The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Brooke-Davidson

It’s Okay to Cry

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.

Trinity, Memory, and Mission

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.

Breathe In Peace, Breathe Out Hope

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.

We Are Family: Bishop Michael Curry at St. Paul’s 150th Anniversary

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.

Do Not Fear What They Fear

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.