Well I’ve been away for much of this month- to Aviemore for the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference making contact with members of the Christian Forum; to Valencia to stay with my Spanish friend Charo and now about to go south to the Borders for an Easter Retreat. More of all that when I return!
In the mean time I share with you a quotation from a letter received today from Martin Callender, Director of ReSource.
He agrees with Canon Steve Croft that ‘A mssion shaped church is not enough’ and and adds a quotation from Patriarch Athenagoras-’Without the Holy Spirit, God is far away, Christ remains a figure of the past, the Gospel a dead letter, the Church a mere organisation, authority a means to power, mission a propaganda machine, worship becomes outdated and morality the action of slaves.’
Food for thought?
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March 21, 2008 at 11:20 pm
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nicely said. the spirit is the energizer of mission.