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In this great building the people of Lincolnshire have gathered in times of war and of peace. But which is it today? At one level this is peacetime, not least thanks to the sacrifice of the men and women whom we honour today, 80 years after VE Day…

‘Do you love me?’
‘Lord, you know that I love you.’
‘Feed my sheep.’
There is something wonderfully serendipitous about the proclamation of this particular gospel inside the cathedral, while outside the west front is a pen with the cutest group of Lincoln Longwool sheep and lambs!

There is a promise in our faith that is so appealing, fulfilling – to live in the full freedom of Love – the Love that is real. A love that is so attractive that part of us thinks, ‘is it too good to be true?’…
‘But suddenly, at the edge of her mind, Religion appeared, poor little talkative Christianity, and she knew that all its divine words from ‘Let there be light’ to ‘It is finished’ only amounted to “boum”‘. So reflects Mrs Moore in EM Forster’s novel, A Passage to India…
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be always acceptable in the sight of the Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen.
Just over six weeks ago here in this very space, and in churches throughout the world the faithful gathered to receive the sign of the cross in ash…
Have you ever craved a vacation from your own mind and thoughts? Or perhaps, a flip top head, so you can soak your aching brain in a bucket of soluble aspirin? If you answered yes to either of those, you’re likely to understand Norwegian Bishop, Erik Varden, who is convinced “we are addicted to distraction”.