revmusings

Had my first experience of a BU Taskgroup (on Inter-faith issues) yesterday at Didcot. It was an excellent day, well worth taking a day out to attned. The discussion was wide-anging in terms of breadth and depth. There was good listening to one another's diverse experiences of the many issues surounding Inter-faith, the concerns, the fears, the anger - and the joys, the moments of insight, revelation, and challange as we encounter and befriend people who hold a different faith to us.

We have come up with many different things that need to be moulded into the beginnings of a strategy (thank you David for taking this on!) and then we will see what other people think of it (what have we missed?) and then what Council think and who will add to/refine it before someone works out how to actually do it all.

Thanks were extended to JOPPA and its work over 20 years - people who have remained faithful to this issue even when it was deeply unpopular and are now delighted that thew Union is willing to explore these issues on a broader and bigger cnavas.

I learnt so much yesterday listening to other's reflections and experiences - thank you to everyone involved.