Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland
Weekly reflections from Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, a progressive urban congregation in downtown Portland, OR. Everyone is welcome — no exceptions!
Episodes

Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Robyn King • Divine Feminine: Day 3 | Advent Calendar | December 4, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
"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.

Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Ian Doescher • Divine Feminine: Day 2 | Advent Calendar | December 3, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
"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.

Monday Dec 02, 2024
Danae Ashley • Divine Feminine: Day 1 | Advent Calendar | December 2, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
"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.

Sunday Dec 01, 2024
"The Trees Know" | Nathan LeRud | December 1, 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
"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.

Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Divine Feminine • Advent Calendar Podcast 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 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.

Sunday Nov 24, 2024
"It Is Time" | Laurie Larson Caesar | November 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
"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.

Sunday Nov 17, 2024
"The World Without Us" | Nathan LeRud | November 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
"Nothing human will last." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Monday Nov 11, 2024
"Love Your Neighbor Anyway" | Charissa Simmons | November 10, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 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.

Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 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.

Sunday Nov 03, 2024
"Being Human" | Liz Harlan-Ferlo | November 3, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 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.