Category: Chapter Letter

About twenty years ago, when I worked as a freelance theological teacher, I was asked to teach a module on world religions. This was a very interesting and broadening experience…

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 St Giles medieval hospital was…

This is my final Sunday here at the Cathedral before I head off to Ipswich. The first time I ever came to Lincoln Cathedral was as part of a visiting…

I am not sure whether I am typical, but at the moment it feels as if we are in a strange place: there is a feeling that a difficult time…

Over the last few weeks I’ve been attempting to find my feet in my new – and very unexpected – role here at the cathedral. I’m grateful for the warmth…

As we move through Ascensiontide during the next couple of weeks we meet the theological bookend to our celebrations of the incarnation of Christ that we celebrated at Christmas.  As…

One of the traditions of the cathedral is to pray at Evensong every day for members of the Cathedral Foundation both living and departed. The obit book, which may have…

During the weeks after Easter Day the Easter story continues to unfold as we hear of the various accounts of Jesus’ resurrection appearances to his disciples.  Although we don’t follow…

Connecting with the Easter story This year, as we journey through Holy Week, our shared experience of dark days, trials, isolation and death, draw us even more closely into the…

Looking toward Holy Week at the cathedral This year we will be able to mark Holy Week by gathering for worship in a way that was not possible in Holy…

Being human; being children of God The desert is “where God happens’, Rowan Williams tells us, and this is why the story of Jesus in the desert is not to…

Focussing on what actually matters As we begin our Lenten pilgrimage, I am sure that we are all doing so with a mixture of feelings.  One thing that has struck…