From Australia-A THUNDERSTORM was crashing and flashing around Rev Dr Sarah Macneil the day she took the phone call that left her thunderstruck.
It was a phone call that was to move her life in an unexpected direction and create a breakthrough for the Anglican Church in Australia.
The 59-year-old had been among three people interviewed to become the new Bishop of Grafton, but was left stunned when the caller invited her to take up the position and become the church's first female bishop to take charge of a diocese.
"I thought they were ringing to invite me to come back for another interview, so I was standing there going oh...oh....OH, REALLY!" Dr Macneil said.
"It was the middle of an electrical storm, I couldn't hear properly. I was out in an open plaza thinking I'm about to be zapped by lightning. It was very Shakespearean."
Today one of the last stained-glass ceilings will be broken when Dr Macneil is consecrated at Grafton's Christ Church Cathedral and becomes Bishop Sarah, the 11th bishop of the diocese.
More here-
http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/rev-sarah-prepared-to-step-into-history/2184720/
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