Chapter Letter – 19.01.2020
On the first visit I made to the Holy Land I remember being struck by how things didn’t ever quite appear the way I expected them to be. Unsurprisingly there…
Chapter Letter – 05.01.20
It has been heartening that over the last few days so many people have commented positively about the Cathedral’s Christmas celebrations of the birth of the Christ Child. Many have…
Chapter Letter – 22.12.19
The next few weeks brings to an end a year which has been a very difficult and challenging one. This is true for many of us on a personal level,…
Chapter Letter 08.12.19
Precious Advent time allows us to reflect and wait on the wonder of Christ’s coming amongst us With the Christmas Market in full swing we warmly welcome worshippers and visitors…
Chapter Letter – 24.11.19
The last Sunday of the Church year rightly reflects on Jesus crucified, risen, ascended and glorified. This Jesus is not only the judge of all creation, but our friend, brother…
Chapter Letter – 10.11.19
A Time of Remembering November is a time of remembering: on this Remembrance Sunday we say, yet again, We will remember them. And that theme of remembrance runs throughout the…
Chapter Letter – 27.10.19
Remember to say ‘thank you’. As a child, many was the time I left the house with those words from my mother ringing in my ears: remember to say ‘thank…
Chapter Letter – 13.10.19
It is the season of Harvest Suppers and Harvest Thanksgiving Services. In Lincolnshire we are well aware of nature that surrounds us, and the cycle of the seasons. Although less…
Chapter Letter – 28.09.19
Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God. There is no denying that the difficult and unprecedented times in the life of our nation are continuing, and indeed…
Chapter Letter – 14.09.19
I write this Chapter letter in mid-September, in the same week as the recent prorogation of Parliament. It seems important to be specific about that, because events in the life…
The Chapter Letter – 01.09.19
As I write this letter, it is, the 29th August, the day when the church remembers the beheading of John the Baptist: the forerunner of Jesus Christ in, both, birth…
Chapter Letter – 16.08.19
Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him. These words introduce the “Comfortable Words” In the Book of Common Prayer. There is little…