Category Archives: Giles Goddard

LLF: Can Perfect Love Cast Out Fear?

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Revd Canon Giles Goddard, Vicar of St John’s Waterloo and Member of the Co-Ordinating Group for the  “Living in Love and Faith” Project I’ve found the past month surreal, exciting and painful, in more or less equal measure. Surreal, … Continue reading →

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Sexuality & Christianity – Does One Size Fit All?

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, Vicar of St John’s Waterloo and Member of the Co-Ordinating Group for the  “Living in Love and Faith” Project In the midst of trying to work out in this COVID world what is permitted, … Continue reading →

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Into the Dark….

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, Vicar of St John’s Waterloo and Member of the Co-Ordinating Group for the  “Living in Love and Faith” Project I’ve spent the morning trying to work out how we can have our Palm Sunday … Continue reading →

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After the Apology – What Next?

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, an LGBT member of the co-ordinating group for the Living in Love and Faith project It’s been a pretty tumultuous and painful week. All sorts of people have been affected. A friend of mine … Continue reading →

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Inside, Outside – XR, Church & Change

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, former Chair of the General Synod’s Human Sexuality Group and member of the co-ordinating group for the Living in Love and Faith project October was a strange month for me.  It was all about … Continue reading →

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Lessons My Mother Taught Me…Like When Best to Say Nothing

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, Former Chair of the General Synod’s Human Sexuality Group and member of the co-ordinating group for the Living in Love and Faith project My mother was quite stern with me, when I was a … Continue reading →

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Advent – The Challenge of Active Waiting

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, Former Chair of the Human Sexuality Group on General Synod and member of the Co-ordinating Group for the “Living in Love and Faith” Project. We have just celebrated Advent Sunday. The new year begins. … Continue reading →

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C of E Risks Failure on Human Sexuality Because of Privileged Power

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, former Chair of the General Synod Human Sexuality Group and member of the Co-ordinating Group for “Living in Love and Faith” I spent a few days recently in Oxford, in the company of 120 … Continue reading →

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Bishops – Please Show Us Your Workings

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, Former Chair of the Human Sexuality Group on General Synod I am glad to have among my friends several candidates for ordination, currently testing their vocations or in training.  I’m encouraged by the quality … Continue reading →

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Nye Letter & The Silencing of Debate

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, Chair of the Human Sexuality Group on General Synod A windswept, autumnal holiday camp on the east coast. Three hundred clergy and as many lay people are gathered, from the Diocese of Southwark, to … Continue reading →

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