The power of speech | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 19 Septmber, 2021. (Pentecost 17B) Readings: Proverbs 31:10 – 31 Psalm 1 James 3:1 – 12 Mark 9:30 – 37 Click here to view the readings in full at the...

Wisdom or Foolishness | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 12 Septmber, 2021. (Pentecost 16B) Readings: Proverbs 31:10 – 31 Psalm 1 James 1:20b – 25 Mark 8:27 – 38 Click here to view the readings in full at the...

Inclusion and exclusion | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Peter Sandeman on Sunday, 5 September, 2021. (Pentecost 15B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary When I’m asked to preach I have learned to first check the...

Law or Liberty | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 29 August, 2021. (Pentecost 14B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away”  Song of Solomon 2:13...

The richness of diversity | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 22 August, 2021. (Pentecost 13B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less...

Being a martyr | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 8 August, 2021. (Pentecost 11B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “I am convinced that neither death nor life…nor anything else in...