Healing a wounded Church
Complex human experience: the Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally served as the Chief Nursing Officer for England before becoming a priest and later bishop of the Church of England.
ALAMY/VATICAN MEDIA, ALESSIA GIULIANI
Her experience as chief nursing officer for England has given her a profound experience of how government works and effective forms of decision-making. She jokes that “when I die, they will put on my gravestone, ‘she chaired a good meeting!’”
Andrew Atherstone’s excellent biography of the new Archbishop of Canterbury portrays a woman who is warm, kind and compassionate, with a rich experience of government. Her life and ministry are rooted in her personal encounter with Christ when she was 16: “Encouraged by a friend, I took a step of faith, making a personal commitment to follow Jesus Christ. Throughout my life, this relationship has been my anchor, holding me fast throughout every storm, firmly tied to the truth of the Gospel.”
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