Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland 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 Emerita Professor in Practical Theology at Bexley Seabury Seminary, Chicago IL. She also serves as a priest associate at St Paul and the Redeemer Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, Chicago. Before joining theological education, KJ served as rector of The Church of the Advent, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati and as vicar at St. Chad Episcopal Church in Loves Park, IL. Prior to her ministry in the parish, KJ served as chaplain for the Oncology Department at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
KJ earned her MDiv from Seabury-Western Seminary and her DMin from Bexley Seabury Seminary. Her training for the priesthood also includes completion of an ACPE clinical residency program, internships at Episcopal churches in Lynn, MA, Northbrook, IL, Harrogate, England and Sutton-in-Ashfield, England. She studied theology at the University of Cambridge, England, as well as French literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. She earned a BA in philosophy cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University.
KJ is third-generation Korean-American, born and raised in Chicago. She was confirmed into The Episcopal Church in 1983, having been raised in the United Methodist tradition. KJ has two grown children and two grandchildren. She currently lives in Hyde Park, IL, with her spouse, Melissa.
 
About the Preachers Series:
Named in honor of our Presiding Bishop, the Michael B. Curry Distinguished Preachers Series is made possible by a gift from the estate of Trinity’s longtime historian and faithful prophet, Professor Ann Weikel, the first woman to receive tenure in the History Department at Portland State University.

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

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

"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.

"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.

"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 University, where he serves as trustee emeritus. He received a Ph.D. in English from Yale University and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Colgate in 2010.He was for ten years rector of the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in Manhattan. He is the author of two books —"Opening the Bible” and “Sensing God: Reading Scripture with All Our Senses,” both published by Rowman and Littlefield—and editor of “Heaven,” published by Church Publishing. He is priest associate at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer in Hyde Park, Chicago, and is an avid amateur cellist and pianist. He is also Canon Liz’s dad.