In this sermon, the Rev. Lucy Strandlund reflects on our culture of constant critique—from social media to celebrity culture—through examples like Amy Poehler, Billie Eilish, and poet Andrea Gibson. Drawing on Jesus’ words in the Gospels, she invites us to move from jaded detachment to wholehearted openness, learning to see one another—and ourselves—as miracles bearing the goodness of God.

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas

Occasion: 150th Anniversary of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Date: June 28, 2026

Location: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

In this powerful anniversary sermon, The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas invites St. Paul’s—and all who listen—to consider what it means to carry forward the gospel legacy of Jesus in an anxious and disorienting age.

Sermon by The Rev. Nancy Vaders · June 21, 2026

In this sermon on Matthew 10, Rev. Nancy Vaders begins with her own “bird nerd” fascination and focuses on the humble house sparrow mentioned by Jesus

In a world that often calls us “weeds,” the Rev. Erika Takacs looks to the humble dandelion and to Scripture to proclaim an “invasive hope” that refuses to die. Drawing on Paul’s words that “suffering produces endurance… and hope does not disappoint,” she invites us to see that our hardest seasons are not the end of the story, but the soil where God’s relentless, expansive love takes root and spreads.

Listen now to this sermon preached by The Rev. Dixon Kinser at St. Paul's Winston-Salem at the 10 AM service on June 7, 2026.

Drawing on the story of the bleeding woman and Jesus’ healing touch, this sermon explores how our culture resists public grief—and why God meets us precisely in those vulnerable, “leaky” places. Our tears can be a doorway to deeper trust and wholeness together.

Listen to The Rev. Nick VanHorn preach on May 31, 2026.

On Trinity Sunday, we reflected on how God’s story shapes our own—through resurrection and doubt, memory and hope—and how ordinary people are sent to carry an extraordinary story into an “ordinary” world hungry for good news.

Listen to The Rev. Lucy Strandlund preach on May 24, 2026, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Drawing on scripture and the feast of Pentecost, this sermon reflects on the miracle of breath in our bodies and the breath of God in our lives, sending us out from the safety of the church into a fearful world with gifts of peace, hope, and new life.

Preached on May 17, 2026, for St. Paul’s 150th Anniversary, this sermon by Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry weaves Scripture, storytelling, and joyful exhortation around a simple truth: we are God’s family. Bishop Curry invites the church to live God’s dream by treating every person as kin and working to transform the world into a place of love, justice, and hope.

A sermon preached by The Rev. Erika Takacs at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, May 10, 2026, reflecting on 1 Peter’s seemingly reassuring question, “Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?” Rev. Takacs explores how this “failed” rhetorical question exposes the real suffering of early Christians and of our own fear-saturated world, and proclaims the call, drawn from Isaiah and 1 Peter, to “not fear what they fear” but to orient our lives toward Christ, who blesses us even when we suffer for doing good.

Recorded on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, this sermon by The Rev. Lucy Strandlund reflects on Jesus’ words, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life,” and what they mean for us today.