Encouraging news of ‘interfaith’ relations from Laurie Andrews of Heybridge.
‘I was the first Quaker to apply for a place on the ecumenical training course for spiritual directors run by the Chelmsford and Brentwood dioceses in Essex’ Laurie says.
‘The Anglican priest who interviewed me asked ‘are Quakers Christians?’ I said only one authority could decide that. I was also asked if I believed the Bible was the word of God. I said it contained words of God, but not the only words and not the last word.
‘Rather surprisingly I was offered a place on the course.’
Who said you couldn’t be religious and diplomatic?