Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland

Henry Lebedinsky • Divine Feminine: Day 6 | Advent Calendar | December 7, 2024

"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.

Kate Moorehead Carroll • Divine Feminine: Day 5 | Advent Calendar | December 6, 2024

"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.
 

Helen Dunn • Divine Feminine: Day 4 | Advent Calendar | December 5, 2024

"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.
 

Robyn King • Divine Feminine: Day 3 | Advent Calendar | December 4, 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.
 

Ian Doescher • Divine Feminine: Day 2 | Advent Calendar | December 3, 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.
 

Danae Ashley • Divine Feminine: Day 1 | Advent Calendar | December 2, 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.
 

"The Trees Know" | Nathan LeRud | December 1, 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.

Divine Feminine • Advent Calendar Podcast 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.

"It Is Time" | Laurie Larson Caesar | November 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.

"The World Without Us" | Nathan LeRud | November 17, 2024

"Nothing human will last." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, November 17, 2024.