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...

What God provides | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 1 August, 2021. (Pentecost 10B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “Jesus said to them ‘I am the bread of life.  Whoever comes to me...

I can work with that! | Sermon

This sermon was preached online to the congregation of Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 25 July, 2021. (Pentecost 9B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “There is a boy here who has five barley...

Grace and Strength | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 4 July, 2021. (Pentecost 6B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “for whenever I am weak, then I am strong”  II Corinthians 12:10 I...

Touch and violence | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 27 June, 2021. (Pentecost 5B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “Jesus turned…and said, ‘who touched my clothes?’”  Mark 5:30 Touch...

Dealing with change | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 13 June, 2021. (Pentecost 3B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “For the love of Christ urges us on…”  2 Corinthians 6:14 At the...