Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland

Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland

Weekly reflections from Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, a progressive urban congregation in downtown Portland, OR. Everyone is welcome — no exceptions!

Episodes

June 22, 2025 9 mins
"Freedom isn't complicated – but it's really hard."   Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, June 22, 2025. 
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"If you are a follower of Jesus, every day is No Kings Day."

Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akiyama, Bishop of Western Oregon, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025.

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"How did the survivors of oppression grow into an unstoppable movement?"

 

Sermon by Priest Associate Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2025.

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"Who tells us the uncomfortable truths?"

Sermon by Canon for Spirituality Education & Arts Liz Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

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"The Holy Spirit is pretty amazing to walk beside."

Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 25 2025.

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"Identity is complicated."

Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

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"I like you just the way you are." 

Sermon by Canon for Intergenerational Ministry Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, May 11, 2025.

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"Being one body in Christ requires constant work: the work of welcoming and ministering to each other and the world."

Sermon by Priest Associate Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00 am service on Sunday, May 4, 2025.

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"The resurrection is both an imminent reality and a transcendent reality." 

Sermon by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akiyama, recorded live at the 9:00 am service on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025.

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"The fruit of the spirit is love and joy."

Sermon by Priest Associate Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 7:00 pm Easter Vigil service, Saturday, April 19, 2025.

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"It is an extraordinary thing to love as Jesus loved."

Sermon by Canon for Intergenerational Ministry Charissa Simmons, recorded live at the 7:00 pm service on Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025.

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"Jesus is not great news for the privileged."

Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025.

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"Love so great knows no bounds."

Sermon by Priest Associate Vijendran Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, April 6, 2025.

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"God's economy isn't about earning." Sermon by Acting Dean Shana McCauley, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the Sunday, March 30, 2025.

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"A garden is not a transactional exchange."

 

Sermon by Canon for Spirituality Education & Arts Liz Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the First Sunday of Lent, March 23, 2025.

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"They'll know we are Christians by our love."

Sermon by the Rev'd Canon Linda Potter, recorded live at the 10:00am service on Sunday, March 16, 2025.

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March 9, 2025 2 mins

Nikki Grimes reads her poem "Fuel for the Journey," commissioned by Trinity Arts, on the First Sunday of Lent, March 9, 2025.

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"Jesus shows us how to refuse to be trapped by evil that would use our values against us."

 

Sermon by Canon for Spirituality Education & Arts Liz Harlan-Ferlo, recorded live at the 10:00am service on the First Sunday of Lent, March 9, 2025.

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"Ashes are much more than a reminder of our mortality."

Sermon by Priest Associate VJ Sathyaraj, recorded live at the 7:00 pm service on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

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