement of the Holy Spiri...Yeah it's a movement--a movement of the Holy Spirit on the hearts of people. You're right, the institution is a man-made device that is supposed to serve the church, not be served by church-folk. When the focus gets off the Holy Spirit and his message of grace and salvation, things get all out of whack.<BR/><BR/>Praise God that you seem to have a bishop who gets this old yet radical concept! The blogger you quoted says that this movement will be radical and lay-driven. If it's from God, it will certainly be radical, but who drives it will be anyone willing to start heeding the call of Scripture and the Holy Spirit to love people into the Kingdom, rather than heeding the call of an institution. I pray that the UMC, and all those groups who claim Christ as Lord (and aren't heretics), will take up this call.<BR/><BR/>-ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com