From the Bishop of Lincoln:

Since I came to be the Bishop of Lincoln in November 2023, I have spoken regularly about the importance of ‘Raising the Spiritual Temperature’. What do I mean, and what does this mean for us as a Diocese?

I offer to you now these three short papers – this is my personal reflection on our life in Christ. This is the kind of life I hope we can inhabit together, building on the foundations we have laid through Time to Change Together.

Raising the Spiritual Temperature is about our identity in Christ. I rejoice in the rich and diverse tapestry which makes up the Body of Christ, and I ask you: what does a life of worship, discipleship and service look like which expresses our membership of Christ’s Body with joy?

How do we speak about our own relationship with God? What does the outpouring of God’s love look like in our life? What challenges and failures in our past do we need to confront and lament, before we can journey on with joy and thanksgiving in our hearts? What do we have to say as people of faith to an anxious and turbulent world? To borrow from the Psalms – how might we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?

I invite you to read, reflect, and share my ponderings on how we inhabit the life of Christ together, as God’s people in Greater Lincolnshire.

+Stephen Lincoln.