Leadership | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 6 June, 2021. (Pentecost 2B) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “Jesus looked at those seated around him and said ‘Here are my mother...

God’s purpose | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Sunday, 23 May, 2021. (Pentecost B ) Readings: Acts 2:1-21 Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15 Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “…in our...

Ascension | Sermon

This sermon was preached at Saint Oswald’s Parkside by the Revd Canon Bill Goodes on Thursday, 13 May 2021. (Ascension) Click here to view the readings in full at the Vanderbilt Common Lectionary “This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the...

Queering God and building an inclusive church

Christmas time is a good time to think about life, relationships, and faith. Sometimes that process begins with new thinking about the divine. The starting point is that God is mystery. We cannot put God in a box. Above all, God is the mystery of love, an open,...