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Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
"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.
________________________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.
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
"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. ________________________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.
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
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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.
Saturday Dec 21, 2024
Saturday Dec 21, 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.________________________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.
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
"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.
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
"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.
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
"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.
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
"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.
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
"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.
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 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.