"How can we do this alone?"

Julie Hoplamazian is an Episcopal priest serving at St. Michael’s Church in New York City. She is a dog lover, an avid puzzler, and loves a good story, whether on stage, page, or screen. Julie is also the founder of Faith on Pointe, a ministry that exists at the intersection of ballet and theology, teaching ballet as a spiritual practice.

Join us every morning in Advent for Meeting Fear, an aural Advent calendar of daily reflections on fear and how it affects our relationship with God. Listen at dailyadvent.podbean.com or wherever you listen.

"I've lived my whole life in a state of fear."

Christine Johnson is Music Associate at Trinity Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. She is Mutti to two amazing sons, a classical soprano, and an avid backpacker and fisher.

Join us every morning in Advent for Meeting Fear, an aural Advent calendar of daily reflections on fear and how it affects our relationship with God. Listen at dailyadvent.podbean.com or wherever you listen.

"Fear makes us afraid of engaging. Jesus leads us into community."

The Rev’d Jennifer M. Creswell is the part-time vicar of St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in North Portland.

Join us every morning in Advent for Meeting Fear, an aural Advent calendar of daily reflections on fear and how it affects our relationship with God. Listen at dailyadvent.podbean.com or wherever you listen.

"The season of Advent is a time of questions."

Sebastian, Annie, and Eleanor are kids at kids at Trinity Cathedral in Portland, OR.

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"The fears I now carry because of cancer have also been a catalyst."

Karen Tiegs is a a Supply Priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Oregon. Including her own, she resides in a household with 11 heartbeats. 

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"You are never alone."

Kristie Hendricksen, former Portland resident, comes to you from the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. She loves being outside and putting herself in odd situations – despite being terrified most of the time.

Join us every morning in Advent for Meeting Fear, an aural Advent calendar of daily reflections on fear and how it affects our relationship with God. Listen at dailyadvent.podbean.com or wherever you listen.

"When mockery dethrones the terrible."

Katie Hartsock's second poetry collection, Wolf Trees (Able Muse), received the Philip H. McMath Poetry Prize and was one of Kirkus Review's Best Indie Books of 2023. She is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Oakland University in Michigan, and lives in Ann Arbor with her family. “Thrones” was published in ONE ART: a journal of poetry.

Referenced in the pod: Down Among the Bushes of Jerusalem (Irish Rovers)

Join us every morning in Advent for Meeting Fear, an aural Advent calendar of daily reflections on fear and how it affects our relationship with God. Listen at dailyadvent.podbean.com or wherever you listen.

"The fear not of falling, nor of jumping, but of watching."

Jeremy Trabue lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and daughter. His son attends university in Houston, Texas. He has taught English at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon since 2003. He is the author of an introductory-level college textbook about poetry titled Listening to Poetry, published by Chemeketa Press.

Join us every morning in Advent for Meeting Fear, an aural Advent calendar of daily reflections on fear and how it affects our relationship with God. Listen at dailyadvent.podbean.com or wherever you listen.

"Fear doesn't have to be the enemy of faith."

Elizabeth Braatz has been a parishioner at Trinity Cathedral in Portland for five years. She is a newlywed and mama to a 9 month old 80-pound puppy named Blue. When she's not working, she loves to go to the gym, take walks with her family, play piano, listen to music, read, travel, and brainstorm how to save the world. 

Join us every morning in Advent for Meeting Fear, an aural Advent calendar of daily reflections on fear and how it affects our relationship with God. Listen at dailyadvent.podbean.com or wherever you listen.

"Fear brings friends. Hope shows up with reinforcements." 

The Rev. Meg Jenista is an RCA pastor, a PhD candidate in Public Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. She writes sermon commentaries for Center for Excellence in Preaching and serves as Program Director for Preaching Reformed Fellowship out of the Center for Public Justice. She spends most of her time debating the finer points of matchbox car racing with her three-year-old son.

Join us every morning in Advent for Meeting Fear, an aural Advent calendar of daily reflections on fear and how it affects our relationship with God. Listen at dailyadvent.podbean.com or wherever you listen.