"Even at rest, your heart goes on beating."

About today's speaker: The Rev'd Chris Arnold is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Fon Du Lac in NE Wisconsin. He serves as a supply priest, spiritual director, and retreat leader. 

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"We're all on the verge of death. The only question is: how you want to live?"

About today's speaker: The Rev'd Christopher Bell is Hospice Chaplain for Vista River Hospice in Wilsonville, OR. He previously spent 15 years as a Unitarian Universalist parish minister. 

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"We who are on the trails partake in our own church."

About today's speaker: Faith Curammeng is Communication Studies Instructor at the University of Portland and a vestry member at Trinity Cathedral, Portland.

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"Your body is a miracle so deep that God herself longed to be in a body like yours."

About today's speaker: Kerlin Richter is an Episcopal Priest, a painter, a writer, a preacher, a 7 on the enneagram, a failed southerner, a stalled drummer, and an unrepentant schemer. Kerlin is currently the Rector of Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Southeast Portland, OR, and is currently in the process of becoming a licensed sex educator.

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 Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed.

"I have been at war with my body since I was young."

About today's speaker: Joanne Gallardo is Conference Minister for Indiana-MI Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church USA in Goshen, Indiana. Originally from northwest Ohio, Joanne is a graduate of Goshen College and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. In addition to church work, Joanne has spent part of her career working in mental health. In her spare time, Joanne writes, sings in a women’s choir and enjoys spending time with friends.

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"Did Mary's heartbreak feel like mine?"

About today's speaker: Alicia Johnson is a parishioner, member of Spiritual Formation Commission, and Youth Leader at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.

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"Anyone with cancer knows the challenge of loving our bodies when it seems like our bodies have turned against us."

About today's speaker: The Rev'd Karen Tiegs is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon.

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"Children can teach us how to enter a mystery." Sermon by Canon Charissa Simmons, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 4, 2022.

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About today's speaker: Elizabeth Schroeder is a licensed practical nurse with experience in midwifery, including well-woman care, prenatal, postpartum, and labor and delivery care, as well as long-term care and rehab, currently serving at Elderplace. She is also Music Leader and a member at St. Philip the Deacon in Portland, OR.

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"Was Mary a mother nature goddess, or was she just a girl from Nazareth?"

About today's speaker: The Rev'd Michael Ellick is a United Church of Christ pastor and a Community Organizer from the Goose Hollow neighborhood in Portland, OR. Raised in a Conservative Baptist church in Washington State, Ellick studied Comparative Religion and Philosophy at the University of Washington before earning his M.Div. at Union Theological Seminary. There he grew frustrated with contemporary theological thinking, and looking for new ways to understand the Gospel and real world practices for embodying it, he studied closely under a Tibetan Buddhist teacher for the next seven years.

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 Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed.