Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland

Advent Calendar | Day 16 (Rebekah Bokros Hatch & Styx Hatch)

"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.
 
Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      
 
Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.
 

12/12/21 Dean Nathan LeRud

"There is always time for joy." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 12, 2021.
View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's Sermon Playlist.
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Advent Calendar | Day 15 (Matthew Lawrence) | Third Sunday of Advent

"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.
 
Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      
 
Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.

Advent Calendar | Day 14 (Eli Schille Hudson & Ross Martinie Eiler)

"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.
 
Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      
 
Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.

Advent Calendar | Day 13 (Steve Isaacson)

"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.
 
Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      
 
Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.

Advent Calendar | Day 12 (Jamie Deering)

"To actively wait is to witness an unfolding.” A reflection for the twelfth day of Advent by spiritual coach and contemplative leader Jamie Deering. 
 
Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      
 
Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.

Advent Calendar | Day 11 (Callie Swanlund)

“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.
 
Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      
 
Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.

Advent Calendar | Day 10 (Jill Sajec)

“Try to love the questions themselves.” A reflection for the tenth day of Advent by Jill Sajec, Missioner for Youth & Liturgical Assistant at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. Excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke.
 
Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      
 
Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.

Advent Calendar | Day 9 (David Sweeney)

"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.
 
Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      
 
Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.

12/4/2021 The Rev‘d Matthew Lawrence

"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.
View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's Sermon Playlist.
Be sure to like us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at trinity-episcopal.org.