"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 …

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

"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.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"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.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"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.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"How much of the world are we missing?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 27, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Leadership is about trust." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Fero, Canon for Adult Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 20, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"How far are we willing to go?" Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 13, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We are all gloriously and perfectly made." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, October 6, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We are all prophets." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 29, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"It can be hard to hold on to our why." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 22, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We are all ministers." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 15, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"There's nothing safe about a miracle." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 8, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"God's love extends to everybody, whether they meet with our approval or not." Sermon by Vijendran (VJ) Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, September 1 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We want something we can touch." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00 service on Sunday, August 25, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

Sermon by Charissa Simmons recorded August 18, 2024Trinity Cathedral Portland

Sermon by Shana McCauley recorded August 11, 2024Trinity Cathedral Portland

Recorded at the 10am service on Sunday, August 4, 2024Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We are in the season of miracles." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00 service on Sunday, July 28, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"What does it mean to sit down at the table with your enemy?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 21, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Jesus' clear instruction is to love one another." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the 10:00 service on Sunday, July 14, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Talk less. Pray more." Sermon by The Very Rev'd A-Too Williams BA, M.Th, M.A Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Monrovia, Liberia. Recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, July 7, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Can healing still happen here?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 30, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Our country is complicit in so much violence." Sermon by guest preacher Melissa L. Bennett, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Melissa Bennett (she/her) comes from Umatilla, Nimiipuu, Sac & Fox, Anishinaabe, Nordic, and Celtic ancestors - all of whom have a plethora of stories to tell. She is a transracial adoptee who g…

"When they rely on might and violence, the empires of the world fall." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 16, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Why is division so much more common than inclusion?" Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 9, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Work will not save us from death." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 2, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"I think to have faith is to engage a kind of irrationality." Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akiyama, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"There's such a sweet, sweet spirit in this place." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 19, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Fire is not always as it seems." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Palm Sunday, May 12, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Wherever you are on the spectrum of human gender, God is big enough to meet you there." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at Choral Evensong on Sunday, May 5, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"God's breath brings life." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 5, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"What does it mean to encounter someone who is different?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 28, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We love diversity, except when it comes to other people." Sermon by guest preacher KyungJa Oh, the first Korean American woman ordained in the Episcopal Church, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Part of the Michael B. Curry Distinguished Preachers Series. About Dr. Oh: KyungJa Oh (KJ) is a retired Episcopal priest and…

"How did you meet Jesus?" Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 14, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Do not doubt but believe." Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, April 7, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We refuse to let them be forgotten." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 11:00 service on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"This isn't the end of the story." Sermon by Charissa Simmons, Canon for Spiritual Formation, recorded live at the Great Vigil of Easter on Saturday, March 30, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"All that he is, he offers to us" Sermon by guest preacher Roger Ferlo, recorded live at the 7:00 pm service on Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024 About the preacher: Roger Ferlo is president emeritus of Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation and Scholar-in-Residence at the Newberry Library in Chicago. He holds an AB from Colgate …

"This Holy Week, will you respect the dignity of every human being?" Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Beauty is worth everything we have to spend." Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 17, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"God is writing a new verse in your life every day." Sermon by Roy Cole, Assisting Priest, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 3, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We can find Jesus wherever we are but the act of 'Christianing' is a group activity." Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 3, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"We can always begin again." Sermon by Roy Cole, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 25, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"How much are we missing by staring down?" Sermon by Nathan LeRud, Cathedral Dean, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on the First Sunday of Lent, February 18, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"You don't have to perform for God." Sermon by Liz Harlan-Ferlo, Canon for Education & the Arts, recorded live at the 12:00pm service on Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Do you think Jesus was up there screaming in the wind?" Sermon by Shana McCauley, Canon Vicar, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 11, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"What does healing mean if you don't even know that you are sick?" Sermon by Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, February 4, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

Cathedral Dean Nathan LeRud reports on the past year in the life of this community, and helps us look forward toward the future. View the Annual Report at https://www.trinity-episcopal.org/annual-reports Delivered at the 173nd Annual Meeting on Sunday, January 28, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Conscience can be a messy thing." Sermon by Roy Cole, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, January 28, 2024.Trinity Cathedral Portland