Sermon preached in Lincoln Cathedral by the Dean, the Very Revd Philip Buckler at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, 29 January 2012 It would be wrong to leave this Epiphany season without thinking more deeply about one of its central themes – the idea of light. In our collect this morning we pray to God our creator, who in the beginning commanded the light to shine out of darkness  taking us back to creation (‘In the ...Read more →

 Philip Buckler, Dean   Gavin Kirk, Precentor    Mark Hocknull, Chancellor   John Patrick, Subdean The Cathedral is such a dynamic place! It has a superb new website and most recent addition to the site is the Chancellor’s Blog.  I’m planning to write at least one new post per week to keep it topical and up to date. The current post raises the issue of the regulation and morality of the financial markets. This is the topic that will be discussed in the ...Read more →

Sermon preached in Lincoln Cathedral by The Rev Mons Canon Thomas McGovern at the Sung Eucharist on Sunday 22 January 2012, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity We will all be changed Thank you for inviting me to speak at this Eucharist this morning.  It is a witness to your commitment to ecumenism that a Catholic is invited to preach in this fine Anglican Cathedral.  Speaking for myself, I’d say that, in all honesty, you could have done ...Read more →

Sermon preached in Lincoln Cathedral by The Revd Canon Dr Jeffrey Heskins, Some years ago there was a story going around on the internet of a multi-faith chaplaincy team on a university campus in North America.  The team had resolved to conduct a mission across the campus and called together a group of what they thought would be willing students to help them get things ready.  However, one of the undergraduates was a little cynical about the whole venture.  What ...Read more →

Sermon preached in Lincoln Cathedral by The Revd Canon Christopher Andrews Let’s begin with John Betjeman in a Bath Tea Shop: “Let us not speak for the love we bear one another- Let us hold hands and look”. She, such a very ordinary little woman; he such a thumping crook; But both, for a moment, little lower than the angels In the tea shop’s inglenook. In the eyes of the poet the very ordinary, unsuspecting couple in the teashop are ...Read more →

The Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, Dr Mark Hocknull, writes…Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the end of history in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin wall. He declared that there was no alternative to western liberal capitalism and the free market as a social and political system. The events of the last 23 years say otherwise. History is far from ended. Join us on 3 February to explore why. Deregulation of the financial institutions at the heart of the city was a ...Read more →

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an international Christian observance lasting eight days which promotes worldwide Christian unity. Commencing on the Feast of the Confession of Peter on the 18th January, it concludes on the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul on the 25th. The Week of Prayer was started in the early 19th century and focused on prayer for Church unity. It was officially blessed by Pope Pius X, with Benedict XV encouraging observance of the ...Read more →

Philip Buckler, Dean   Gavin Kirk, Precentor   Mark Hocknull, Chancellor  ******************************************************** It was said of Leonardo da Vinci that he saw connections where we see only differences. Just think how our world might be changed if that were to be our approach. The season of Epiphany continues over these weeks, urging us to reflect upon the manifestation of God’s loving purposes in the figure of Jesus Christ. A number of incidents highlight this: the visit of the Magi, the Baptism of ...Read more →

In his sermon for New Year’s Day, the Chancellor, Dr Mark Hocknull, encouraged his congregation to be counter-cultural, to live the life in Christ that is distinctively different. Follow the link to read what he said. What else does 2012 hold for Lincoln Cathedral?

Sermon preached in lincoln Cathedral by the Chancellor, Dr Mark Hocknull, at the 9.30 Eucharist on 1 January 2012. Jesus and Satan have an extended argument as to who is the better computer programmer. Finally, they agree to hold a contest with God the Father as the judge. They set themselves before their computers and begin programming. Typing furiously for several hours, they enter lines of code streaming across the screen. Seconds before the end of the competition, a bolt ...Read more →