Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland: Recent Episodes
Trinity Cathedral Portland
Weekly reflections from Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR, a progressive urban congregation whose doors swing wide to embrace people of many faiths and no faith at all. Everyone is welcome: no exceptions!
"If you are a follower of Jesus, every day is No Kings Day."
Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akiyama, Bishop of Western Oregon, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025.
"How did the survivors of oppression grow into an unstoppable movement?"
Sermon by Priest Associate Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2025.
"Who tells us the uncomfortable truths?"
Sermon by Canon for Spirituality Education & Arts Liz Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
"The Holy Spirit is pretty amazing to walk beside."
Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 25 2025.
"Identity is complicated."
Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
"I like you just the way you are."
Sermon by Canon for Intergenerational Ministry Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, May 11, 2025.
"Being one body in Christ requires constant work: the work of welcoming and ministering to each other and the world."
Sermon by Priest Associate Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, May 4, 2025.
"The resurrection is both an imminent reality and a transcendent reality."
Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akiyama, recorded live at the 9:00 am service on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025.
"The fruit of the spirit is love and joy."
Sermon by Priest Associate Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 7:00 pm Easter Vigil service, Saturday, April 19, 2025.
"It is an extraordinary thing to love as Jesus loved."
Sermon by Canon for Intergenerational Ministry Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 7:00 pm service on Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025.
"Jesus is not great news for the privileged."
Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025.
"Love so great knows no bounds."
Sermon by Priest Associate Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, April 6, 2025.
"God's economy isn't about earning." Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, March 30, 2025.
"A garden is not a transactional exchange."
Sermon by Canon for Spirituality Education & Arts Liz Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the First Sunday of Lent, March 23, 2025.
"They'll know we are Christians by our love."
Sermon by the Rev'd Canon Linda Potter, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
Nikki Grimes reads her poem "Fuel for the Journey," commissioned by Trinity Arts, on the First Sunday of Lent, March 9, 2025.
"Jesus shows us how to refuse to be trapped by evil that would use our values against us."
Sermon by Canon for Spirituality Education & Arts Liz Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the First Sunday of Lent, March 9, 2025.
"Ashes are much more than a reminder of our mortality."
Sermon by Priest Associate VJ Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 7:00 pm service on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
"Love is a transfiguring truth." Sermon by Canon Vicar Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
"Loving your enemies can be complicated."
Sermon by Canon for Intergenerational Ministry Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 23, 2025.
"The trouble is already here."
Sermon by Canon for Spirituality Education & Arts Liz Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, February 16, 2025.
"These days, I worry for my immigrant mom."
Sermon by Canon Vicar Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, February 9, 2025.
"God intervenes in the world through individuals, not cosmic events." Sermon by the Rev'd Vijendran Sathyaraj, Priest Associate, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, February 2, 2025.
"Trinity does not exist without all of us."
Sermon by Canon Vicar Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, January 26, 2025.
"John was writing to a devastated community."
Sermon by the Rev'd Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, January 19, 2025.
"The voice of God is serious business."
Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, January 12, 2025.
"Let us remain open when things unfold differently than we assume they will."
Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, January 5, 2025.
"And the Word became flesh." Sermon by Chris Craun, Missioner for Thriving Congregations for the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, December 29, 2024.
"Find your own place in this story." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024.
"She has been there all along."
About the speaker:
Nathan LeRud is the dean of Trinity Cathedral in Portland, OR, the oldest Anglican/Episcopal congregation in the Pacific Northwest. A fifth-generation Oregonian and native Portlander, Nathan holds a BA in English and Theatre from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA and an M.Div from the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2007. He will step down from his position at Trinity at the end of December 2024.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"The practice of using the word 'men' to stand in for all humankind hurts us all."
About today's speaker:
Elizabeth Schroeder is a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Tacoma, WA, and her work is in home health nursing.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"She knows she couldn’t control what the dust / would become."
— from "Eden: Diastasis Recti"
About the speaker:
Liz Harlan-Ferlo is Canon for Education & the Arts at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. Her writing, both poetry and prose, has been published in journals and magazines both online and in print. "Eden: Diastasis Recti" was published in Christian Century in November 2024.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
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"Trinity dares to be different."
Sermon by Elizabeth Braatz, Catechesis Class of 2024, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 22, 2024.
"O Strength of Wisdom."
About the speaker:
Katie Webb serves as Canon for Cathedral Music at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. She is sought after as a clinician, guest conductor, and recitalist across the country, and she serves on the board of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) in America. Her choral works are available through Selah.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"We need to be careful, lest we trap our God like a genie we let out when we have wishes."
About the speaker:
Shana McCauley is the Canon Vicar at Trinity Cathedral in Portland, OR. Canon Shana consults for parishes in discernment, facilitates the new clergy group, and is the Dean of the Columbia Convocation for the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon. Before Trinity, she was the vicar of St. Edward's in Silverton, OR, where she helped build tiny homes for unhoused women.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"The humanity of women is too often sacrificed on the altar of the maleness of Jesus."
About the speaker:
Maria Gwyn McDowell is a priest in the Episcopal Church, a teacher, and public theologian in love with the God who calls all to liberation and compassion. Currently the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Tacoma, Washington, she brings a deep focus on gender, sexuality, and women through the lens of virtue and liberation ethics to her work.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"Our own Divine Mother, carries us / still wrapped by her body, the Universe." — from "Advent Eve"
About today's speaker:
The Rev'd Alla Bozarth is an Oregon native who was one of the groundbreaking Philadelphia Eleven—the first women to be ordained as priests in the Episcopal Church in July 1974. Alla is also founder of Wisdom House, an interfaith non-profit center for spiritual growth in Sandy, Oregon.
About today's reader:
Pam Erickson is a lector at Trinity Cathedral in Portland.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"How can I be created in the image of God if God is male?"
About today's speaker:
Charissa Simmons is Canon for Spiritual Formation at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. She is passionate about helping children to articulate their innate sense of God’s presence, and loves to create opportunities for children and adults to experience and wonder about God together. Charissa holds a BA in biology from Pacific Lutheran University, a certificate in Christian Formation from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, and is a trainer for the Godly Play Foundation.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"In the wilderness, we must encounter the past – and the unknown future." Sermon by Elaine Stewart Harris, Abbot of the Cornerstone Community at Trinity, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 15, 2024.
"God is both greater than gender and inclusive of all genders."
About today's speaker:
Heather Hill is Rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Hudson, WI.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"I remember that God is my Mother."
About today's speaker:
Jill Gidlund is a Godly Play Trainer based in the San Francisco Bay Area and she currently leads a Godly Play program at Bethel Community Presbyterian Church in San Leandro. Her work as a speaker and parent educator includes facilitating conversation and contemplation about nurturing children’s spirituality. One of her passion projects is creating home altars and helping others start this practice for themselves. You can connect with Jill on instagram @sacred_spots_at_home
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"I was also made in God's image."
About today's speaker:
Tiffany McDonald is ordained in the United Methodist Church. She has served as a University Chaplain, solo pastor, and associate pastor, and is currently appointed to family leave. Tiffany lives in Minnetonka, MN with her husband and two daughters. She writes at redheadedrev.org
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"Neither the human masculine or feminine is enough to reflect the vast power of the Trinity."
About today's speaker:
Chris Arnold is returning for his third year contributing to Trinity's Advent podcast series. He is a spiritual director in Wisconsin, and is an associate of two Trappist monasteries in Iowa.
Click here to view the article referenced in the reflection:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/i267089
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"God's love is like a mother's embrace."
About today's speaker:
Angela Furlong's call to ordained ministry follows a lifetime of secular profession as a teacher, a neurobehavioral specialist, and a linguist. She is also a wartime veteran. Angela is a passionate advocate for the marginalized and the oppressed, and tirelessly professes God’s unconditional love for all and above all else. She enjoys spending time in nature, writing icons, and listening to people’s stories.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"There's an insecure seventh grader inside all of us."
About today's speaker:
Katie Nakamura Rengers is an Episcopal priest currently serving in the Presiding Bishop's office of Church Planting and Redevelopment. She planted a coffee shop church called The Abbey, that uses hospitality, caffeine, songs and games to nurture community and belonging. When not at church, she can be found jogging with friends, singing, attempting family karate class. Katie is a native of Birmingham, Alabama and lives there with her husband and their two daughters, Naomi and Katherine.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"O come, O Wisdom from on high, and teach us in her ways to go."
About today's speaker:
Peter Elliott is the retired rector of Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, BC. He previously served as Director of Ministries in Church and Society with the Anglican Church of Canada, and he is the cohost of The Gospel of Musical Theatre podcast.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
“And the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.”
About today's guest preacher:
Beth Ferguson is a member of the Trinity Cathedral community. In addition to her longtime work as a Godly Play instructor, she is co-leader of Trinity Catechesis, which runs from January to May every year.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"Help us forgive each other as a mother forgives her children."
About today's speaker:
Henry Lebedinsky currently serves as Missioner for Music at St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church on Whidbey Island, Washington, and an active organist, harpsichordist, and conductor. He is co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area-based AGAVE and is in demand as an international performer and speaker. A composer and poet, his sacred music for choir and organ is published by Paraclete Press, Carus-Verlag Stuttgart, and CanticaNOVA.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"Why did we ever come to call God 'Father?'"
About today's speaker:
The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll is the tenth Dean of St John’s Cathedral in Jacksonville, Florida. She has authored eight books and films a daily devotion on YouTube. Kate’s podcast is called FindIt.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"What does yes mean in the light of the Divine Feminine?"
About today's speaker:
The Rev'd Helen Dunn is Rector at St. Clement's Anglican Church in North Vancouver, BC, where she has lived since 2017. Helen has a BA in Pastoral Ministry from Briercrest College in Saskatchewan and a MA in Christian Theology from Durham University in the UK. She's an Anglo-celtic at heart and aims to hold a broad theological vision.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"The Church has actively ignored the fullness of how the Bible talks about God."
About today's speaker:
Robyn is an Anglican/Episcopal priest. Robyn has served parishes in her home state of Montana and her adopted Province of Alberta, and she is co-host of The Accessible Altar. She and her spouse have a dog, two cats, and an apple tree that lets them make delicious cider.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"If the Trinity is Three-in-One, then Jesus is female, too."
About today's speaker:
The Rev'd Dr. Ian Doescher is author of the William Shakespeare's Star Wars and Pop Shakespeare series and a priest ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"God is more than a binary gender."
About today's speaker:
A native of Spokane, Danae Ashley is an Episcopal priest who has served churches and led discernment and spiritual retreats across the United States since 2008. In helping others, she discovered that she needed to be committed to her own self-care and has been healed and supported through spiritual direction and Jungian analysis. She graduated from Adler Graduate School with a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2014 and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Washington State and Chief Pastoral Minister at Soul Spa Seattle, LLC.
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Join us throughout the Advent season for Divine Feminine, a daily podcast Advent Calendar.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty?" If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of and imagination for God has been too narrow.
Every day in Advent, tune in to spend a few minutes with God's femininity – as we prepare for her humanity.
"Apocalypse can come as the gentlest rustling of the leaves." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2024.
How are we changed if we pray, "Our Mother, who art in Heaven," or, "We believe in one God, the Mother Almighty"? If humans are created in God’s image, perhaps our understanding of & imagination for God has been too narrow. How does God show up in the feminine?
Every day in Advent, tune in to Divine Feminine and spend a few minutes with God's femininity as we prepare for her humanity.
"Perhaps this tomb is really a womb." Sermon by Bishop Laurie Larson Caesar, Bishop of the Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
About the Preacher:
Laurie Larson Caesar serves the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as Bishop of the Oregon Synod. She graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1992 and her ministry contexts have included St. John's Lutheran in Des Moines, Iowa, Lutheran Campus Ministry at Portland State University and Spirit of Grace, a congregation of Lutherans and Roman Catholics in Beaverton. Bishop Laurie enjoys reading, hiking, birding, basketball and banjo, not necessarily in that order.
"Nothing human will last." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, November 17, 2024.
"What do we do when hope is in support supply?" Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, November 10, 2024.
"We are connected by so much more than our senses." Homily by Dean Nathan LeRud, delivered at the Evensong of Remembrance for the Feast of All Souls, Sunday, November 3, 2024.
"There is so much absurdity in being human." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Adult Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, November 3, 2024.
"How much of the world are we missing?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 27, 2024.
"Leadership is about trust." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Fero, Canon for Adult Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 20, 2024.
"How far are we willing to go?" Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 13, 2024.
"We are all gloriously and perfectly made." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 6, 2024.
"We are all prophets." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 29, 2024.
"It can be hard to hold on to our why." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 22, 2024.
"We are all ministers." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 15, 2024.
"There's nothing safe about a miracle." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 8, 2024.
"God's love extends to everybody, whether they meet with our approval or not." Sermon by Vijendran (VJ) Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 1 2024.
"We want something we can touch." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00 service on Sunday, August 25, 2024.
"We are in the season of miracles." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00 service on Sunday, July 28, 2024.
"What does it mean to sit down at the table with your enemy?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 21, 2024.
"Jesus' clear instruction is to love one another." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00 service on Sunday, July 14, 2024.
"Talk less. Pray more." Sermon by The Very Rev'd A-Too Williams BA, M.Th, M.A Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Monrovia, Liberia. Recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 7, 2024.
"Can healing still happen here?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
"Our country is complicit in so much violence." Sermon by guest preacher Melissa L. Bennett, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 23, 2024.
Melissa Bennett (she/her) comes from Umatilla, Nimiipuu, Sac & Fox, Anishinaabe, Nordic, and Celtic ancestors - all of whom have a plethora of stories to tell. She is a transracial adoptee who grew up on an Oregon onion farm in a region that was once traditional hunting and gathering grounds for the Kalapuya people. She is as connected to the stories of the farms that raised her as she is to the stories of her own people.
Melissa grew up on the storytelling of her great-aunt Annabelle, a librarian named Mrs. Borsberry, and the local creeks, woods, and kittens. She started telling her own stories in the first grade and was writing them by the fifth. For over 25 years Melissa has turned her love of storytelling and storylistening into a spiritual practice. She serves her community as a spiritual care provider and spiritual mentor bearing witness to the stories people share in order to help them see where meaning, belonging, curiosity, and possibility exist in their lives. She shares oral tradition, contemporary literature, spiritual texts, ancestral connection, the archetypal language of tarot, film, music, guided meditation, dreaming, altar building, ceremony, writing, and art as ways to support the healing of her clients through story, world building, and myth making.
Melissa has been cultivating a relationship with the unseen world since she was a small child and decided to make her lifelong spiritual work “official” when she earned a Master of Divinity degree, a graduate certificate in spiritual counseling, and a graduate certificate in theological studies from (what was once) Marylhurst University. Following her education she completed a clinical spiritual care residency in forensic mental health and has since utilized her skills working primarily with underrepresented people in higher education across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Melissa’s identity as an Indigenous woman, a transracial adoptee, a person with chronic illness, lifelong anxiety and depression, and neurodivergence has shaped her work through a healing justice lens. She is committed to utilizing story as medicine for healing the past, addressing systems of oppression in the present, and imagining equitable futures where all people are safe, free, and thriving. For the past decade Melissa has presented, preached, taught, and facilitated on the intersections of story, spirituality, and social justice.
"When they rely on might and violence, the empires of the world fall." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 16, 2024.
"Why is division so much more common than inclusion?" Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 9, 2024.
"Sabbath is a sanctuary in time." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 2, 2024.
"I think to have faith is to engage a kind of irrationality." Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akiyama, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024.
"Why are we so quick to condemn protests?" Sermon by catechumen Elizabeth Braatz, recorded live at the Catechesis concluding Eucharist on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
"There's such a sweet sweet spirit in this place." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
"Fire is not always as it seems." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Palm Sunday, May 12, 2024.
"Wherever you are on the spectrum of human gender, God is big enough to meet you there." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at Choral Evensong on Sunday, May 5, 2024.
"God's breath brings life." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 5, 2024.
"What does it mean to encounter someone who is different?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 28, 2024.
"We love diversity, except when it comes to other people." Sermon by guest preacher KyungJa Oh, the first Korean American woman ordained in the Episcopal Church, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 21, 2024.
Part of the Michael B. Curry Distinguished Preachers Series.
About Dr. Oh:
KyungJa Oh (KJ) is a retired Episcopal priest and Emerita Professor in Practical Theology at Bexley Seabury Seminary, Chicago IL. She also serves as a priest associate at St Paul and the Redeemer Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, Chicago. Before joining theological education, KJ served as rector of The Church of the Advent, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati and as vicar at St. Chad Episcopal Church in Loves Park, IL. Prior to her ministry in the parish, KJ served as chaplain for the Oncology Department at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
KJ earned her MDiv from Seabury-Western Seminary and her DMin from Bexley Seabury Seminary. Her training for the priesthood also includes completion of an ACPE clinical residency program, internships at Episcopal churches in Lynn, MA, Northbrook, IL, Harrogate, England and Sutton-in-Ashfield, England. She studied theology at the University of Cambridge, England, as well as French literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. She earned a BA in philosophy cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University.
KJ is third-generation Korean-American, born and raised in Chicago. She was confirmed into The Episcopal Church in 1983, having been raised in the United Methodist tradition. KJ has two grown children and two grandchildren. She currently lives in Hyde Park, IL, with her spouse, Melissa.
About the Preachers Series:
Named in honor of our Presiding Bishop, the Michael B. Curry Distinguished Preachers Series is made possible by a gift from the estate of Trinity’s longtime historian and faithful prophet, Professor Ann Weikel, the first woman to receive tenure in the History Department at Portland State University.
"How did you meet Jesus?" Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
"Do not doubt but believe." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 7, 2024.
"We refuse to let them be forgotten." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 11:00 service on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024.
"This isn't the end of the story." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the Great Vigil of Easter on Saturday, March 30, 2024.
"All that he is, he offers to us" Sermon by guest preacher Roger Ferlo, recorded live at the 7:00 pm service on Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024
About the preacher:
Roger Ferlo is president emeritus of Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation and Scholar-in-Residence at the Newberry Library in Chicago. He holds an AB from Colgate University, where he serves as trustee emeritus. He received a Ph.D. in English from Yale University and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Colgate in 2010.He was for ten years rector of the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in Manhattan. He is the author of two books —"Opening the Bible” and “Sensing God: Reading Scripture with All Our Senses,” both published by Rowman and Littlefield—and editor of “Heaven,” published by Church Publishing. He is priest associate at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer in Hyde Park, Chicago, and is an avid amateur cellist and pianist. He is also Canon Liz’s dad.
"This Holy Week, will you respect the dignity of every human being?" Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024.
"Beauty is worth everything we have to spend." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 17, 2024.
"God is writing a new verse in your life every day." Sermon by Roy Cole, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 3, 2024.
"We can find Jesus wherever we are but the act of 'Christianing' is a group activity." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 3, 2024.
"We can always begin again." Sermon by Roy Cole, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 25, 2024.
"How much are we missing by staring down?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on the First Sunday of Lent, February 18, 2024.
"You don't have to perform for God." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 12:00pm service on Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
"Do you think Jesus was up there screaming in the wind?" Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 11, 2024.
"What does healing mean if you don't even know that you are sick?" Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 4, 2024.
Cathedral Dean Nathan LeRud reports on the past year in the life of this community, and helps us look forward toward the future. View the Annual Report at https://www.trinity-episcopal.org/annual-reports
Delivered at the 173nd Annual Meeting on Sunday, January 28, 2024.
"Conscience can be a messy thing." Sermon by Roy Cole, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 28, 2024.
"We can accept the mystery of God as surpassing the reach of our understanding." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 21, 2024.
"This country only likes dead radicals." Cathedral Dean Nathan LeRud preaches on the lasting legacy of the Rev'd Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 14, 2024.
"We preach inclusion and we live mystery." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Cathedral Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 7, 2024.
"The light shone in the darkness and the darkness could not overcome it." Sermon by Matthew Woodward, Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Sacramento, CA, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, December 31, 2023.
"This complex, layered meaning is how we can understand joy." Sermon by Diana Akiyama, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, recorded live at the 8:00pm Christmas Eve service on Sunday, December 24, 2023.
"When we say yes to the impossible thing, our souls sing." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, December 24, 2023.
"What's the difference between quiet and silence?" The kids & youth of Trinity weigh in!
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Were you silent, or were you silenced?"
About today's speaker: The Very Rev'd Nathan LeRud is Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Portland, OR. With degrees in theology (General Theological Seminary) and English (Whitman College), his great loves are teaching the Bible, exploring Oregon history, attending vintage matinees at the Hollywood Theatre and finding the intersection of popular culture and religion. A native Oregonian, a pastor’s kid, and a musical theatre geek, Nathan is also cohost of the podcast The Gospel of Musical Theatre (gospelofmt.podbean.com). He also knows how to clog.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Why do religious people have to be so serious?"
About today's speaker: Liz Harlan-Ferlo is a writer, educator, facilitator and faith leader. Her debut collection of poems is Incarnation, Again, which was called "stunningly original and stylistically deft." In 2015, Liz founded Interfaith Muse, a project to explore how artists engage their faith lives in their work. She specializes in designing curriculum in religious literacy and intercultural communication through creative arts. Liz serves as Trinity Episcopal Cathedral's Canon for Education and Arts.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Peace is here."
About today's speaker: Laura Di Panfilo is Associate Rector at St. Paul's Episcopal in Mt. Lebanon, PA, and the host of the podcast And Also With You. She grew up in Massachusetts and is a graduate of Emory University where she completed a BA in Women’s Studies and Religious Studies. She earned her Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary and her Master of Arts in Ministry from General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City. She was ordained a transitional Deacon in June in New Jersey, and was ordained to the Priesthood at St. Paul’s in December 2019.
Laura worked as a chaplain at a trauma hospital in Trenton, New Jersey prior to her time at St. Paul's. Laura is also a certified Kripalu yoga instructor and has taught classes in both yoga studios and churches. She lives with her husband Luke who is also a priest in the diocese, her pug and infant. At St. Paul's she coordinates Newcomers Ministries and also support the ministry of the Pastoral Care Commission and the Spiritual Growth Commission.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"I have a complicated relationship with quiet."
About today's speaker: Shana McCauley is Canon Vicar at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, an only child who was going to save the world as a journalist. After getting a journalism degree from the University of Washington, she meandered her way to a call to the priesthood getting a Masters of Divinity from Seabury Western in Chicago, serving in California, and then settling down in Oregon. She is half Korean and half Caucasian and the mom of three boys. She has recently taken up quilting and hiking (not at the same time, though that might become an aspirational goal).
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"I found my first grey hair this week."
About today's speaker: Caitlyn Keith is Associate Rector at St. Martin in the Fields, Columbia, SC. She grew up on the High Plains of Colorado but came East to attend the College of William and Mary where she earned a B.A. in religious studies, focusing on Hebrew scriptures and Christian ethics. Caitlyn was formed for priesthood at Yale Divinity School where she met Scott, her theater-maker husband. A lifelong Episcopalian, Caitlyn is proud to have served in the Episcopal Service Corps and on the United Thank Offering board. Previous side hustles have included rock climbing teacher, craft beer marketer, youth minister, and dog trainer.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Joy is not perfect happiness." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, December 17, 2023.
"Luminous mysteries for a dark season."
About today's speaker: The Rev. Phil Hooper serves as Rector of St. Anne Episcopal Church in West Chester, Ohio. Phil is a contributing writer for several Episcopal publications including Sermons that Work and Earth & Altar; he is also a retreat leader and a founding board member of the Center for Deep Green Faith. His sermons and other writings can be found at byanotherroad.com.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Advent is about anticipation."
About today's speaker: Stephen Isaacson is Prior of the Cornerstone Community, a lay Benedictine group within Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. He has served in many other roles in the Cathedral and is currently the Co-coordinator of Outreach Ministries at the Cathedral. Prior to his involvement with Outreach or the Cornerstone Community, Steve was Professor of Special Education at Portland State University, where he also served as Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Education. During his career in academia, he authored a number of juried publications and instructional materials. He is the author of the book Praying with Saint Benedict (Morehouse Publishing).
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"It takes practice to be in the fullness of our being."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Peggy Lo serves as the rector of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. She is the incoming president of the board of directors of the Episcopal Parish Network (She hopes to see you at the next annual conference in Houston!). In her spare time she enjoys exploring the city of Austin- trying out coffee shops and trails and discovering great vegetarian options, theorizing about the MCU and other fandoms, and testing out new recipes.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Joseph's encounters with God are like ours."
About today's speaker: Roger Ferlo is president emeritus of Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Newberry Library in Chicago. He holds an AB from Colgate University, where he serves as trustee emeritus. He received a Ph.D. in English from Yale University and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Colgate in 2010. He was for ten years rector of the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in Manhattan. Author of three books, he is priest associate at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer in Hyde Park, Chicago, and an avid amateur cellist and pianist.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Good things come." A musical reflection by Star Called Sun.
About the musicians: Matt & Erin Quarterman are Star Called Sun, named after a song by Soviet rock band KINO. They combine genres, instruments, languages and cultures: Erin (accordion, vocals) grew up in Indiana and Mississippi, and Matt (guitar, ukulele, vocals) grew up as an expatriate in Portugal and Ukraine. They met at a small Southern college and almost immediately began spending late nights on the steps of campus buildings teaching themselves songs and writing new music together. After a stint in Boston where Matt graduated from Berklee College of Music and Erin from Boston University, they now live in Seattle.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Listening is a kind of anticipation."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Chris Arnold is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Fon Du Lac in NE Wisconsin. He serves as a supply priest, spiritual director, and retreat leader.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Something big is coming." Sermon by Katie Webb, Canon for Cathedral Music, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, December 10, 2023.
"The music of Advent speaks into the darkness."
About today's speaker: Peter Elliott is retired Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver and co-host of The Gospel of Musical Theatre (gospelofmt.podbean.com). Hailing from the Niagara Region of southern Ontario, his ministry has embraced a wide variety of interests and skills. Peter was a leader within the Anglican communion for the full inclusion of LGBTQ people and has been a strong advocate a spirituality that promotes social and environmental justice.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"We hold our breath and hope that the ceasefire will hold."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Leyla King is an Episcopal priest & Arabic teacher who serves as rector of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is also a member of the Small Churches, Big Impact Collective.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.
"Slowing down is about doing less, but doing better."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Dr. Jayaychitra Lalitha is a professor of Koine Greek and New Testament, and deacon at Trinity Episcopal Church, Wheaton, IL. She is currently working on a book project on the post-resurrection life of Mary Magdalene.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.
"How I started reading Westerns."
About today's speaker: The Reverend Ryan Whitley is the Rector of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in St. Petersburg, FL. He currently has the privilege of serving as the President of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Southwest Florida. Ryan is married to Elise, a high school counselor, and together they have two children and a recalcitrant rescue dog.
Ryan loves to read and is in too many book clubs. He co-hosts a literary critique podcast about really old ghost stories called Whiskey and the Weird, cheers for the Atlanta Braves, and is a long standing member of the Society of Catholic Priests.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com
"Slowing down is not my spiritual gift."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Dr. Ian Doescher, author of the William Shakespeare's Star Wars and Pop Shakespeare series, who is ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.
"I don't like Christmas."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Jennifer Creswell is the Vicar of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in North Portland, and is a doula and chaplain in Portland, OR.
Reverberation of the Spirit is a daily podcast for Advent designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.
"If I choose stillness instead of a constant 'go, go, go,' I see my own powerlessness in the face of the world's sorrows." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Adult Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, December 3, 2023.
Canon Vicar Shana McCauley introduces Reverberation of the Spirit, a daily podcast for Advent. These 5-6 minute meditations are designed to help us rediscover the beauty of waiting, as we prepare for the coming of Christ.
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"History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, November 26, 2023.
"What does it mean to be God's presence in a bleeding city?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on November 19, 2023.
"We are both foolish and wise." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, November 12, 2023.
"One simple way we dignify each other is to know and say each others names." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Adult Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, November 5, 2023.
"We must love one another – or we don't." Sermon by Roy Cole, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
"Why do we think God cares more about the envelope than what's inside?" Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 22, 2023.
"How can we humans imagine a heavenly feast?" Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 15, 2023.
"Who has a right to God's vineyard?" Sermon by Cathedral Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 8, 2023.
"It is often easier to worship Jesus than to live like Jesus." Sermon by Roy Cole, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 1, 2023.
"We can transcend the pettiness of our preoccupied lives." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 24, 2023.
"We are asked to consider the people we have wronged." Sermon by Cathedral Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 17, 2023.
"How is Jesus emptying himself as a human for other humans?" Sermon by Dr. Christena Cleveland, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 10, 2023.
"Your body is acceptable to God." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, August 27, 2023.
"This body is never ever an apology." Sermon by guest preacher, Tuesday Rupp, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, August 20, 2023.
Sermon by Cathedral Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 23rd, 2023.
"How will that transfiguration look like in you?" Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, August 6, 2023.
"Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 30, 2023.
"Even the weeds have a role" Sermon by Cathedral Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 23rd, 2023.
"If we allow ourselves to be imaginative, these parables mean so much more." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 16th, 2023.
"Being in relationship means learning to carry things together." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 9, 2023.
"Radically receiving strangers is the beginning of a more just world." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 2, 2023.
"What would it mean to love the common things?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 25th, 2023.
"It's easy to construct a doomsday view." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 18th, 2023.
"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel it's warmth." Sermon by Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 11th, 2023.
"God is compassionate connectedness." Sermon by Bishop Diana Akiyama, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 4, 2023.
"It's the freedom to decide your own name." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 28, 2023.
"Can we stretch enough to know Jesus in a new way?" Sermon by Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Ascension Sunday, May 21st, 2023.
"A voice cries out from this devastated earth." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
"Maybe is a hard place to wait." Sermon by Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 7th, 2023.
"Where are you?" Sermon by Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 30th, 2023.
"Do you ever get stuck?" Sermon by Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 23rd, 2023.
"You are here – I can touch you." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 16, 2023.
"To be truly liberated is to be returned to community." Easter sermon by The Rt. Rev'd Bishop Diana Akiyama, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 9, 2023.
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"Every now and then, you just have to say – Alleluia!" Sermon by the Very Rev'd Peter Elliott, recorded live at the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 8, 2023.
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"God is not a Christian." Sermon by the Very Rev'd Peter Elliott, recorded live at the 7:00pm service on Maundy Thursday, April 6, 2023.
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"Hosanna and Emmanuel." Sermon by The Very Rev'd Peter Elliott, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 2, 2023.
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"We know what it feels like to come back to life." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 26, 2023.
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"He is the light of the world." Sermon by Canon Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 19, 2023.
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"Where are your wounds?" Sermon by The Rev'd Traci Blackmon, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
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"What is the most precious gift you've been given?" Sermon by The Rev'd Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am streamed service on Sunday, March 5, 2023.
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"The way to get someone to want something is to tell them they can't have it." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 26, 2023.
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"There is no limit to God's love for us." Sermon by Canon Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 7:00 pm streamed service on Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
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"I ask for our hearts to be broken open." Sermon by The Rev'd Ernestein Flemister, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 19, 2023.
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"What does it mean to be faithful to scripture?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 12, 2023.
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"My humanity is intrinsically linked with yours." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life, The Rev'd Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 5, 2023.
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"Jesus came to speak to people who have nothing." Sermon by The Very Rev'd Gail Greenwell, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 29, 2023.
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"You don't have to be caught in these nets that you were taught to cast." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 22, 2023.
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"By ourselves we are amazing but together we are saints." Sermon by The Rev'd Canon Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 15, 2023.
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"Let it be." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
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"Don't underestimate the magic." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 1, 2023.
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"It's not about what you believe – it's about what you live for." Christmas Day sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, December 25, 2022.
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"What God really wants is a body that can touch – and be touched." Christmas Eve sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Saturday, December 24, 2022.
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"I'm not willing to hide any longer."
About today's speaker: The Very Rev'd Nathan LeRud is a native Oregonian, a pastor’s kid, a musical theatre geek, and Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Portland. With degrees in theology (General Theological Seminary) and English (Whitman College), his great loves are teaching the Bible, exploring Oregon history, attending vintage matinees at the Hollywood Theatre, and finding the intersection of popular culture and religion. He also knows how to clog.
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"God isn't male or female – and humanity reflects the image of God."
About the speaker: The Rev'd Bethany Lewis is an ordained priest in the Church of England and a Vicar in two parishes in London, England, having previously worked in parishes throughout the South-East as both an ordained and lay minister.
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"May we each embrace a pace that ushers in the holy."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Callie Swanlund is an Episcopal priest serving in Philadelphia, helping others Find their Spark, and building a creative ministry as a retreat leader, spiritual companion, and coach. She leads individuals and groups in the work of Dr. Brené Brown as a Certified Daring Way Facilitator. Follow her Wholehearted Weekly movement through @callieswanlund on Instagram or Facebook.
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"This Advent is my first as a disabled person."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Kate Siberine is rector of Grace Episcopal Church in East Concord, NH, and a church planter in Franklin, NH.
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"Tatooing is about taking agency over your own body."
About today's speaker: Eric Eye has been a professional tattoo artist since 1990, with detailed realism and portraiture as a speciality. This specialization lead to a focus on restorative cosmetic tattoo, in particular nipple and areola reproduction for breast cancer survivors. Learn more & see his work at EricEyeTattoo.com or @ericeyetattoos on Instagram.
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"So... are you pregnant?"
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Shana McCauley is Canon for Cathedral Life at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. After getting a journalism degree from the University of Washington, she meandered her way to a call to the priesthood getting a Masters of Divinity from Seabury Western in Chicago, serving in California, and then settling down in Oregon. She is half Korean and half Caucasian and the mom of three boys.
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"Sometimes, perhaps too often, we use our bodies as a place to hide our shame." Sermon by Elaine Harris, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 18, 2022.
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"This is the image I was created in."
About today's speakers:
Lavinia Martin-Weber is a performer and Digital Content Creator for Trinity Cathedral Portland. She has wide experience in the performing arts, both onstage and off, and she has worked several years as a content curator for various companies, specializing in the art of memes and short, trendy, video snippets.
Tripp Hudgins is a musician and middle school teacher in Richmond, VA, where he lives with his wife, son, two cats, and a hermit crab. He is currently a parishioner at St. James the Less, Ashland, VA, the digital missioner for St. Jude’s, Cupertino, CA, and a postulant with the The Third Order of the Society of St. Francis.
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"Our bodies are freaking amazing."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Jennifer Creswell is the Vicar of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in North Portland, and is a doula and chaplain in Portland, OR.
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"Our bodies are filled with the divine."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Maria Gwyn McDowell is the Rector of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church where she is working with non-profit organizations to implement the long-standing hope of the parish: affordable housing for the black descendents of parish members and neighbors displaced by the City of Portland. She is a student and teacher of liberative ethics, a public theologian, a contributor and editor at Women in Theology, and occasionally posts at her personal blog, DeiProfundis.
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"If I'm not doing it to win, why am I doing it?"
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Mitchell Smith rector of St. Martin in the Field Episcopal Church in Columbia, SC.
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"Mary had a baby so that in my body, I can be holy now – not just after I'm rid of it." About today's speaker: Equal parts funeral director, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Jesus hippie, Christina Kukuk is author of Loving What Doesn't Last: An Adoration of the Body.
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"There is a prohibition against connecting with the stuff of our bodies."
About today's speaker: Lauren Loos is a therapist and spiritual director. She serves on the vestry at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR.
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"Jesus's unpartnered body empowers those who are single."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Chanta Bhan is Associate Priest over Youth & Family Ministries at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.
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"Her soul proclaims the greatness of God." Sermon by The Rev'd Chris Craun, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 11, 2022.
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"Even at rest, your heart goes on beating."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Chris Arnold is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Fon Du Lac in NE Wisconsin. He serves as a supply priest, spiritual director, and retreat leader.
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"We're all on the verge of death. The only question is: how you want to live?"
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Christopher Bell is Hospice Chaplain for Vista River Hospice in Wilsonville, OR. He previously spent 15 years as a Unitarian Universalist parish minister.
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"We who are on the trails are partaking in our own church."
About today's speaker:Faith Curammeng is Communication Studies Instructor at the University of Portland and a vestry member at Trinity Cathedral, Portland.
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"Your body is a miracle so deep that God herself longed to be in a body like yours."
About today's speaker:Kerlin Richter is an Episcopal Priest, a painter, a writer, a preacher, a 7 on the enneagram, a failed southerner, a stalled drummer, and an unrepentant schemer. Kerlin is currently the Rector of Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Southeast Portland, OR, and is currently in the process of becoming a licensed sex educator.
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"I have been at war with my body since I was young."
About today's speaker: Joanne Gallardo is Conference Minister for Indiana-MI Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church USA in Goshen, Indiana. Originally from northwest Ohio, Joanne is a graduate of Goshen College and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. In addition to church work, Joanne has spent part of her career working in mental health. In her spare time, Joanne writes, sings in a women’s choir and enjoys spending time with friends.
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"Did Mary's heartbreak feel like mine?"
About today's speaker: Alicia Johnson is a parishioner, member of Spiritual Formation Commission, and Youth Leader at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.
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"Anyone with cancer knows the challenge of loving our bodies when it seems like our bodies have turned against us."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Karen Tiegs is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon.
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"Children can teach us how to enter a mystery." Sermon by Canon Charissa Simmons, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 4, 2022.
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"How can we be confident in the bodies God created?"
About today's speaker: Elizabeth Schroeder is a licensed practical nurse with experience in midwifery, including well-woman care, prenatal, postpartum, and labor and delivery care, as well as long-term care and rehab, currently serving at Elderplace. She is also Music Leader and a member at St. Philip the Deacon in Portland, OR.
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"Was Mary a mother nature goddess, or was she just a girl from Nazareth?"
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Michael Ellick is a United Church of Christ pastor and a Community Organizer from the Goose Hollow neighborhood in Portland, OR. Raised in a Conservative Baptist church in Washington State, Ellick studied Comparative Religion and Philosophy at the University of Washington before earning his M.Div. at Union Theological Seminary. There he grew frustrated with contemporary theological thinking, and looking for new ways to understand the Gospel and real world practices for embodying it, he studied closely under a Tibetan Buddhist teacher for the next seven years.
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"The Word becomes flesh through the flesh and blood of women."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Hope Benko is Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Services for Seminary of the Southwest. A lifelong Episcopalian, she relishes building relationships throughout the wider church to welcome new students to our community. Hope is married to the the Rev'd Dr. Andrew Benko and together they are have two children and a labradoodle.
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"Through Mary, the trauma of hunger, brutality, and inequity would be met with mercy in the strong arm of God."
About today's speaker: Mary Curlew, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Portland, Maine, and a postulate for the priesthood in Diocese of Massachusetts. She lives in Peakes Island, Maine.
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"You're too busy to listen to this podcast."
About today's speakers: The Rev'd Dr. Matthew Lawrence wants your brain happy, your curiosity sparked, and your heart opened to the wisdom of this ancient and often difficult tradition. A graduate of the University of Chicago’s Divinity School, he oversees the educational offerings at Trinity. A student of Zen as well as Contemplative Prayer, he has served as a parish priest, campus chaplain, hospital chaplain, peace activist, policy analyst and management consultant. He also loves to ride his motorcycle along beautiful curvy roads near oceans or mountains.
Dr. Beverly Ffolkes-Bryant has served as Community School District Superintendent at NYC Department of Education for the past four decades and is a member of Trinity Church Wall Street. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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"Our bodies are portals to the holy."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Heidi Haverkamp is a writer, spiritual director, and Episcopal priest. In 2019, she won two awards from the Church Associated Press for her article “How I learned to love the doctrine of total depravity” in The Christian Century. Her newest book is a year-long personal study and prayer resource based on the Sunday lectionary, the second in a series of three: Everyday Connections: Reflections and Practices for Year A. She is also author of two previous books: Advent in Narnia and Holy Solitude: Lenten Reflections with Saints, Hermits, Prophets, and Rebels. She lives in Indianapolis with her husband.
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"Anxiety is dreadful expectation, but hope is expectant desire."
About today's speaker: The Rev'd Allison Sandlin Liles is a wife, mother, peacemaker and priest-in-charge of St Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Hurst, TX. Allison spent the first six years of her ordained ministry working in churches in Diocese of Alabama, then she spent the following six years serving as Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s Executive Director. Allison joined the Forward Movement staff in May 2018 as editor of Grow Christians, an online community that helps parents foster faith at home through action and conversation. Allison is married to the Rev'd Dr. Eric Liles, mother of two elementary aged children and two rescue dogs.
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"It's about damn time." Sermon by Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday November 27, 2022.
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"The Word becomes flesh only through the flesh and blood of women."
About today's speaker: Joanna Harader serves as pastor of Peace Mennonite Church in Lawrence, Kansas, and is the author of Expecting Emmanuel: Eight Women Who Prepared the Way.
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Dean Nathan LeRud & Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley introduce Advent for Every Body, a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent right here in the "Sermons from Trinity Portland" podcast feed, beginning Sunday, November 26.
"The meaning of life is paradoxical." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday November 20, 2022.
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"Don't prepare in advance. The song will be given to you." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, November 13th, 2022.
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"Blessed are those who are hurting. Woe to the comfortable." Sermon by The Rev'd Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
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"Love is much bigger than approval." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday October 30, 2022.
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"The prayers of the one justify the other." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, October 23rd, 2022.
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"It's better to be loving than to be right." Sermon by The Rev'd Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, October 16, 2022.
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"Most healing stories are about something else." Sermon by The Rt. Rev'd Thomas Breidenthal, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, October 9th, 2022.
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"Sometimes faith starts with rebellion." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022.
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"Names have power." Sermon by The Rev'd Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, September 25, 2022.
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"She was a woman of shrewdness, which is a way to say she was a woman of deep faith." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday, September 18, 2022.
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"Remember where you came from." Sermon by the Most Rev'd Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, September 11, 2022.
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"Loving God will make us salty so that our presence enhances everyone and everything around us."
Sermon by The Rev'd Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, September 4, 2022.
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"We're all just soldiers in the army of love." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday August 28, 2022.
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"Sabbath is all about freedom." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday, August 21, 2022.
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"We need not face our stresses on our own." Sermon by The Rev'd Canon Linda Potter, delivered at the 10:00 am service on Sunday August 14, 2022.
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"What makes a pilgrimage?" Sermon by The Rev'd Susan Kintner, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, August 7, 2022.
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"Bad Preaching 101" Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday July 31, 2022.
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"Are you on a road trip with God?" Sermon by The Rev'd Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, July 24, 2022.
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"A famine of words is doomsday." Sermon by The Very Rev'd Gail Greenwell, delivered at the 10:00 am service on Sunday July 17, 2022.
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"How do we bridge the neighborly gap?"
Sermon by The Rev'd Canon Linda Potter, delivered at the 10:00 am service on Sunday July 10, 2022.
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"The song of freedom can not be silenced."
Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday July 3, 2022.
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"Will I follow him?" Sermon by The Rev'd Canon Linda Potter, delivered at the 10:00 am service on Sunday June 26, 2022.
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"From Watch Night to Juneteenth, the slow pace of liberation in this land didn't mean it isn't coming right for us all." Sermon by The Rev'd Lenny Duncan, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday June 19, 2022.
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"The dynamic Trinity." Sermon by Bishop Diana Akiyama, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday June 12, 2022.
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"Love in the language of your heart." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
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"Cope is the word of the year." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday May 29, 2022.
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"Do you want to be healed?" Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday May 22, 2022.
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"You belong." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, May 15, 2022.
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(New audio) "Renewal happens in response to Gods love." Sermon by The Rev'd Canon Linda Potter, delivered at the 10:00 am service on Sunday May 8, 2022.
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"Renewal happens in response to Gods love." Sermon by The Rev'd Canon Linda Potter, recorded live at 10:00 am on Sunday May 8, 2022. (We apologize for the audio quality; we were experiencing technical issues with the sound system.)
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"A prayer worthy of a sermon." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday May 1, 2022.
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"Disorientation starts when we put our head into our heart." Sermon by The Rev'd Chris Craun, Missioner for Thriving Congregations, Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday, April 24, 2022.
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"We come bearing our myrrh." Easter sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 9:00am on Sunday, April 17, 2022.
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Happy Easter, friends! Greet the day skip in your step, from wherever you’ve been holding vigil this long Lent, because the war is over, the battle won! Today, we lift our voices in songs of praise for Christ’s victory over the grave, and we’ll experience again that eternal truth: nothing in this world can defeat the resurrection power of love. Learn more: trinity-episcopal.org/easter-holyweek
"Every day do something that won't compute." Easter Vigil sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 7:00pm on Saturday April 16, 2022.
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Canon for Spiritual Life Matthew Lawrence discusses the magic & mystery of the Great Vigil of Easter. Holy Saturday ends at sundown, when our vigil begins.
In darkness, we encounter the New Fire, the Uncreated Source of all life; then we gather around that fire, as we have since the dawn of time, to tell our ancient stories and sing the old songs in a fresh light. The great drama ends in the surprise of the Easter proclamation: “Even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia!”
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Canon for Cathedral Music Bruce Neswick plays a short organ meditation and discusses the observance of Good Friday, this most solemn & holy day. Join us at in person or online at 12:00pm for our Good Friday Service with chanted passion and veneration of the cross, and at 7:00pm, when the Chamber Singers sing a musical Meditation on the Passion of Christ. Learn more: https://trinity-episcopal.org/easter-holyweek
"Remember and do." Maundy Thursday sermon by Deacon Ken Powell, recorded live at 7:00pm on Thursday April 14, 2022.
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"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another." Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley gives a brief introduction to Maundy Thursday, the first day of the Triduum. Learn more about how you can join us for the observance of this holy day, in person or online, at trinity-episcopal.org/easter-holyweek
"Would we do it again?" Palm Sunday sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday April 10, 2022.
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"Devotion blossoms under the shroud of death." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday April 3, 2022.
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"Mercy has consequences." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday March 27, 2022.
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"Our God is the gardener." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday March 20, 2022.
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"Prayer doesn't change God, it changes me." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday March 13, 2022.
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"The only way to beat the devil is to be in love with our lives as they are." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday March 6, 2022.
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"Make the ashes the mortar that glues us back together." Ash Wednesday sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at noon on Wednesday March 2, 2022.
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"Let your horns show." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday February 27, 2022.
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"Forgiveness is a perfect absolution we find from God." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday February 20, 2022.
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"Nothing is more alienating than a holiday dedicated to finding your bliss." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday February 13, 2022.
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"Find your joy and fall in love; it will decide everything." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday February 6, 2022.
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"When the prophets tell us change is coming, our response should be 'uh-oh.'" Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday January 30, 2022.
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"The Bible is one of the most dangerous books on the planet and may we never forget its lessons."
Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday January 23, 2022.
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"There is no community of faith without you." Sermon by Deacon Ken Powell, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday January 16, 2022.
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"Let's talk about new beginnings." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday January 9, 2022.
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"The time being remains the most trying time of all." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday January 2, 2022.
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"Things have to shift." A joint sermon by the Rev'd Dr. Maria McDowell, Rector of St. Philip the Deacon in Portland, and the Rev'd Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life at Trinity.
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Christmas Day sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00 am on Saturday, December 25, 2021.
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"Gratitude to and for God is deeply and profoundly subversive." Sermon by Bishop Diana Akiyama, recorded live at 8:00pm on Friday December 24, 2021.
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A selection of poems for the eve of the Nativity - "Let Me Keep Singing" by Annie Lighthart, "Ways to Make Ultra Sound" by Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo, and "Awaiting," by former Poet Laureate of Oregon Paulann Petersen. Merry Christmas, friends.
"Come quickly." Reflection for the 26th day of Advent by the Rev'd Leyla King, rector of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and a member of the Small Churches, Big Impact Collective.
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"Advent invites us to find quiet in the midst of chaos." Reflection by the Rev'd Dr. Brendan Barnicle, rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church in Wilsonville, OR.
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“Waiting is not passive - it is preparation.” A reflection by the Rev’d Shaneequa Brokenleg, Staff Officer for Racial Reconciliation for the Episcopal Church.
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"Soon." A musical reflection by James Michael Joiner, poet, singer-songwriter & prayer in Portland.
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"Advent is scaffolding for our souls so we bend but don't break." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 19, 2021.
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"In my experience, God often comes as surprise." A reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent by the Rev'd Jennifer Creswell, doula, chaplain, and priest in Portland, OR.
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"We shall overcome." A musical offering for the 21st day of Advent by the Lincoln High School Cardinal Choir in Portland, with director Lisa Riffel.
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"When you're a parent, you do a lot of waiting." A reflection for the 20th day of Advent by Maya Gascoyne, music teacher at Ainsworth Elementary and St. Cecilia Choir Director at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland.
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"A prayer for those in pain." A reflection for the nineteenth day of Advent by community advocate and writer Sarah White.
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"There are many kinds of waiting." A reflection for the 18th day of Advent by the Rev'd Chris Arnold, SMMS, Priest and Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Fon du Lac in Northeast Wisconsin.
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"Sometimes, we are powerless to do anything but wait." A reflection for the seventeenth day of Advent by the Rev'd Dr. Ian Doescher, author of the William Shakespeare's Star Wars and Pop Shakespeare series, who is ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA.
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"The weaving together of small moments." A shared moment for the sixteenth day of Advent with the Rev'd Canon Rebekah Bokros Hatch & Styx Hatch.
Rebekah is Rector of St. Alban's in Simsbury, CT, and Interim Dean of Formation for The Episcopal Church in Connecticut. She is also a member of the Small Churches Big Impact Collective, working on an upcoming podcast about the graces of small church ministry. Styx Hatch is a sophomore in high school who spends most of their time at rehearsal for whatever show their school is currently producing. They also like reading, hanging out with friends, and making jewelry.
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"There is always time for joy." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 12, 2021.
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"Maybe God has been waiting on me more than I've been waiting on God.” A reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent by the Rev’d Matthew Lawrence, Canon for Spiritual Formation at Trinity Cathedral in Portland.
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"What light can reach our watchful eyes?" A musical offering for the fourteenth day of Advent by Ross Martinie Eiler of the Bloomington Catholic Worker in Bloomington, IN, and Eli Schille Hudson, Instructor of Guitar at Western Washington University in Bellingham WA.
Tracks are "Advent" and "Lamplighting Song," the first and last tracks from their forthcoming album Signs and Seasons - a song cycle on the liturgical calendar of the Christian Year.
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"How do we experience the sacred in the ordinary?" A reflection for the thirteenth day of Advent by Steve Isaacson, author of Praying with Saint Benedict and co-coordinator of Trinity's Outreach Ministries.
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"To actively wait is to witness an unfolding.” A reflection for the twelfth day of Advent by spiritual coach and contemplative leader Jamie Deering.
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“What does it look like to wait when what we're waiting for may never come?” A reflection for the eleventh day of Advent by Callie Swanlund, a spiritual companion and co-dreamer based in Philadelphia.
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“Try to love the questions themselves.” A reflection for the tenth day of Advent by Jill Osburn, Missioner for Youth & Liturgical Assistant at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. Excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke.
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"He was early in the office the next morning.” A reflection for the ninth day of Advent by the Rev’d David Sweeney, Rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Seaside, OR. Excerpt from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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"I am desperately longing for a grownup hope." Sermon by The Rev'd Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 4, 2021.
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"Sometimes it feels like we’re moving in a circle.” A reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent by the Very Rev’d Nathan LeRud, Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Portland. Music from The Band’s Visit (Itamar Moses/David Yazbek).
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Improvisation on Conditor alme siderum (Creator of the stars at night) for the seventh day of Advent, played by Katie Burk, Organ Scholar at Trinity Cathedral in Portland.
Conditor alme siderum (7th cent.)
1 Creator of the stars of night, your people’s everlasting light, O Christ, Redeemer of us all, we pray you, hear us when we call.
2 In sorrow that the ancient curse should doom to death a universe, you came to save a ruined race with healing gifts of heav'nly grace.
3 When earth drew on to darkest night, you came, but not in splendor bright, not as a king, but the child of Mary, virgin mother mild.
4 At your great name, majestic now, all knees must bend, all hearts must bow; all things on earth with one accord join those in heav’n to call you Lord.
5 To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three in One, praise, honor, might, and glory be from age to age eternally.
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"The system is broken - a token for your consideration." Spoken word reflection for the sixth day of Advent by Anya Pearson, playwright, poet, actress, and activist. [contains explicit language]
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"Waiting is a frightening place to be." Reflection for the fifth day of Advent by the Rev'd Michael Ellick, Director of Public Engagement at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon.
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"What if waiting is the gift of life itself?" Reflection for the fourth day of Advent by the Rev'd Regan Schutz, rector of Christ Church in Coronado, CA.
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"It's countercultural to observe Advent in a society that doesn't wait for anything." Reflection for the third day of Advent by the Rev'd Andria Skornik, Rector at All Saints Episcopal in Portland, OR.
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"Surely,” a musical Advent reflection offered by the Rev’d Matthew David Morris, Associate Priest/Digital Missioner at Grace Memorial in Portland and chaplain (aka Mother Superior) of The Chapel with Nadia Bolz-Weber.
Text:
Surely this world will be remade Surely the truth can be repaid Surely our suffering won't be in vain Surely the true King will come
Surely the tears won't burn for long Surely the weak can redeem the strong Surely them prophets were right all along Surely the true King will come
Woe to the shepherds who scatter their sheep Woe to the liars and the secrets they keep God will attend to you lest you believe Surely the true King will come
Surely the tyrant will lose their sway Surely the migrant will find their way Surely the borders will all fade away Surely the true King will come
Surely the children will be uncaged Surely polite folk will become enraged Surely the jester has stolen the stage But surely the true King will come
Woe to the wealthy who prophet from war Woe to the church with a lock on the door You have forgotten what God made you for But surely the true King will come
Surely our God keeps each promise made Surely our God turns the night to day Surely we wait for God, surely we pray Surely the true King will come
Holy are they who make room for the Lord Holy are we who believe what we heard God will bring justice through God's Holy Word And surely the true King will come
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"Don't be afraid to befriend the darkness." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday November 28, 2021.
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"May the holiness of Advent find us where we are." An introduction to Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar, a daily podcast to anchor your Advent contemplation in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent by the Rev'd Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life at Trinity Cathedral in Portland.
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"True power exists not in crowns and militaries, but in the act of giving it away." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday November 21, 2021.
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"Hold fast to what you know to be true." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday November 14, 2021.
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"This is what it feels like when healing starts." Reflection by Trinity Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at the 5:00 pm service of remembrance Out of Darkness: Light. Watch the full service at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS3FRlE0_u0
"As we have known from our times of exile, there comes light. There comes hope. There comes healing." Reflection by Rabbi Michael Cahana, Senior Rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel, recorded live on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at the 5:00 pm service of remembrance Out of Darkness: Light.
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"Death is the question that Baptism answers." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation, Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday November 7, 2021.
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"Sometimes the holy sneaks up on us in the least likely places." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday October 31, 2021.
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"Churches are not for the successful." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday October 24, 2021.
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"It all comes down to this, Jesus loves you." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday October 17, 2021.
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"We all belong to a system where wealth is acquired by abuse and exploitation." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday October 10, 2021.
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"We all begin life gender neutral." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday October 3, 2021.
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"All we can do is protect those making impossible decisions - and their right to make them." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday, September 26, 2021.
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"Who gets to decide what matters?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday, September 12, 2021.
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"How do I carry so much suffering?" Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday, September 12, 2021.
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"May we be open to uncomfortable truths." Sermon by Deacon Ken Powell, recorded on Sunday, September 5, 10:00am.
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"We must learn to honor our bodies." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, August 29, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Leave it all on the altar." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Development Matthew Lawrence, August 22, 2021, 10:00am.
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"What are the ordinary things that remind you of those you love?" Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, August 15, 2021, 10:00am.
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"What do we do with this anger?" Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Development Matthew Lawrence, August 8, 2021, 10:00am.
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"What is a fleshpot?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, August 1, 2021, 10:00am.
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"God has a way of using ordinary people to do extraordinary things." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, July 25, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Good fences make good neighbors." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, July 18, 2021, 10:00am.
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"The stories people tell about us." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, July 11, 2021, 10:00am.
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" A truer place called liberty." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday July 4, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Desperation is the word of the day." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, June 27, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Anchors away, my friends." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, June 20, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Have you flipped your lid?" Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, June 13, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Nothing unifies a community more effectively than devils looking for a devil to cast out." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Development Matthew Lawrence, June 6, 2021, 10:00am.
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"In stepping up, you are leaning in." Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akyiama, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, on Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2021, 10:00am.
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"People can have wildly differing expectations from the Church." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, May 23, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Even the betrayer has a part in the story." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, May 16, 2021, 10:00am.
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Trinity's own dean Nathan LeRud and Peter Elliott, retired dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, bring you a brand-new podcast exploring the intersection of musical theatre, spirituality, culture, and justice!
What does “Gospel” mean when applied to a work of art? What is “musical theatre?" And how can the musical theatre tradition act as secular scripture - helping us grapple with our North American culture, and the values and ideas we inherit from the past?
Listen to this first episode and then be sure to subscribe to our newest podcast at gospelofmt.podbean.com or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen: just search for "The Gospel of Musical Theatre." This is just a teaser, so no more episodes will appear in this feed!
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"Hating the haters makes us haters too." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, May 9, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Take a deep breath and feel God's presence pulsing through your body." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, May 2, 2021,10:00am.
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"Accountability is not justice." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, April 25, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Joy is the resurrection of the body." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, April 18, 2021, 10:00am.
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"What does belief mean to us?" Deacon Kenneth Powell, April 11, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Now - not yet." Easter sermon by Bishop Diana Akiyama, April 4, 2021, 10:00am.
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"How will you write your ending?" Easter Vigil sermon Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, April 3, 2021, 7:00pm.
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"Love is not a feeling - it is an action." Maundy Thursday sermon by Canon for Spiritual Development Matthew Lawrence, April 1, 2021, 7:00pm.
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Station 14 - Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb
"What is around you?" Led by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akiyama, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. If you'd like to revisit all 14 stations this Holy Week, find them all at trinitycathpdx.podbean.com or our Stations playlist on YouTube.
In this episode:
- Art: John McLaughlin, #13 - 1973
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: Taproot: Prologue & Stations of the Cross, by Mila Polevia
- Poetry: "Suspended" by Denise Levertov
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"There is a crucifixion in every one of our lives." Palm Sunday sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, March 28, 2021, 10:00am.
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Station 13 - Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross and Given to His Mother / Jesus es bajado de la cruz y entregado a su Madre
"What kind of friends are we?" Narrated by the Rev'd Wilson Ferreira, Vicar at Todos los Santos in Hillsboro and St. Michael-San Miguel in Newberg and and Westside Latino Missioner for the Diocese of Oregon, and his daughters Edna Tatiana (Tatis) and Ytzel Paola (Ytzi).
In this episode:
- Art: Cross
- Music: Improvisations by Katie Burk, Organ Scholar at Trinity Cathedral
- Poetry: Pablo Neruda
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Station 12 - Jesus Dies on the Cross
"Truth does not disappear just because we don't approve of it." Narrated by the Rev'd Dr. Matthew Lawrence, Canon for Spiritual Formation at Trinity Cathedral in Portland.
In this episode:
- Art: Calvario by the Cabán group, ca. 1875–1900
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: Improvisations by Bruce Neswick, Canon for Cathedral Music at Trinity
- Poetry: From Horae Canonicae by W.H. Auden
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Station 11 - Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
"Who remains with Jesus until the very end?" Narrated by the Rev'd Sara Fischer, Rector at Saints Peter & Paul in Portland.
In this episode:
- Art: The Unknown Political Prisoner by Roberto Estopiñán, 2008
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: Improvisations by Bruce Neswick, Canon for Cathedral Music at Trinity
- Poetry: "Descending Theology: The Crucifixion" by Mary Karr
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"It's time for a sex positive church." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, March 21, 2021, 10:00am.
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Station 10 - Jesus is Stripped of His Garments
"All of us have known the very real pain of humiliation." Narrated by the Rev'd Dawn Reynolds, new Vicar at St. Andrews in Florence.
In this episode:
- Art: The Naked Man by Joseph Hirsch, 1959–62
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: Improvisations by Bruce Neswick, Canon for Cathedral Music at Trinity
- Poetry: "Garments" by Joseph Bathante
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Station 9 - Jesus Falls the Third Time
"What does it take to bring the son of God to his knees?" Narrated by the Rev'd Andy McQuery, Associate Rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem.
In this episode:
- Art: Wheat by Thomas Hart Benton, 1967
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: La Follia by Arcangelo Corelli / Kyrie by Nicholas Ertsgaard
- Poetry: Excerpt from Chapter 61 of The Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich (trans. Elizabeth Spearing)
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Station 8 - Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
"Today, make it a point to notice the women you see, wherever you see them." Narrated by the Rev'ds Ali & George Lufkin, of St. Catherine/Santa Catalina in Nehalem Bay and St. Alban’s in Tillamook.
In this episode:
- Art: The Soprano at the Mourning Easter Wake of 1968 by Daniel Pressley, 1968
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: "Oh my Children" by Sara Thomsen / "A Celtic Dream" by Michelle McLaughlin
- Poetry: "The Blessing of Tears" by Jan Richardson
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"What are the sins you'd rather die for than deal with?" Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, March 14, 2021, 10:00am.
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Station 7 - Jesus Falls the Second Time
"He had to come to his death exactly as we come to our own." Narrated by the Rev'd Laura Sheridan-Campbell & Allan Miles, Vicar & Deacon at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Shady Cove.
In this episode:
- Art: The Falling Gladiator by William Rimmer, 1861
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: "Jesus Walks This Lonesome Valley" & "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me," played & sung by Jerry Campbell
- Poetry: "Jesus Falls the Second Time" by Malcolm Guite
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Station 6 - A Woman Wipes the Face of Jesus
"Where do you notice suffering around you?" Narrated by the Rev'd Jennifer Creswell, Chaplain at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland.
In this episode:
- Art: Dream Sequence by Bruria Finkel, 1976
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM, developed by Victoria Emily Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
- Music: Guitar Improvisation / "Where Jesus Was," music by Hannah Rand, lyrics by Lenora Rand. © 2020 Plura Guild Music. CCLI Song #7169401
- Poetry: "Rosa Parks" by Nikki Giovanni
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Station 5 - The Cross is Laid on Simon of Cyrene
Narrated by the Rev'd Nancy Gallagher, Rector of St. John the Divine in Springfield.
In this episode:
- Art: Can Fire in the Park by Beauford Delaney, 1946
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victoria Emily Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
- View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: Improvisations by Bruce Neswick (Improvisation 2), Canon for Cathedral Music at Trinity Cathedral
- Poetry:
- "Simon of Cyrene," by Julia Sumner
- "Simon the the Cyrene, He Who Carried the Cross," by Khalil Jabran
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This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.
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"Foolishness and weakness, that is what church is for." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, March 3, 2021, 10:00am.
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Station 4 - Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother
"Where, like Mary, do our joy and grief come together in jarring dissonance?"
Narrated by the Rev'd Dr. Maria McDowell, Rector of St. Philip the Deacon in Portland.
In this episode:
- Art: Woman’s Head by Moissaye Marans, n.d.
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victoria Emily Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
- View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music: Improvisations by Katie Burk (Improvisation 1) & Bruce Neswick (Improvisation 2), Organ Scholar & Canon for Cathedral Music at Trinity Cathedral
- Poetry: "To Poets Who Have Rebelled," by Pauli Murray
For a version of this episode with closed-captioning, view it on our YouTube channel.
This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.
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Station 3 - Jesus Falls for the First Time
"In Jesus's fall, we can see our selves - our own fallings, our own failings."
Narrated by the Rev'd Bingham Powell, Rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Eugene.
In this episode:
- Art: The Breakdown by William H. Johnson, ca. 1940–41
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victoria Emily Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
- View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
- Music:
- Were you there when they crucified my Lord, sung by Jessica Rossi
- Love Unknown, played by John Jantzi (Music Director & Organist at St. Mary's)
- Poetry: Excerpt from Made for Goodness, by Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu
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Station 2 - Jesus Takes Up His Cross
"When the Holy One beholds the city he loves and weeps, he walks directly into the devastation, pain, and grief, the boarded up doorways and the smashed windows."
Narrated by The Very Rev'd Nathan LeRud, Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland.
In this episode:
- Art: Look Down That Road by Charles Pollock, 1942
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victoria Emily Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
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- Music:
- Byrd: Civitas Sancti (recorded live by the Cathedral Chamber Singers at the Ash Wednesday service at Trinity Cathedral)
- Improvisation by Katie Burk (Organ Scholar at Trinity Cathedral)
- Poetry: "The Coming" by R.S. Thomas
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"Jesus understood the pain of loving in this broken world." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, February 28, 2021, 10:00am.
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Station 1 - Jesus is Condemned to Death
"If Jesus were traveling the streets of Oregon, what would he notice? As he walked through the acres of blighted forests from wildfires, would he weep?"
Narrated by the Rev'd Shana McCauley, Canon for Cathedral Life at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland.
In this episode:
- Music: Improvisations by Katie Burk (Organ Scholar at Trinity Cathedral)
- Poetry: "Jesus is Condemned" by James Matthew Wilson
- Art: The Savior by Henry Ossawa Tanner, ca. 1900–1905
- All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victoria Emily Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
- View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
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Trinity Dean Nathan LeRud & Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley invite you to join us this Lent for Stations of the Cross, a very special audio pilgrimage found right here on our Sermons podcast.
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"It is time for us to begin again." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, February 21, 2021, 10:00am.
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"It’s up to us how we choose to live." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Let go of what you think you know." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, February 14, 2021, 10:00am.
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"If it's not about love, it's not about God." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, February 7, 2021, 10:00am.
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"How is the act of healing a display of authority?" Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Dr. Diana Akiyama, the eleventh Bishop of Oregon, January 31, 2021, 10:00am.
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"The Beloved Community is at hand." Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Brian Prior, the ninth Bishop of Minnesota, delivered at the Ordination & Consecration of the Rev'd Dr. Diana Akiyama as the Bishop of Oregon, January 30, 2021, 2:00 pm.
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"There are moments when 'hope' and 'history' rhyme." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, January 24, 2021, 10:00am.
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"The thing about privilege is that it's hard to see it when you have it." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, January 17, 2021, 10:00am.
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"The road to peace is never a peaceful road." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, January 10, 2021, 10:00am.
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"Even with a pandemic, wildfires, and an economic crisis, Trinity continues to be a beacon of hope and a community of faith." A note from Annual Giving Campaign Co-Chair Jerry Petty at the conclusion of this year's campaign. If you have not made a pledge, we invite you to do so at trinity-episcopal.org/pledge - no pledge is too small! Thank you for your support of our ongoing work.
"Amid catastrophe, something big and perfect is being born." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Development Matthew Lawrence, January 3, 2021, 10:00am.
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"You belong here." A new year's reflection by Canon Matthew Lawrence on this New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2020. Happy New Year, friends!
"Where in our lives is Jesus dwelling?" Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Linda Potter, December 27, 2020, 10am.
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"A journey to Bethlehem." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Linda Potter, Christmas Day, December 25, 2020, 10:00am.
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"Wherever you are today, seek the light." A reflection for Christmas morning by Dean Nathan LeRud, Friday, December 25, 2020. Merry Christmas!
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"It takes courage to open your heart to hope." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020, 8:00 pm.
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"God doesn't want a house, God wants a body." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, December 20, 2020, 10:00am.
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"This is a time for inner work - and outer work." Advent reflection by Outreach Co-Coordinator Steve Isaacson for this third week of Advent, Thursday, December 17, 2020.
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"There will be times when you think you've lost God." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, Sunday, December 13, 10:00 am.
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"Why me? Why now?" Advent reflection by the Rev'd Linda Potter, Interim Canon for Cathedral Life, for this second week of Advent, Thursday, December 10, 2020.
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"The moms are the original prophets." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, December 6, 2020, 10:00am.
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"Keep awake, be aware, be alert." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Linda Potter, November 29, 2020, 10:00am.
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"Thanksgiving has nothing to do with what we have." Thanksgiving reflection by the Rev'd Dr. Matthew Lawrence, Canon for Spiritual Formation, for Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26.
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"In the midst of the tempest, we give thanks." Sermon by The Rev'd Canon Neysa Ellgren Shepley, November 25, 2020, 5:30pm.
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"There is no power more powerful than our common humanity embodied and alive in Jesus Christ our kin." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Development Matthew Lawrence, November 22, 2020, 10:00am.
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"Who do you believe God really is?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, November 15, 2020, 10:00am.
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"Peace is not a weapon." Sermon by the Rev'd Dr. Diana Akiyama, Bishop-Elect of Oregon. Delivered at the opening liturgy of the Diocese of Oregon's Diocesan Convention, held over Zoom.
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"Waiting is hard." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Linda Potter, November 8, 2020, 10:00am.
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"This is a moment of reckoning." Election week reflection by Dean Nathan LeRud, Thursday, November 5, 11:00 am.
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"There are thin places in this world." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Development Matthew Lawrence, November 1, 2020, 10:00am.
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"God is weird and wants you to be weird, too." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, October 25, 2020, 10:00am.
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"How do we know God's call to us, and how can we pay for it?" Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Linda Potter, October 18, 2020, 10:00am.
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"Is any of this actually true?" Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, October 11, 2020, 10:00am.
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"Often God's response to our cry is, 'here's the hoe, dude'." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, October 4, 2020, 10:00am.
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"May our yes to God's call be accomplished in our actions." Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, September 20, 2020, 10:00am.
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"We're all making this up as we go along - but we're not doing it alone." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, September 13, 2020, 10:00am.
"I pray the spirit of truth loosens the chains of bigotry that haunt our days." Sermon by Deacon Kenneth Powell, September 6, 2020, 10:00am.
"If my life is about myself, it is meaningless." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, August 30, 2020, 10:00am.
"Have you ever considered how much fun God had creating you?" Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, August 23, 2020, 10:00am.
"Nobody is more racist than a well-meaning white liberal." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, August 16, 2020, 10:00am.
"Fear turns all of us into novelists." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, August 9, 2020, 10:00am.
"With God's help, we will be able to take up the profound justice work before us with humility and fortitude." Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, August 2, 2020, 10:00am.
"In a time when the American dream has been unmasked as a fantasy, wake up...and start dreaming." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, July 19, 2020, 10:00am.
"I wonder about our sowing of God's love in today's world." Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, July 12, 2020, 10:00am.
"Come to me, all you who struggle to celebrate freedom." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, July 5, 2020, 10:00am
"God's reign of justice isn't going to wait around for white people to figure out how they feel about it." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, June 14, 2020, 10:00am.
"God's call is justice, and it is ringing in our ears." Sermon by Bishop Michael Hanley, June 7, 2020, 10:00am.
"We are being asked to confront our privilege." Reflection by Dean Nathan LeRud, Friday, June 5, 2020.
"Amazing things happen when we listen to the Spirit." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, May 31, 2020, 10:00am.
"Wherever you are right now, God is with you." Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, May 24, 2020, 10:00am.
"Learn to praise God for the ugliness." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, May 17, 2020, 10:00am.
"Real learning always begins with confusion." Sermon by by Canon Matthew Lawrence, May 10, 2020, 10:00am.
"We can make a difference in the world, because we have experienced resurrection." Sermon by Bishop Michael Hanley, Easter Sunday, March 22, 2020, 10am.
"The Other Mary has a story to tell." Easter Vigil sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Saturday, April 11, 7:00 pm.
"What is the source of your love?" Maundy Thursday sermon by Matthew Lawrence, April 9, 2020, 7:00 pm.
"Has your God ever died on you?" Sermon by by Canon Matthew Lawrence, April 5, 2020, 10:00am.
"What if we allowed ourselves to weep?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, March 22, 2020, 10:00 am.
"We can, and we are, those who show up in love to heal that which is broken." Sermon by Bishop Michael Hanley, March 22, 2020, 10am.
"With God's help and the support of one another, we shall face all the uncertainties of life together." Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, March 15, 2020, 10am.
"Respond to anxiety by opening your heart even wider." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, March 8, 2020, 10am.
"What do we do with our guilt?" Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, March 1, 2020, 10:00am.
"It's not often that we gather here in church to deliberately disobey Jesus." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 12:00 pm
"The way of Jesus is not just about following rules, it's about catching a glimpse of this promised land that lies beyond the horizon." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, February 16, 2020, 10:00am
"Your life of faith is a response to God's power." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, February 9, 2020, 10am.
"We are always looking for signs." Sermon by Canon Jim Bethell, February 2, 2020, 10am.
"God calls us just as we are." Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, January 26, 2020, 10:00am.
"Our God is bigger that anything we can create or imagine." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, January 12, 2020, 10:00am.
"Jesus asks questions that the hidden heart can hear." Sermon by Deacon Kenneth Powell, January 5, 2020, 10:00am.
"Finding God in this ever-present wonderment" Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, December 29, 2019, 10:00am.
"I go to the shrine expecting to find a miracle, and instead what I discover is that the miracle is waiting to be born in me."
"You can never predict who God is going to call to send the message." Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, December 22, 2019, 10:00am.
"The prophetic spirit happens when righteous anger meets holy creativity." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, December 8, 2019, 10:00am.
"We have been waiting for Paul's apocalypse for 2,000 years, but the climate apocalypse is happening before our very eyes." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, December 1, 2019, 10:00am.
"What kind of power does Jesus really have?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, November 24, 2019, 10:00am.
"Where does our faith reside?" Sermon by Canon Linda Potter, November 17, 2019, 10:00am.
"Your body is where the resurrection starts." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, November 10, 2019, 10:00am.
"If we can learn to be merciful with each other, maybe we can learn to accept mercy from God." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, October 27, 2019, 10:00am.
"Make friends with your ordinariness." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, October 13, 2019, 10:00am.
"You don't actually have to know where the script is going to walk into the next scene with faith." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, October 6, 2019, 10:00am.
"I charge you to know each other by name." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, September 29, 2019, 10:00am.
"Building relationships is the only thing that matters." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, September 22, 2019, 10:00am.
"What's missing? On the search for lost treasure." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, September 15, 2019, 10:00am.
"Once to every man and nation comes a moment to decide." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, September 8, 2019, 10:00am.
"It's all about the meals." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, September 1, 2019, 10:00am.
"We are put on this earth to look, listen, and to love." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, August 25, 2019, 10:00am.
"We are all a better people for hearing and telling stories of saints, because they are the cloud of witnesses among which we run our own races." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, August 18, 2019, 10:00am.
"The things you invest in are the things that define you." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, August 11, 2019, 10:00am.
"The Lord's Prayer is an invitation into a strange and mysterious world." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, July 28, 2019, 10:00am.
"We are a culture of Marthas." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, July 21, 2019, 10:00am.
"Once God gets your gut, there's no going back." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, July 14, 2019, 10:00am.
"How will you bring healing and good news to others?" Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, July 7, 2019, 10:00am.
"Hear what the Spirit is saying to each of you." Sermon by The Rev'd Deacon Kenneth Powell, June 30, 2019, 10:00am.
"I'm not sure that I'm ready for the kind of freedom Jesus is offering." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, June 23, 2019, 10:00am.
"Today is about celebrating relationships." Sermon by The Rev'd Andria Skornik, June 16, 2019, 10:00am.
"The Holy Spirit works just as well through cheese blintzes & potlucks as through fire & smoke." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, June 9, 2019, 10:00am.
"Freedom is free, but it sometimes comes with a cost." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, June 2, 2019, 10:00am.
"Paul's message is a dart aimed at the heart of the Empire." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, May 26, 2019, 10:00am.
"How truly open and welcoming are we ready to be, and what are we willing to give up in order to get there?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, May 19, 2019, 10:00am.
"It is easy to lose faith, to surrender to terror and the politics of division, but the shepherd calls us to stand together." Sermon by Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana, May 12, 2019, 10:00am.
"We are one in Christ, and there is no difference among us." Sermon by Bishop Michael Hanley, May 5, 2019, 10:00am.
"Don't doubt for a moment that Jesus's wounds, and our own, will save the world." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, April 28, 2019, 10:00am.
"My prayer for you is that this year, the resurrection finds you in the place you least expect it." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, 9:00am.
"Ours are stories of how God triumphs over death." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Easter Eve, April 20, 2019, 7:00 pm.
"It's always easier to follow Jesus with our heads than with our feet." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, Maundy Thursday, April 18, 2019, 7:00pm.
"When I stop trying to hide it and let myself confront my own failure, that is when I discover that I am not alone." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, April 14, 2019, 10:00am.
"In the end, it's never been about us, it's about the glory of God." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, April 7, 2019, 10:00am.
"There is a wilderness in God's mercy." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, March 31, 2019, 10:00am.
"Suffering is not a problem to be solved. It’s a mystery to be endured." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, March 24, 2019, 10:00am.
"Violence does not and will not have the final word, but neither will it redeem or save." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, March 17, 2019, 10:00am.
"This year I'm giving up Lent for Lent." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, March 10, 2019, 10:00am.
"Sooner or later, we will all return to ash - but in the meantime, we are made to burn." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
"The church is not built for time of comfort and ease. The church is built for times of darkness." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, March 3, 2019, 10:00am.
"Jesus, the first great improv teacher." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, February 24, 2019, 10:00am.
"Jesus loves you. Go be like Jesus, and love people - ALL people." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, February 17, 2019, 10:00am.
"God is interested in we scarred & holy humans who keep foolishly saying yes to the risk of a scandalous, risky, weird, and holy love." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, February 10, 2019, 10:00am.
"Human love is profoundly imperfect, and almost always unreliable." Sermon by The Rev'd Nadia Bolz-Weber, Sunday, February 3, 2019, 10:00am.
"Are the things that we do the same as the reason we exist?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, January 27, 2019, 10:00am.
"How can we come to terms with miracle stories?" Sermon by The Rev'd Deacon Kenneth Powell, January 20, 2019, 10:00am.
"There is no chaff in God's economy. Everything and everybody has a role to play." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:00am.
"You may be the only one who can bear the light and be the light that another person needs for their homeward journey." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, January 6, 2019, 10:00am.
"In the beginning, there was an origin story." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, December 30, 2018, 10:00am.
"Beyond the idea that God is an idea." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, December 25, 2018, 10:00am.
"This birth that we celebrate tonight offers a way to be a part of the healing of this broken world" Sermon by Bishop Michael Hanley, December 24, 2018, 8:00pm.
"Sacrifices and burnt offerings are not required, but a body I have prepared for you." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, December 23, 2018, 10:00am.
Bonus Episode: Advent Poem IV. Poet Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo reads her poem "Ways to Make (Ultra)Sound" at Advent Procession, 12/2/2018
Bonus Episode: Advent Poem III. Poet Annie Lighthart reads her poem "Let Me Keep Singing" at Advent Procession, 12/2/2018.
"I am of the opinion that framing human suffering as a partisan football is a sin." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, December 16, 2018, 10:00am.
Bonus Episode: Advent Poem II. Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen reads her poem "Awaiting" at Advent Procession, 12/2/2018.
Bonus Episode: Advent Poem I. Poet/songwriter Matthew David Morris performs his "Surely" at Advent Procession, 12/2/2018.
"Find the people who care about doing work that matters to you, and when you find them, stick together. Because there is no power in the world that can overcome a community of people who have discovered who God is calling them to be and then moving them in the direction God is calling them to go." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, December 9, 2018, 10:00am.
"The end of the world is something that actually happens to every one of us... in ways that are sometimes dramatic & life shaking, and sometimes are mundane & a little bit silly." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, December 2, 2018, 10:00am.
"Where is God when we have we taken on so much that much of what we do isn't our best?" Sermon by the Rev'd Catherine Nichols, Sunday, November 25, 2018.
"A cathedral is a place for people of many faiths - and of no faith at all. We belong to the people of Portland, of Oregon, and of the Pacific Northwest... because the cathedral is a place for everyone." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, November 18, 2018, 10:00am.
"Pay attention, be astonished, tell about it" Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, November 11, 2018, 10:00am.
"What would it feel like for you and me to be unbound in these heated days?" Sermon by The Rev'd Dr Roger A. Ferlo, November 4, 2018, 10:00am.
"Sometimes it's not the miracle that's God's mercy, sometimes it's the simple mercy that is God's miracle." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, October 28, 2018, 10:00am.
"The question isn't why do bad things happen to good people, but what meaning do we make of the suffering we endure?" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, October 21, 2018, 10:00am.
"What must we do to keep our capacity for empathy and love?" Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, October 14, 2018, 10:00am.
"In the end, it doesn't matter if we agree with each other, it only matters if we love one another." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, October 7, 2018, 10:00am.
"To speak the painful truth is an ultimate act of love." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, September 30, 2018, 10:00am.
"Being a kid is sometimes a very scary thing." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, September 23, 2018, 10:00am.
"The way to see Jesus more clearly is simply to follow in his footsteps" Sermon by The Rev'd Canon Paul-Gordon Chandler, September 16, 2018, 10:00am
"A lot of good things happen over a shared meal." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, September 9, 2018, 10:00am.
"Deep down inside of you, there is a fire going on." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, September 2, 2018, 10:00am.
"Christ abides in us, we abide in Christ." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, August 26, 2018, 10:00am.
"Take and eat lest the journey be too hard for you, that is the bread of life." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, August 12, 2018, 10:00am.
"God is actually calling your name and inviting you to listen." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, August 5, 2018, 10:00am.
"It is through the basic needs of hungry bodies, that God was revealed." Sermon by Seminarian Jessie Thompson, July 29, 2018, 10:00am.
"Christ has, and will yet, break down the dividing walls that separate us." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, July 22, 2018, 10:00am.
"Fear is not our birthright, love is." Sermon by Seminarian Jessie Thompson, July 15, 2018, 10:00am.
"The borderland is the place where Jesus hangs out. It's a place where healing happens." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, July 1, 2018, 10:00am.
"There is no shortage of storms right now--literal, political, social--but the good news is that we are all in the same boat together...and Jesus is there, too." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, June 24, 2018, 10:00am.
"Scripture debates very rarely change anyone's mind... and even more rarely change anyone's heart." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, June 17, 2018, 10:00am.
"We are not some random collection of individuals sitting in our seats drinking grape juice out of shot glasses. We are, all of us, in the ancient words that describe this church, drinking in his substance; consciously becoming what in fact we have always been: the bride of Christ." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, June 10, 2018, 10:00am.
"Church is supposed to set you free, and if we're not doing that, we're dropping the ball." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, June 3, 2018, 10:00am.
"If it's not about love, it's not about God: this is at the core of what the Lord was talking about." Sermon by Bishop Michael Hanley, Trinity Sunday, May 27, 2018, 10:00am.
"It's been a while since a sermon set the world ablaze." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018, 10:00am.
"Because we are so overwhelmed by our weakness, we tend to underestimate what God is capable of doing." Sermon by guest preacher Brother Emile (Taizé Community, France), Sunday, May 13, 2018, 10:00am.
"There is only the daily struggle to transcend the predjudice & fear that we were handed and learn not just to see enemies or neighbors, but friends, in the places we least expect to find them." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, May 6, 2018, 10:00am.
"All I can think about is that end of the harvest, we'll have way too many raisins and not enough chocolate chips." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, April 29, 2018, 10:00am.
"Sheep are cute, and I think that's part of the problem." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, April 22, 2018, 10:00am.
"How is it possible that the body can feel so far away, so detached from who we are?" Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, Sunday, April 15, 2018, 10:00am.
"In this era of purported fake news and conspicuous practices of public dishonesty, doubting Thomas has become is something of a hero to me." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday 4/8/2018, 10:00 am
"What we preach today is good news - the kind of news you want to share and tell everyone." -Sermon by Bishop Michael Hanley, Easter Sunday 4/1/2018, 9:00am
"Jesus sets the terms of the relationship. And these are his terms: that you open your heart to his love." -Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, Easter Vigil 3/31/2018, 7:00pm
"There's not a lot of grey area when it comes to guns, at least as far as our kids are concerned." Sermon by the Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, March 25, 10:00 am.
"As important as our individual spiritual work may be, it can never be separated from the collective work we have as a people, a community, and as a nation." Sermon by the Canon Michael Barlowe, guest preacher, Sunday, March 18, 10:00 am.
"I am not willing to cede the evangelical message to those who would use it to abuse and divide and shame." Sermon by the Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, March 1, 10:00 am.
"We cannot stand quietly by in the face of atrocities without losing our souls, but we will not give into the hungry ghosts of fear and division." Sermon by the Rev'd Dr. Matthew Lawrence, Sunday, March 4, 10:00 am.
"Righteousness is like five fabulous gay guys who descend on the basement apartment of your life and tell you 'hey buddy, you're fabulous.'" Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, Sunday, February 25, 2018, 10:00am.
"Let this be the Lent of your discontent... and your nonconsent." Sermon by Canon Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Sunday, February 18, 2018, 10:00am.
"This day is not about the claims of religion. It’s not about the idea of one’s dying, but rather, the reality of one’s death." Sermon by Canon Matthew Lawrence, Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 7:00pm.