Others think it's all about prayer meetings. Then there are those who immediately imagine strange people waving their hands in the air, babbling in tongues, parading their emotions in public, and adopting a super-spiritual way of speaking which makes very little sense to any normal person. In other words, a religious fanatic. There's little doubt that we Charismatics get a lot of bad publicity. Some of it, we deserve.
People notice our foolishness more than our changed lives.
We have only ourselves to blame for our excesses, our insensitivity, and our pride. But there's more to it than that. Most people know someone whose life has been changed for the better through their contact with the Charismatic Renewal. Many have come to a personal, living faith. Some have experienced emotional or physical healing.