Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland

"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...

"It's about damn time." Sermon by Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday November 27, 2022. 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 .

"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 . Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent right here in the "Sermons from T...

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. 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...

"Don't prepare in advance." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, November 13th, 2022.   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 .

"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.  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...

"Love is much bigger than approval." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday October 30, 2022. 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 .

"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.   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 .

"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.  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,...

"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.   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-...

"Sometimes faith starts with rebellion." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022.   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 .

"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.  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....

"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.  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 ...

"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.  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 upcomin...

"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.  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 o...

"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. 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-episco...

"Sabbath is all about freedom." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday, August 21, 2022.  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 .

"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.  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 .

"What makes a pilgrimage?" Sermon by The Rev'd Susan Kintner, delivered live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, August 7, 2022.  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 .

"Bad Preaching 101" Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday July 31, 2022. 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 .

"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.  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-...

"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.  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 .

"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.  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 .

"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. 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...