"So... are you pregnant?"

About today's speaker: The Rev'd Shana McCauley is Canon for Cathedral Life at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. After getting a journalism degree from the University of Washington, she meandered her way to a call to the priesthood getting a Masters of Divinity from Seabury Western in Chicago, serving in California, and then settling down in Oregon. She is half Korean and half Caucasian and the mom of three boys.

Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com. 

"Sometimes, perhaps too often, we use our bodies as a place to hide our shame." Sermon by Elaine Harris, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 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 trinity-episcopal.org.

"This is the image I was created in."

About today's speakers:

Lavinia Martin-Weber is a performer and Digital Content Creator for Trinity Cathedral Portland. She has wide experience in the performing arts, both onstage and off, and she has worked several years as a content curator for various companies, specializing in the art of memes and short, trendy, video snippets. 

Tripp Hudgins is a musician and middle school teacher in Richmond, VA, where he lives with his wife, son, two cats, and a hermit crab. He is currently a parishioner at St. James the Less, Ashland, VA, the digital missioner for St. Jude’s, Cupertino, CA, and a postulant with the The Third Order of the Society of St. Francis.

Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.

"Our bodies are freaking amazing."

About today's speaker: The Rev'd Jennifer Creswell is the Vicar of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in North Portland, and is a doula and chaplain in Portland, OR.

Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.

"Our bodies are filled with the divine."

About today's speaker:  The Rev'd Maria Gwyn McDowell is the Rector of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church where she is working with non-profit organizations to implement the long-standing hope of the parish: affordable housing for the black descendents of parish members and neighbors displaced by the City of Portland. She is a student and teacher of liberative ethics, a public theologian, a contributor and editor at Women in Theology, and occasionally posts at her personal blog, DeiProfundis.

Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.

"If I'm not doing it to win, why am I doing it?"

About today's speaker: The Rev'd Mitchell Smith rector of St. Martin in the Field Episcopal Church in Columbia, SC.

Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.

About today's speaker: Equal parts funeral director, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Jesus hippie, Christina Kukuk is author of Loving What Doesn't Last: An Adoration of the Body.

Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.

"There is a prohibition against connecting with our bodies." 

About today's speaker: Lauren Loos is a therapist and spiritual director. She serves on the vestry at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR.

Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.

"Jesus's unpartnered body empowers those who are single." 

About today's speaker: The Rev'd Chanta Bhan is Associate Priest over Youth & Family Ministries at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.

Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed, trinitycathpdx.podbean.com.

"To live in my body is to feel misinterpreted, feared, vulnerable, and disappointing." Sermon by the Rev'd Chris Craun, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 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 upcoming events, at trinity-episcopal.org.